linux-kernel - [PATCH v1] fs/proc/task_mmu: Fix loss of young/dirty bits during pagemap scan

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Message-Id: <20240429114017.182570-1-ryan.roberts@arm.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 12:40:17 +0100
From: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@....com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
	Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@...labora.com>,
	Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>
Cc: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@....com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v1] fs/proc/task_mmu: Fix loss of young/dirty bits during pagemap scan

make_uffd_wp_pte() was previously doing:

  pte = ptep_get(ptep);
  ptep_modify_prot_start(ptep);
  pte = pte_mkuffd_wp(pte);
  ptep_modify_prot_commit(ptep, pte);

But if another thread accessed or dirtied the pte between the first 2
calls, this could lead to loss of that information. Since
ptep_modify_prot_start() gets and clears atomically, the following is
the correct pattern and prevents any possible race. Any access after the
first call would see an invalid pte and cause a fault:

  pte = ptep_modify_prot_start(ptep);
  pte = pte_mkuffd_wp(pte);
  ptep_modify_prot_commit(ptep, pte);

Fixes: 52526ca7fdb9 ("fs/proc/task_mmu: implement IOCTL to get and optionally clear info about PTEs")
Signed-off-by: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@....com>
---
 fs/proc/task_mmu.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
index 23fbab954c20..af4bc1da0c01 100644
--- a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
+++ b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
@@ -1825,7 +1825,7 @@ static void make_uffd_wp_pte(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		pte_t old_pte;

 		old_pte = ptep_modify_prot_start(vma, addr, pte);
-		ptent = pte_mkuffd_wp(ptent);
+		ptent = pte_mkuffd_wp(old_pte);
 		ptep_modify_prot_commit(vma, addr, pte, old_pte, ptent);
 	} else if (is_swap_pte(ptent)) {
 		ptent = pte_swp_mkuffd_wp(ptent);
--
2.25.1