linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] hugetlb: unshare some PMDs when splitting VMAs

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Message-ID: <Y7csV7ozB+5euKhR@x1n>
Date:   Thu, 5 Jan 2023 15:00:23 -0500
From:   Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>
To:     James Houghton <jthoughton@...gle.com>
Cc:     Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>,
        Muchun Song <songmuchun@...edance.com>,
        Axel Rasmussen <axelrasmussen@...gle.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] hugetlb: unshare some PMDs when splitting VMAs

On Wed, Jan 04, 2023 at 11:19:10PM +0000, James Houghton wrote:
> PMD sharing can only be done in PUD_SIZE-aligned pieces of VMAs;
> however, it is possible that HugeTLB VMAs are split without unsharing
> the PMDs first.
> 
> Without this fix, it is possible to hit the uffd-wp-related WARN_ON_ONCE
> in hugetlb_change_protection [1]. The key there is that
> hugetlb_unshare_all_pmds will not attempt to unshare PMDs in
> non-PUD_SIZE-aligned sections of the VMA.
> 
> It might seem ideal to unshare in hugetlb_vm_op_open, but we need to
> unshare in both the new and old VMAs, so unsharing in
> hugetlb_vm_op_split seems natural.
> 
> [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/CADrL8HVeOkj0QH5VZZbRzybNE8CG-tEGFshnA+bG9nMgcWtBSg@mail.gmail.com/
> 
> Fixes: 6dfeaff93be1 ("hugetlb/userfaultfd: unshare all pmds for hugetlbfs when register wp")
> Signed-off-by: James Houghton <jthoughton@...gle.com>

Acked-by: Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>

Thanks,

-- 
Peter Xu