linux-kernel - [PATCH] mm: Fix warning in move_normal

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Message-Id: <20200715123513.42240-1-kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
Date:   Wed, 15 Jul 2020 15:35:13 +0300
From:   "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
        Naresh Kamboju <naresh.kamboju@...aro.org>,
        Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>,
        William Kucharski <william.kucharski@...cle.com>
Subject: [PATCH] mm: Fix warning in move_normal_pmd()

mremap(2) does not allow source and destination regions to overlap, but
shift_arg_pages() calls move_page_tables() directly and in this case the
source and destination overlap often. It confuses move_normal_pmd():

  WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 27091 at mm/mremap.c:211 move_page_tables+0x6ef/0x720

move_normal_pmd() expects the destination PMD to be empty, but when
ranges overlap nobody removes PTE page tables on source side.
move_ptes() only removes PTE entries, leaving tables behind.
When the source PMD becomes destination and alignment/size is right we
step onto the warning.

The warning is harmless: kernel correctly fallbacks to handle entries on
per-entry basis.

The fix is to avoid move_normal_pmd() if we see that source and
destination ranges overlap.

Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
Reported-and-tested-by: Naresh Kamboju <naresh.kamboju@...aro.org>
Fixes: 2c91bd4a4e2e ("mm: speed up mremap by 20x on large regions")
Cc: Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>
Cc: William Kucharski <william.kucharski@...cle.com>
---
 mm/mremap.c | 14 +++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mm/mremap.c b/mm/mremap.c
index 5dd572d57ca9..e33fcee541fe 100644
--- a/mm/mremap.c
+++ b/mm/mremap.c
@@ -245,6 +245,18 @@ unsigned long move_page_tables(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	unsigned long extent, next, old_end;
 	struct mmu_notifier_range range;
 	pmd_t *old_pmd, *new_pmd;
+	bool overlaps;
+
+	/*
+	 * shift_arg_pages() can call move_page_tables() on overlapping ranges.
+	 * In this case we cannot use move_normal_pmd() because destination pmd
+	 * might be established page table: move_ptes() doesn't free page
+	 * table.
+	 */
+	if (old_addr > new_addr)
+		overlaps = old_addr - new_addr < len;
+	else
+		overlaps = new_addr - old_addr < len;
 
 	old_end = old_addr + len;
 	flush_cache_range(vma, old_addr, old_end);
@@ -282,7 +294,7 @@ unsigned long move_page_tables(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 			split_huge_pmd(vma, old_pmd, old_addr);
 			if (pmd_trans_unstable(old_pmd))
 				continue;
-		} else if (extent == PMD_SIZE) {
+		} else if (!overlaps && extent == PMD_SIZE) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_MOVE_PMD
 			/*
 			 * If the extent is PMD-sized, try to speed the move by
-- 
2.26.2