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Subject[PATCH] fix unbalanced page refcounting in bio_map_user_iov
bio_map_user_iov and bio_unmap_user do unbalanced pages refcounting if
IO vector has small consecutive buffers belonging to the same page.
bio_add_pc_page merges them into one, but the page reference is never
dropped.

Signed-off-by: Vitaly Mayatskikh <v.mayatskih@gmail.com>

diff --git a/block/bio.c b/block/bio.c
index b38e962fa83e..10cd3b6bed27 100644
--- a/block/bio.c
+++ b/block/bio.c
@@ -1383,6 +1383,7 @@ struct bio *bio_map_user_iov(struct request_queue *q,
offset = offset_in_page(uaddr);
for (j = cur_page; j < page_limit; j++) {
unsigned int bytes = PAGE_SIZE - offset;
+ unsigned short prev_bi_vcnt = bio->bi_vcnt;

if (len <= 0)
break;
@@ -1397,6 +1398,13 @@ struct bio *bio_map_user_iov(struct request_queue *q,
bytes)
break;

+ /*
+ * check if vector was merged with previous
+ * drop page reference if needed
+ */
+ if (bio->bi_vcnt == prev_bi_vcnt)
+ put_page(pages[j]);
+
len -= bytes;
offset = 0;
}
--
wbr, Vitaly

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