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And after truncate_error_page clear the mapping\nof this page. end_page_writeback won't call sb_clear_inode_writeback to\nclear inode->i_wb_list. That will trigger BUG_ON in clear_inode!\n\nFix it by checking PageWriteback too to help determine should we skip\nwait_on_page_writeback." } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "mm/memory-failure.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "0bc1f8b0682caa39f45ce1e0228ebf43acb46111", "lessThan": "d05267fd27a5c4f54e06daefa3035995d765ca0c", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "0bc1f8b0682caa39f45ce1e0228ebf43acb46111", "lessThan": "6d210d547adc2218ef8b5bcf23518c5f2f1fd872", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "0bc1f8b0682caa39f45ce1e0228ebf43acb46111", "lessThan": "566345aaabac853aa866f53a219c4b02a6beb527", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "0bc1f8b0682caa39f45ce1e0228ebf43acb46111", "lessThan": "9e379da727a7a031be9b877cde7b9c34a0fb8306", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, 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