linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] expand_downwards: don't require the gap if !vm

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Date:   Fri, 30 Jun 2017 15:16:06 +0200
From:   Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
To:     Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc:     Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Larry Woodman <lwoodman@...hat.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] expand_downwards: don't require the gap if !vm_prev

On Wed 28-06-17 19:52:58, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> expand_stack(vma) fails if address < stack_guard_gap even if there is no
> vma->vm_prev. I don't think this makes sense, and we didn't do this before
> the recent commit 1be7107fbe18 ("mm: larger stack guard gap, between vmas").
> We do not need a gap in this case, any address is fine as long as
> security_mmap_addr() doesn't object.
> 
> This also simplifies the code, we know that address >= prev->vm_end and
> thus underflow is not possible.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>

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

> ---
>  mm/mmap.c | 10 +++-------
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
> index 8e07976..5a8bd97 100644
> --- a/mm/mmap.c
> +++ b/mm/mmap.c
> @@ -2310,7 +2310,6 @@ int expand_downwards(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>  {
>  	struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;
>  	struct vm_area_struct *prev;
> -	unsigned long gap_addr;
>  	int error;
>  
>  	address &= PAGE_MASK;
> @@ -2319,14 +2318,11 @@ int expand_downwards(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>  		return error;
>  
>  	/* Enforce stack_guard_gap */
> -	gap_addr = address - stack_guard_gap;
> -	if (gap_addr > address)
> -		return -ENOMEM;

I thought this was an underflow protection. address might be still above
min_mmap address while gap_addr can underflow, that would mean that we
might not detect a mapping in that range, but

>  	prev = vma->vm_prev;
> -	if (prev && prev->vm_end > gap_addr) {
> -		if (!(prev->vm_flags & VM_GROWSDOWN))
> +	/* Check that both stack segments have the same anon_vma? */
> +	if (prev && !(prev->vm_flags & VM_GROWSDOWN)) {
> +		if (address - prev->vm_end < stack_guard_gap)

this would handle that case properly so the problem wouldn't happen.

>  			return -ENOMEM;
> -		/* Check that both stack segments have the same anon_vma? */
>  	}
>  
>  	/* We must make sure the anon_vma is allocated. */
> -- 
> 2.5.0
> 
> 

-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs