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Message-ID: <68edc50d.050a0220.91a22.01f7.GAE@google.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2025 20:35:41 -0700
From: syzbot <syzbot+f26d7c75c26ec19790e7@...kaller.appspotmail.com>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com
Subject: Forwarded: [PATCH v5] hugetlbfs: move lock assertions after early
 returns in huge_pmd_unshare()

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Subject: [PATCH v5] hugetlbfs: move lock assertions after early returns in huge_pmd_unshare()
Author: kartikey406@...il.com

#syz test: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git master

When hugetlb_vmdelete_list() processes VMAs during truncate operations,
it may encounter VMAs where huge_pmd_unshare() is called without the
required shareable lock. This triggers an assertion failure in
hugetlb_vma_assert_locked().

The previous fix in commit dd83609b8898 ("hugetlbfs: skip VMAs without
shareable locks in hugetlb_vmdelete_list") skipped entire VMAs without
shareable locks to avoid the assertion. However, this prevented pages
from being unmapped and freed, causing a regression in fallocate(PUNCH_HOLE)
operations where pages were not freed immediately, as reported by Mark Brown.

Instead of checking locks in the caller or skipping VMAs, move the lock
assertions in huge_pmd_unshare() to after the early return checks. The
assertions are only needed when actual PMD unsharing work will be performed.
If the function returns early because sz != PMD_SIZE or the PMD is not
shared, no locks are required and assertions should not fire.

This is cleaner than previous approaches because it keeps all the logic
within huge_pmd_unshare() itself, while still allowing page unmapping and
freeing to proceed for all VMAs.

Reported-by: syzbot+f26d7c75c26ec19790e7@...kaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=f26d7c75c26ec19790e7
Fixes: dd83609b8898 ("hugetlbfs: skip VMAs without shareable locks in hugetlb_vmdelete_list")
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/mm-commits/20250925203504.7BE02C4CEF7@smtp.kernel.org/ [v1]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/mm-commits/20250928185232.BEDB6C4CEF0@smtp.kernel.org/ [v2]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20251003174553.3078839-1-kartikey406@gmail.com/ [v3]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20251008052759.469714-1-kartikey406@gmail.com/ [v4]
Signed-off-by: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@...il.com>
---
Changes in v5:
- Move lock assertions after early return checks in huge_pmd_unshare()
  per David's suggestion - cleaner approach that keeps logic within the
  function itself
- Revert all previous approaches (VMA skipping, flag additions, caller checks)

Changes in v4:
- Check __vma_shareable_lock() in __unmap_hugepage_range() before calling
  huge_pmd_unshare() per Oscar's suggestion
- Remove ZAP_FLAG_NO_UNSHARE flag per David's feedback

Changes in v3:
- Add ZAP_FLAG_NO_UNSHARE to skip only PMD unsharing, not entire VMA

Changes in v2:
- Skip entire VMAs without shareable locks (caused PUNCH_HOLE regression)

Changes in v1:
- Initial fix attempt
---
 fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c | 10 +---------
 mm/hugetlb.c         |  5 ++---
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
index 9c94ed8c3ab0..1e040db18b20 100644
--- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
@@ -478,14 +478,6 @@ hugetlb_vmdelete_list(struct rb_root_cached *root, pgoff_t start, pgoff_t end,
 		if (!hugetlb_vma_trylock_write(vma))
 			continue;
 
-		/*
-		 * Skip VMAs without shareable locks. Per the design in commit
-		 * 40549ba8f8e0, these will be handled by remove_inode_hugepages()
-		 * called after this function with proper locking.
-		 */
-		if (!__vma_shareable_lock(vma))
-			goto skip;
-
 		v_start = vma_offset_start(vma, start);
 		v_end = vma_offset_end(vma, end);
 
@@ -496,7 +488,7 @@ hugetlb_vmdelete_list(struct rb_root_cached *root, pgoff_t start, pgoff_t end,
 		 * vmas.  Therefore, lock is not held when calling
 		 * unmap_hugepage_range for private vmas.
 		 */
-skip:
+
 		hugetlb_vma_unlock_write(vma);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 795ee393eac0..0455119716ec 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -7614,13 +7614,12 @@ int huge_pmd_unshare(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	p4d_t *p4d = p4d_offset(pgd, addr);
 	pud_t *pud = pud_offset(p4d, addr);
 
-	i_mmap_assert_write_locked(vma->vm_file->f_mapping);
-	hugetlb_vma_assert_locked(vma);
 	if (sz != PMD_SIZE)
 		return 0;
 	if (!ptdesc_pmd_is_shared(virt_to_ptdesc(ptep)))
 		return 0;
-
+	i_mmap_assert_write_locked(vma->vm_file->f_mapping);
+	hugetlb_vma_assert_locked(vma);
 	pud_clear(pud);
 	/*
 	 * Once our caller drops the rmap lock, some other process might be
-- 
2.34.1