Message-ID: <3ba660af716d87a18ca5b4e635f2101edeb56340.1748537921.git.lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
Date: Thu, 29 May 2025 18:15:47 +0100
From: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
        "Liam R . Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>, Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>,
        Pedro Falcato <pfalcato@...e.de>, David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
        Xu Xin <xu.xin16@....com.cn>,
        Chengming Zhou <chengming.zhou@...ux.dev>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        Stefan Roesch <shr@...kernel.io>
Subject: [PATCH v3 3/4] mm: prevent KSM from breaking VMA merging for new VMAs

If a user wishes to enable KSM mergeability for an entire process and all
fork/exec'd processes that come after it, they use the prctl()
PR_SET_MEMORY_MERGE operation.

This defaults all newly mapped VMAs to have the VM_MERGEABLE VMA flag set
(in order to indicate they are KSM mergeable), as well as setting this flag
for all existing VMAs and propagating this across fork/exec.

However it also breaks VMA merging for new VMAs, both in the process and
all forked (and fork/exec'd) child processes.

This is because when a new mapping is proposed, the flags specified will
never have VM_MERGEABLE set. However all adjacent VMAs will already have
VM_MERGEABLE set, rendering VMAs unmergeable by default.

To work around this, we try to set the VM_MERGEABLE flag prior to
attempting a merge. In the case of brk() this can always be done.

However on mmap() things are more complicated - while KSM is not supported
for MAP_SHARED file-backed mappings, it is supported for MAP_PRIVATE
file-backed mappings.

These mappings may have deprecated .mmap() callbacks specified which could,
in theory, adjust flags and thus KSM eligibility.

So we check to determine whether this is possible. If not, we set
VM_MERGEABLE prior to the merge attempt on mmap(), otherwise we retain the
previous behaviour.

This fixes VMA merging for all new anonymous mappings, which covers the
majority of real-world cases, so we should see a significant improvement in
VMA mergeability.

For MAP_PRIVATE file-backed mappings, those which implement the
.mmap_prepare() hook and shmem are both known to be safe, so we allow
these, disallowing all other cases.

Also add stubs for newly introduced function invocations to VMA userland
testing.

Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>
Fixes: d7597f59d1d3 ("mm: add new api to enable ksm per process") # please no backport!
Reviewed-by: Chengming Zhou <chengming.zhou@...ux.dev>
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
Reviewed-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>
---
 include/linux/ksm.h              |  8 +++---
 mm/ksm.c                         | 18 ++++++++-----
 mm/vma.c                         | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 tools/testing/vma/vma_internal.h | 11 ++++++++
 4 files changed, 70 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/ksm.h b/include/linux/ksm.h
index d73095b5cd96..51787f0b0208 100644
--- a/include/linux/ksm.h
+++ b/include/linux/ksm.h
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_KSM
 int ksm_madvise(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long start,
 		unsigned long end, int advice, unsigned long *vm_flags);
-
-void ksm_add_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma);
+vm_flags_t ksm_vma_flags(const struct mm_struct *mm, const struct file *file,
+			 vm_flags_t vm_flags);
 int ksm_enable_merge_any(struct mm_struct *mm);
 int ksm_disable_merge_any(struct mm_struct *mm);
 int ksm_disable(struct mm_struct *mm);
@@ -97,8 +97,10 @@ bool ksm_process_mergeable(struct mm_struct *mm);
 
 #else  /* !CONFIG_KSM */
 
-static inline void ksm_add_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+static inline vm_flags_t ksm_vma_flags(const struct mm_struct *mm,
+		const struct file *file, vm_flags_t vm_flags)
 {
+	return vm_flags;
 }
 
 static inline int ksm_disable(struct mm_struct *mm)
diff --git a/mm/ksm.c b/mm/ksm.c
index d0c763abd499..18b3690bb69a 100644
--- a/mm/ksm.c
+++ b/mm/ksm.c
@@ -2731,16 +2731,22 @@ static int __ksm_del_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	return 0;
 }
 /**
- * ksm_add_vma - Mark vma as mergeable if compatible
+ * ksm_vma_flags - Update VMA flags to mark as mergeable if compatible
  *
- * @vma:  Pointer to vma
+ * @mm:       Proposed VMA's mm_struct
+ * @file:     Proposed VMA's file-backed mapping, if any.
+ * @vm_flags: Proposed VMA"s flags.
+ *
+ * Returns: @vm_flags possibly updated to mark mergeable.
  */
-void ksm_add_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+vm_flags_t ksm_vma_flags(const struct mm_struct *mm, const struct file *file,
+			 vm_flags_t vm_flags)
 {
-	struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;
+	if (test_bit(MMF_VM_MERGE_ANY, &mm->flags) &&
+	    __ksm_should_add_vma(file, vm_flags))
+		vm_flags |= VM_MERGEABLE;
 
