linux-kernel - [bug report] mm/hugetlb: various bugs with avoid_reserve case in alloc_huge

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Date:   Wed, 17 Aug 2022 16:31:28 +0800
From:   Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@...wei.com>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>, Muchun Song <songmuchun@...edance.com>,
        Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [bug report] mm/hugetlb: various bugs with avoid_reserve case in
 alloc_huge_page()

Hi all:
    When I investigate the mm/hugetlb.c code again, I found there are a few possible issues
with avoid_reserve case. (It's really hard to follow the relevant code for me.) Please take
a look at the below analysis:

1.avoid_reserve issue with h->resv_huge_pages in alloc_huge_page.
    Assume:
	h->free_huge_pages 60
	h->resv_huge_pages 30
	spool->rsv_hpages  30

    When avoid_reserve is true, after alloc_huge_page(), we will have:
	spool->rsv_hpages  29 /* hugepage_subpool_get_pages decreases it. */
	h->free_huge_pages 59
	h->resv_huge_pages 30 /* rsv_hpages is used, but *h->resv_huge_pages is not modified accordingly*. */

    If the hugetlb page is freed later, we will have:
	spool->rsv_hpages  30 /* hugepage_subpool_put_pages increases it. */
	h->free_huge_pages 60
	h->resv_huge_pages 31 /* *increased wrongly* due to hugepage_subpool_put_pages(spool, 1) == 0. */
			   ^^

2.avoid_reserve issue with hugetlb rsvd cgroup charge for private mappings in alloc_huge_page.

    In general, if hugetlb pages are reserved, corresponding rsvd counters are charged in resv_maps
for private mappings. Otherwise they're charged in individual hugetlb pages. When alloc_huge_page()
is called with avoid_reserve == true, hugetlb_cgroup_charge_cgroup_rsvd() will be called to charge
the newly allocated hugetlb page even if there has a reservation for this page in resv_maps. Then
vma_commit_reservation() is called to indicate that the reservation is consumed. So the reservation
*can not be used, thus leaking* from now on because vma_needs_reservation always return 1 for it.

3.avoid_reserve issue with restore_reserve_on_error

    There's a assumption in restore_reserve_on_error(): If HPageRestoreReserve is not set, this indicates
there is an entry in the reserve map added by alloc_huge_page or HPageRestoreReserve would be set on the
page. But this assumption *does not hold for avoid_reserve*. HPageRestoreReserve won't be set even if there
is already an entry in the reserve map for avoid_reserve case. So avoid_reserve should be considered in this
function, i.e. we need *a reliable way* to determine whether the entry is added by the alloc_huge_page().

Are above issues possible? Or am I miss something? These possible issues seem not easy to fix for me.
Any thoughts? Any response would be appreciated!

Thanks!
Miaohe Lin