linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 02/16] mm/huge_memory: access vm_page_prot with READ_ONCE in remove_migration

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Date:   Mon, 4 Jul 2022 21:21:47 +0800
From:   Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@...wei.com>
To:     <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:     <shy828301@...il.com>, <willy@...radead.org>, <zokeefe@...gle.com>,
        <songmuchun@...edance.com>, <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linmiaohe@...wei.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 02/16] mm/huge_memory: access vm_page_prot with READ_ONCE in remove_migration_pmd

vma->vm_page_prot is read lockless from the rmap_walk, it may be updated
concurrently. Using READ_ONCE to prevent the risk of reading intermediate
values.

Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@...wei.com>
---
 mm/huge_memory.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index f4e581eefb67..a010f9ba15ce 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -3309,7 +3309,7 @@ void remove_migration_pmd(struct page_vma_mapped_walk *pvmw, struct page *new)
 
 	entry = pmd_to_swp_entry(*pvmw->pmd);
 	get_page(new);
-	pmde = pmd_mkold(mk_huge_pmd(new, vma->vm_page_prot));
+	pmde = pmd_mkold(mk_huge_pmd(new, READ_ONCE(vma->vm_page_prot)));
 	if (pmd_swp_soft_dirty(*pvmw->pmd))
 		pmde = pmd_mksoft_dirty(pmde);
 	if (is_writable_migration_entry(entry))
-- 
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