linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] mm: Call arch_swap_restore() from do_swap

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Message-ID: <ZGemMxjj6sC2H7bW@arm.com>
Date:   Fri, 19 May 2023 17:39:15 +0100
From:   Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
To:     Peter Collingbourne <pcc@...gle.com>
Cc:     Qun-wei Lin (林群崴) 
        <Qun-wei.Lin@...iatek.com>, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "surenb@...gle.com" <surenb@...gle.com>,
        "david@...hat.com" <david@...hat.com>,
        Chinwen Chang (張錦文) 
        <chinwen.chang@...iatek.com>,
        "kasan-dev@...glegroups.com" <kasan-dev@...glegroups.com>,
        Kuan-Ying Lee (李冠穎) 
        <Kuan-Ying.Lee@...iatek.com>,
        Casper Li (李中榮) <casper.li@...iatek.com>,
        "gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        vincenzo.frascino@....com,
        Alexandru Elisei <alexandru.elisei@....com>, will@...nel.org,
        eugenis@...gle.com, Steven Price <steven.price@....com>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] mm: Call arch_swap_restore() from do_swap_page()

On Tue, May 16, 2023 at 07:21:11PM -0700, Peter Collingbourne wrote:
> Commit c145e0b47c77 ("mm: streamline COW logic in do_swap_page()") moved
> the call to swap_free() before the call to set_pte_at(), which meant that
> the MTE tags could end up being freed before set_pte_at() had a chance
> to restore them. Fix it by adding a call to the arch_swap_restore() hook
> before the call to swap_free().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter Collingbourne <pcc@...gle.com>
> Link: https://linux-review.googlesource.com/id/I6470efa669e8bd2f841049b8c61020c510678965
> Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org> # 6.1
> Fixes: c145e0b47c77 ("mm: streamline COW logic in do_swap_page()")
> Reported-by: Qun-wei Lin (林群崴) <Qun-wei.Lin@...iatek.com>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/5050805753ac469e8d727c797c2218a9d780d434.camel@mediatek.com/

Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>