linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] userfaultfd: fix mmap_changing checking in mfill_atomic

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Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2024 13:59:41 -0800
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To: Lokesh Gidra <lokeshgidra@...gle.com>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] userfaultfd: fix mmap_changing checking in
 mfill_atomic_hugetlb

On Wed, 17 Jan 2024 14:37:29 -0800 Lokesh Gidra <lokeshgidra@...gle.com> wrote:

> In mfill_atomic_hugetlb(), mmap_changing isn't being checked
> again if we drop mmap_lock and reacquire it. When the lock is not held,
> mmap_changing could have been incremented. This is also inconsistent
> with the behavior in mfill_atomic().

Thanks. Could you and reviewers please consider

- what might be the userspace-visible runtime effects?

- Should the fix be backported into earlier kernels?

- A suitable Fixes: target?