[PATCH 14/16] Unionfs: prevent multiple writers to lower_page

[Erez Zadok <ezk@cs.sunysb.edu>]

Without this patch, the LTP fs test "rwtest04" triggers a
BUG_ON(PageWriteback(page)) in fs/buffer.c:1706.

CC: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>

Signed-off-by: Erez Zadok <ezk@cs.sunysb.edu>
---
 fs/unionfs/mmap.c |    1 +
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/unionfs/mmap.c b/fs/unionfs/mmap.c
index 623a913..ea5ef3d 100644
--- a/fs/unionfs/mmap.c
+++ b/fs/unionfs/mmap.c
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ static int unionfs_writepage(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 
 	BUG_ON(!lower_mapping->a_ops->writepage);
 	clear_page_dirty_for_io(lower_page); /* emulate VFS behavior */
+	wait_on_page_writeback(lower_page); /* prevent multiple writers */
 	err = lower_mapping->a_ops->writepage(lower_page, wbc);
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto out_release;
-- 
1.5.2.2

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