fb5c2029f8
If the last folio in a file is split as a result of truncation,
we simply clear the dirty bits for the pages we're discarding.
That causes NR_FILE_DIRTY (among other counters) to be thrown off
and eventually Linux will hang in balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited()
Reported-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org>
Fixes: d68eccad37 ("mm/filemap: Allow large folios to be added to the page cache")
Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.