linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv2 4/4] mm: make compound

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Date:	Tue, 18 Aug 2015 21:24:41 +0300
From:	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>
To:	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
Cc:	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 4/4] mm: make compound_head() robust

On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 06:41:13PM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
> On Tue 18-08-15 13:20:22, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > On Mon 17-08-15 18:09:05, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> > > Hugh has pointed that compound_head() call can be unsafe in some
> > > context. There's one example:
> > > 
> > > 	CPU0					CPU1
> > > 
> > > isolate_migratepages_block()
> > >   page_count()
> > >     compound_head()
> > >       !!PageTail() == true
> > > 					put_page()
> > > 					  tail->first_page = NULL
> > >       head = tail->first_page
> > > 					alloc_pages(__GFP_COMP)
> > > 					   prep_compound_page()
> > > 					     tail->first_page = head
> > > 					     __SetPageTail(p);
> > >       !!PageTail() == true
> > >     <head == NULL dereferencing>
> > > 
> > > The race is pure theoretical. I don't it's possible to trigger it in
> > > practice. But who knows.
> > > 
> > > We can fix the race by changing how encode PageTail() and compound_head()
> > > within struct page to be able to update them in one shot.
> > > 
> > > The patch introduces page->compound_head into third double word block in
> > > front of compound_dtor and compound_order. That means it shares storage
> > > space with:
> > > 
> > >  - page->lru.next;
> > >  - page->next;
> > >  - page->rcu_head.next;
> > >  - page->pmd_huge_pte;
> > > 
> > > That's too long list to be absolutely sure, but looks like nobody uses
> > > bit 0 of the word. It can be used to encode PageTail(). And if the bit
> > > set, rest of the word is pointer to head page.
> > 
> > I didn't look too closely but the general idea makes sense to me and the
> > overal code simplification is sound. I will give it more detailed review
> > after I sort out other stuff.
> 
> AFICS page::first_page wasn't used outside of compound page logic so you
> should remove it in this patch. The rest looks good to me.

I missed it by accident during rework for v2. Will fix.

> Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>

Thanks!

-- 
 Kirill A. Shutemov
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