linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH RESEND 19/28] mm: disallow do_swap_page to handle page faults under VMA lock

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Date:   Tue, 6 Sep 2022 15:39:51 -0400
From:   Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>
To:     Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH RESEND 19/28] mm: disallow do_swap_page to handle
 page faults under VMA lock

On Thu, Sep 01, 2022 at 10:35:07AM -0700, Suren Baghdasaryan wrote:
> Due to the possibility of do_swap_page dropping mmap_lock, abort fault
> handling under VMA lock and retry holding mmap_lock. This can be handled
> more gracefully in the future.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>
> ---
>  mm/memory.c | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
> index 9ac9944e8c62..29d2f49f922a 100644
> --- a/mm/memory.c
> +++ b/mm/memory.c
> @@ -3738,6 +3738,11 @@ vm_fault_t do_swap_page(struct vm_fault *vmf)
>  	vm_fault_t ret = 0;
>  	void *shadow = NULL;
>  
> +	if (vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_VMA_LOCK) {
> +		ret = VM_FAULT_RETRY;
> +		goto out;
> +	}
> +

May want to fail early similarly for handle_userfault() too for similar
reason.  Thanks,

-- 
Peter Xu