linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1] mm/pagewalk: fix usage of pmd_leaf()/pud

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Message-ID: <c364015e-ab37-411d-b2e9-4e7b10effdf5@bytedance.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 18:58:33 +0800
From: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@...edance.com>
To: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
 syzbot+7d917f67c05066cec295@...kaller.appspotmail.com,
 Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] mm/pagewalk: fix usage of pmd_leaf()/pud_leaf()
 without present check



On 2024/10/15 21:13, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> On 15.10.24 13:12, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>> pmd_leaf()/pud_leaf() only implies a pmd_present()/pud_present() check on
>> some architectures. We really should check for
>> pmd_present()/pud_present() first.
>>
>> This should explain the report we got on ppc64 (which has
>> CONFIG_PGTABLE_HAS_HUGE_LEAVES set in the config) that triggered:
>>     VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(pmd_leaf(pmdp_get_lockless(pmdp)));
>>
>> Likely we had a PMD migration entry for which pmd_leaf() did not
>> trigger. We raced with restoring the PMD migration entry, and suddenly
>> saw a pmd_leaf(). In this case, pte_offset_map_lock() saved us from more
>> trouble, because it rechecks the PMD value, but we would not have 
>> processed
>> the migration entry -- which is not too bad because the only user of
>> FW_MIGRATION is KSM for unsharing, and KSM only applies to small folios.
>>
>> Further, we shouldn't re-read the PMD/PUD value for our warning, the
>> primary purpose of the VM_WARN_ON_ONCE() is to find spurious use of
>> pmd_leaf()/pud_leaf() without CONFIG_PGTABLE_HAS_HUGE_LEAVES.
>>
>> As a side note, we are currently not implementing FW_MIGRATION support
>> for PUD migration entries, which likely should exist due to hugetlb. Add
>> a TODO so this won't fall through the cracks if more FW_MIGRATION users
>> get added.
>>
>> Fixes: aa39ca6940f1 ("mm/pagewalk: introduce folio_walk_start() + 
>> folio_walk_end()")
>> Reported-by: syzbot+7d917f67c05066cec295@...kaller.appspotmail.com
>> Closes: 
>> https://lkml.kernel.org/r/670d3248.050a0220.3e960.0064.GAE@google.com
>> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
>> Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>
>> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
>> ---
> 
> Was able to write a quick reproducer and verify that the issue no longer 
> triggers with this fix.
> 
> https://gitlab.com/davidhildenbrand/scratchspace/-/blob/main/reproducers/move-pages-pmd-leaf.c
> 
> Without this fix after a couple of seconds in a VM with 2 NUMA nodes:
> 
> [   54.333753] ------------[ cut here ]------------
> [   54.334901] WARNING: CPU: 20 PID: 1704 at mm/pagewalk.c:815 
> folio_walk_start+0x48f/0x6e0
> [   54.336455] Modules linked in: ...
> [   54.345009] CPU: 20 UID: 0 PID: 1704 Comm: move-pages-pmd- Not 
> tainted 6.12.0-rc2+ #81
> [   54.346529] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 
> 1.16.3-2.fc40 04/01/2014
> [   54.348191] RIP: 0010:folio_walk_start+0x48f/0x6e0
> [   54.349134] Code: b5 ad 48 8d 35 00 00 00 00 e8 6d 59 d7 ff e8 08 74 
> da ff e9 9c fe ff ff 4c 8b 7c 24 08 4c 89 ff e8 26 2b be 00 e9 8a fe ff 
> ff <0f> 0b e9 ec fe ff ff f7 c2 ff 0f 00 00 0f 85 81 fe ff ff 48 8b 02
> [   54.352660] RSP: 0018:ffffb7e4c430bc78 EFLAGS: 00010282
> [   54.353679] RAX: 80000002a3e008e7 RBX: ffff9946039aa580 RCX: 
> ffff994380000000
> [   54.355056] RDX: ffff994606aec000 RSI: 00007f004b000000 RDI: 
> 0000000000000000
> [   54.356440] RBP: 00007f004b000000 R08: 0000000000000591 R09: 
> 0000000000000001
> [   54.357820] R10: 0000000000000200 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: 
> ffffb7e4c430bd10
> [   54.359198] R13: ffff994606aec2c0 R14: 0000000000000002 R15: 
> ffff994604a89b00
> [   54.360564] FS:  00007f004ae006c0(0000) GS:ffff9947f7400000(0000) 
> knlGS:0000000000000000
> [   54.362111] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
> [   54.363242] CR2: 00007f004adffe58 CR3: 0000000281e12005 CR4: 
> 0000000000770ef0
> [   54.364615] PKRU: 55555554
> [   54.365153] Call Trace:
> [   54.365646]  <TASK>
> [   54.366073]  ? __warn.cold+0xb7/0x14d
> [   54.366796]  ? folio_walk_start+0x48f/0x6e0
> [   54.367628]  ? report_bug+0xff/0x140
> [   54.368324]  ? handle_bug+0x58/0x90
> [   54.369019]  ? exc_invalid_op+0x17/0x70
> [   54.369771]  ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1a/0x20
> [   54.370606]  ? folio_walk_start+0x48f/0x6e0
> [   54.371415]  ? folio_walk_start+0x9e/0x6e0
> [   54.372227]  do_pages_move+0x1c5/0x680
> [   54.372972]  kernel_move_pages+0x1a1/0x2b0
> [   54.373804]  __x64_sys_move_pages+0x25/0x30

It would be better to add this call stack to the commit message, which
can help people find this fix patch when they encounter same problem. ;)

Otherwise, LGTM.

Acked-by: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@...edance.com>

Thanks!

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