linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: migrate: fix an incorrect call of prep_transhuge

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Date:   Tue, 21 Nov 2017 17:35:45 -0500
From:   "Zi Yan" <zi.yan@...rutgers.edu>
To:     "Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Andrea Reale" <ar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        "Naoya Horiguchi" <n-horiguchi@...jp.nec.com>,
        "Jérôme Glisse" <jglisse@...hat.com>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: migrate: fix an incorrect call of
 prep_transhuge_page()

On 21 Nov 2017, at 17:12, Andrew Morton wrote:

> On Mon, 20 Nov 2017 21:18:55 -0500 Zi Yan <zi.yan@...t.com> wrote:
>
>> In [1], Andrea reported that during memory hotplug/hot remove
>> prep_transhuge_page() is called incorrectly on non-THP pages for
>> migration, when THP is on but THP migration is not enabled.
>> This leads to a bad state of target pages for migration.
>>
>> This patch fixes it by only calling prep_transhuge_page() when we are
>> certain that the target page is THP.
>
> What are the user-visible effects of the bug?

By inspecting the code, if called on a non-THP, prep_transhuge_page() will
1) change the value of the mapping of (page + 2), since it is used for THP deferred list;
2) change the lru value of (page + 1), since it is used for THP’s dtor.

Both can lead to data corruption of these two pages.

—
Best Regards,
Yan Zi

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