linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm/mremap: Fix move_normal_pmd/retract_page

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Message-ID: <7201c25f-0b6e-4a8b-b6a1-b09c6730fb32@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2024 10:21:10 +0200
From: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@...edance.com>
Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
 linux-mm@...ck.org, willy@...radead.org, hughd@...gle.com,
 lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com, joel@...lfernandes.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/mremap: Fix move_normal_pmd/retract_page_tables race

On 08.10.24 09:58, Qi Zheng wrote:
> 
> 
> On 2024/10/8 15:52, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>> On 08.10.24 05:53, Qi Zheng wrote:
>>> Hi Jann,
>>>
>>> On 2024/10/8 05:42, Jann Horn wrote:
>>>
>>> [...]
>>>
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/mm/mremap.c b/mm/mremap.c
>>>> index 24712f8dbb6b..dda09e957a5d 100644
>>>> --- a/mm/mremap.c
>>>> +++ b/mm/mremap.c
>>>> @@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ static bool move_normal_pmd(struct vm_area_struct
>>>> *vma, unsigned long old_addr,
>>>>     {
>>>>         spinlock_t *old_ptl, *new_ptl;
>>>>         struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;
>>>> +    bool res = false;
>>>>         pmd_t pmd;
>>>>         if (!arch_supports_page_table_move())
>>>> @@ -277,19 +278,25 @@ static bool move_normal_pmd(struct
>>>> vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long old_addr,
>>>>         if (new_ptl != old_ptl)
>>>>             spin_lock_nested(new_ptl, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
>>>> -    /* Clear the pmd */
>>>>         pmd = *old_pmd;
>>>> +
>>>> +    /* Racing with collapse? */
>>>> +    if (unlikely(!pmd_present(pmd) || pmd_leaf(pmd)))
>>>
>>> Since we already hold the exclusive mmap lock, after a racing
>>> with collapse occurs, the pmd entry cannot be refilled with
>>> new content by page fault. So maybe we only need to recheck
>>> pmd_none(pmd) here?
>>
>> My thinking was that it is cheap and more future proof to check that we
>> really still have a page table here. For example, what if collapse code
>> is ever changed to replace the page table by the collapsed PMD?
> 
> Ah, make sense.
> 
> Acked-by: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@...edance.com>

Thanks a lot for your review!

-- 
Cheers,

David / dhildenb