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    UBIFS: fix an mmap and fsync race condition · 2bad0e7b
    hujianyang authored
    commit 691a7c6f upstream.
    
    There is a race condition in UBIFS:
    
    Thread A (mmap)                        Thread B (fsync)
    
    ->__do_fault                           ->write_cache_pages
       -> ubifs_vm_page_mkwrite
           -> budget_space
           -> lock_page
           -> release/convert_page_budget
           -> SetPagePrivate
           -> TestSetPageDirty
           -> unlock_page
                                           -> lock_page
                                               -> TestClearPageDirty
                                               -> ubifs_writepage
                                                   -> do_writepage
                                                       -> release_budget
                                                       -> ClearPagePrivate
                                                       -> unlock_page
       -> !(ret & VM_FAULT_LOCKED)
       -> lock_page
       -> set_page_dirty
           -> ubifs_set_page_dirty
               -> TestSetPageDirty (se...
    2bad0e7b
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