linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm/mmap/vma_merge: always check invariants

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Message-ID: <06301913-9289-6654-5851-16cf8066c6b4@redhat.com>
Date:   Tue, 2 May 2023 13:29:15 +0200
From:   David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To:     Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@...il.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     "Liam R . Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/mmap/vma_merge: always check invariants

On 30.04.23 22:19, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> We may still have inconsistent input parameters even if we choose not to
> merge and the vma_merge() invariant checks are useful for checking this
> with no production runtime cost (these are only relevant when
> CONFIG_DEBUG_VM is specified).
> 
> Therefore, perform these checks regardless of whether we merge.
> 
> This is relevant, as a recent issue (addressed in commit "mm/mempolicy:
> Correctly update prev when policy is equal on mbind") in the mbind logic
> was only picked up in the 6.2.y stable branch where these assertions are
> performed prior to determining mergeability.
> 
> Had this remained the same in mainline this issue may have been picked up
> faster, so moving forward let's always check them.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@...il.com>
> ---
>   mm/mmap.c | 10 +++++-----
>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
> index 5522130ae606..13678edaa22c 100644
> --- a/mm/mmap.c
> +++ b/mm/mmap.c
> @@ -960,17 +960,17 @@ struct vm_area_struct *vma_merge(struct vma_iterator *vmi, struct mm_struct *mm,
>   		merge_next = true;
>   	}
>   
> +	/* Verify some invariant that must be enforced by the caller. */
> +	VM_WARN_ON(prev && addr <= prev->vm_start);
> +	VM_WARN_ON(curr && (addr != curr->vm_start || end > curr->vm_end));
> +	VM_WARN_ON(addr >= end);
> +
>   	if (!merge_prev && !merge_next)
>   		return NULL; /* Not mergeable. */
>   
>   	res = vma = prev;
>   	remove = remove2 = adjust = NULL;
>   
> -	/* Verify some invariant that must be enforced by the caller. */
> -	VM_WARN_ON(prev && addr <= prev->vm_start);
> -	VM_WARN_ON(curr && (addr != curr->vm_start || end > curr->vm_end));
> -	VM_WARN_ON(addr >= end);
> -
>   	/* Can we merge both the predecessor and the successor? */
>   	if (merge_prev && merge_next &&
>   	    is_mergeable_anon_vma(prev->anon_vma, next->anon_vma, NULL)) {

Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>

-- 
Thanks,

David / dhildenb