-	if (test_bit(MMF_VM_MERGE_ANY, &mm->flags))
-		__ksm_add_vma(vma);
+	return vm_flags;
 }
 
 static void ksm_add_vmas(struct mm_struct *mm)
diff --git a/mm/vma.c b/mm/vma.c
index 7ebc9eb608f4..3e351beb82ca 100644
--- a/mm/vma.c
+++ b/mm/vma.c
@@ -2490,7 +2490,6 @@ static int __mmap_new_vma(struct mmap_state *map, struct vm_area_struct **vmap)
 	 */
 	if (!vma_is_anonymous(vma))
 		khugepaged_enter_vma(vma, map->flags);
-	ksm_add_vma(vma);
 	*vmap = vma;
 	return 0;
 
@@ -2593,6 +2592,40 @@ static void set_vma_user_defined_fields(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	vma->vm_private_data = map->vm_private_data;
 }
 
+static void update_ksm_flags(struct mmap_state *map)
+{
+	map->flags = ksm_vma_flags(map->mm, map->file, map->flags);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Are we guaranteed no driver can change state such as to preclude KSM merging?
+ * If so, let's set the KSM mergeable flag early so we don't break VMA merging.
+ */
+static bool can_set_ksm_flags_early(struct mmap_state *map)
+{
+	struct file *file = map->file;
+
+	/* Anonymous mappings have no driver which can change them. */
+	if (!file)
+		return true;
+
+	/*
+	 * If .mmap_prepare() is specified, then the driver will have already
+	 * manipulated state prior to updating KSM flags. So no need to worry
+	 * about mmap callbacks modifying VMA flags after the KSM flag has been
+	 * updated here, which could otherwise affect KSM eligibility.
+	 */
+	if (file->f_op->mmap_prepare)
+		return true;
+
+	/* shmem is safe. */
+	if (shmem_file(file))
+		return true;
+
+	/* Any other .mmap callback is not safe. */
+	return false;
+}
+
 static unsigned long __mmap_region(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
 		unsigned long len, vm_flags_t vm_flags, unsigned long pgoff,
 		struct list_head *uf)
@@ -2603,6 +2636,7 @@ static unsigned long __mmap_region(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
 	bool have_mmap_prepare = file && file->f_op->mmap_prepare;
 	VMA_ITERATOR(vmi, mm, addr);
 	MMAP_STATE(map, mm, &vmi, addr, len, pgoff, vm_flags, file);
+	bool check_ksm_early = can_set_ksm_flags_early(&map);
 
 	error = __mmap_prepare(&map, uf);
 	if (!error && have_mmap_prepare)
@@ -2610,6 +2644,9 @@ static unsigned long __mmap_region(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
 	if (error)
 		goto abort_munmap;
 
+	if (check_ksm_early)
+		update_ksm_flags(&map);
+
 	/* Attempt to merge with adjacent VMAs... */
 	if (map.prev || map.next) {
 		VMG_MMAP_STATE(vmg, &map, /* vma = */ NULL);
@@ -2619,6 +2656,9 @@ static unsigned long __mmap_region(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
 
 	/* ...but if we can't, allocate a new VMA. */
 	if (!vma) {
+		if (!check_ksm_early)
+			update_ksm_flags(&map);
+
 		error = __mmap_new_vma(&map, &vma);
 		if (error)
 			goto unacct_error;
@@ -2721,6 +2761,7 @@ int do_brk_flags(struct vma_iterator *vmi, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	 * Note: This happens *after* clearing old mappings in some code paths.
 	 */
 	flags |= VM_DATA_DEFAULT_FLAGS | VM_ACCOUNT | mm->def_flags;
+	flags = ksm_vma_flags(mm, NULL, flags);
 	if (!may_expand_vm(mm, flags, len >> PAGE_SHIFT))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -2764,7 +2805,6 @@ int do_brk_flags(struct vma_iterator *vmi, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 
 	mm->map_count++;
 	validate_mm(mm);
-	ksm_add_vma(vma);
 out:
 	perf_event_mmap(vma);
 	mm->total_vm += len >> PAGE_SHIFT;
diff --git a/tools/testing/vma/vma_internal.h b/tools/testing/vma/vma_internal.h
index 4505b1c31be1..77b2949d874a 100644
--- a/tools/testing/vma/vma_internal.h
+++ b/tools/testing/vma/vma_internal.h
@@ -1468,4 +1468,15 @@ static inline void fixup_hugetlb_reservations(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	(void)vma;
 }
 
+static inline bool shmem_file(struct file *)
+{
+	return false;
+}
+
+static inline vm_flags_t ksm_vma_flags(const struct mm_struct *, const struct file *,
+			 vm_flags_t vm_flags)
+{
+	return vm_flags;
+}
+
 #endif	/* __MM_VMA_INTERNAL_H */
-- 
2.49.0

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