linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] mm/userfaultfd: fix uffd-wp handling for THP migration entries

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Date:   Wed, 5 Apr 2023 17:17:31 +0200
From:   David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To:     Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@...labora.com>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] mm/userfaultfd: fix uffd-wp handling for THP
 migration entries

On 05.04.23 17:12, Peter Xu wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 05, 2023 at 04:25:34PM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>> Looks like what we fixed for hugetlb in commit 44f86392bdd1 ("mm/hugetlb:
>> fix uffd-wp handling for migration entries in hugetlb_change_protection()")
>> similarly applies to THP.
>>
>> Setting/clearing uffd-wp on THP migration entries is not implemented
>> properly. Further, while removing migration PMDs considers the uffd-wp
>> bit, inserting migration PMDs does not consider the uffd-wp bit.
>>
>> We have to set/clear independently of the migration entry type in
>> change_huge_pmd() and properly copy the uffd-wp bit in
>> set_pmd_migration_entry().
>>
>> Verified using a simple reproducer that triggers migration of a THP, that
>> the set_pmd_migration_entry() no longer loses the uffd-wp bit.
>>
>> Fixes: f45ec5ff16a7 ("userfaultfd: wp: support swap and page migration")
>> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
>> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>
> 
> Thanks, one trivial nitpick:
> 
>> ---
>>   mm/huge_memory.c | 14 ++++++++++++--
>>   1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
>> index 032fb0ef9cd1..bdda4f426d58 100644
>> --- a/mm/huge_memory.c
>> +++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
>> @@ -1838,10 +1838,10 @@ int change_huge_pmd(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>>   	if (is_swap_pmd(*pmd)) {
>>   		swp_entry_t entry = pmd_to_swp_entry(*pmd);
>>   		struct page *page = pfn_swap_entry_to_page(entry);
>> +		pmd_t newpmd;
>>   
>>   		VM_BUG_ON(!is_pmd_migration_entry(*pmd));
>>   		if (is_writable_migration_entry(entry)) {
>> -			pmd_t newpmd;
>>   			/*
>>   			 * A protection check is difficult so
>>   			 * just be safe and disable write
>> @@ -1855,8 +1855,16 @@ int change_huge_pmd(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>>   				newpmd = pmd_swp_mksoft_dirty(newpmd);
>>   			if (pmd_swp_uffd_wp(*pmd))
>>   				newpmd = pmd_swp_mkuffd_wp(newpmd);
>> -			set_pmd_at(mm, addr, pmd, newpmd);
>> +		} else {
>> +			newpmd = *pmd;
>>   		}
>> +
>> +		if (uffd_wp)
>> +			newpmd = pmd_swp_mkuffd_wp(newpmd);
>> +		else if (uffd_wp_resolve)
>> +			newpmd = pmd_swp_clear_uffd_wp(newpmd);
>> +		if (!pmd_same(*pmd, newpmd))
>> +			set_pmd_at(mm, addr, pmd, newpmd);
>>   		goto unlock;
>>   	}
>>   #endif
>> @@ -3251,6 +3259,8 @@ int set_pmd_migration_entry(struct page_vma_mapped_walk *pvmw,
>>   	pmdswp = swp_entry_to_pmd(entry);
>>   	if (pmd_soft_dirty(pmdval))
>>   		pmdswp = pmd_swp_mksoft_dirty(pmdswp);
>> +	if (pmd_swp_uffd_wp(*pvmw->pmd))
>> +		pmdswp = pmd_swp_mkuffd_wp(pmdswp);
> 
> I think it's fine to use *pmd, but maybe still better to use pmdval?  I
> worry pmdp_invalidate()) can be something else in the future that may
> affect the bit.

Wondering how I ended up with that, I realized that it's actually
wrong and might have worked by chance for my reproducer on x86.

That should make it work:

diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index f977c965fdad..fffc953fa6ea 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -3257,7 +3257,7 @@ int set_pmd_migration_entry(struct page_vma_mapped_walk *pvmw,
         pmdswp = swp_entry_to_pmd(entry);
         if (pmd_soft_dirty(pmdval))
                 pmdswp = pmd_swp_mksoft_dirty(pmdswp);
-       if (pmd_swp_uffd_wp(*pvmw->pmd))
+       if (pmd_uffd_wp(pmdval))
                 pmdswp = pmd_swp_mkuffd_wp(pmdswp);
         set_pmd_at(mm, address, pvmw->pmd, pmdswp);
         page_remove_rmap(page, vma, true);


-- 
Thanks,

David / dhildenb