linux-kernel - [PATCH 4/4] thp: fix MADV_DONTNEED vs clear soft dirty race

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Message-Id: <20170302151034.27829-5-kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
Date:   Thu,  2 Mar 2017 18:10:34 +0300
From:   "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] thp: fix MADV_DONTNEED vs clear soft dirty race

Yet another instance of the same race.

Fix is identical to change_huge_pmd().

Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
---
 fs/proc/task_mmu.c | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
index ee3efb229ef6..0ce5294abc2c 100644
--- a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
+++ b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
@@ -899,7 +899,14 @@ static inline void clear_soft_dirty(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 static inline void clear_soft_dirty_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		unsigned long addr, pmd_t *pmdp)
 {
-	pmd_t pmd = pmdp_huge_get_and_clear(vma->vm_mm, addr, pmdp);
+	pmd_t pmd = *pmdp;
+
+	/* See comment in change_huge_pmd() */
+	pmdp_invalidate(vma, addr, pmdp);
+	if (pmd_dirty(*pmdp))
+		pmd = pmd_mkdirty(pmd);
+	if (pmd_young(*pmdp))
+		pmd = pmd_mkyoung(pmd);
 
 	pmd = pmd_wrprotect(pmd);
 	pmd = pmd_clear_soft_dirty(pmd);
-- 
2.11.0