linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] mm: Fix race between __split_huge_pmd

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Date: Thu, 2 May 2024 15:08:20 +0200
From: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@....com>,
 Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
 Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>, Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
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Cc: linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
 Felix Kuehling <Felix.Kuehling@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] mm: Fix race between __split_huge_pmd_locked() and
 GUP-fast

On 01.05.24 16:33, Ryan Roberts wrote:
> __split_huge_pmd_locked() can be called for a present THP, devmap or
> (non-present) migration entry. It calls pmdp_invalidate()
> unconditionally on the pmdp and only determines if it is present or not
> based on the returned old pmd. This is a problem for the migration entry
> case because pmd_mkinvalid(), called by pmdp_invalidate() must only be
> called for a present pmd.
> 
> On arm64 at least, pmd_mkinvalid() will mark the pmd such that any
> future call to pmd_present() will return true. And therefore any
> lockless pgtable walker could see the migration entry pmd in this state
> and start interpretting the fields as if it were present, leading to
> BadThings (TM). GUP-fast appears to be one such lockless pgtable walker.
> 
> x86 does not suffer the above problem, but instead pmd_mkinvalid() will
> corrupt the offset field of the swap entry within the swap pte. See link
> below for discussion of that problem.

Could that explain:

https://lore.kernel.org/all/YjoGbhreg8lGCGIJ@linutronix.de/

Where the PFN of a migration entry might have been corrupted?

Ccing Felix

Patch itself looks good to me

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

-- 
Cheers,

David / dhildenb