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Message-ID: <d2ca4a03-dd7e-29d8-d932-4ee5a31e1ab2@redhat.com> Date: Tue, 2 May 2023 18:42:42 +0200 From: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com> To: Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@...il.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>, Dennis Dalessandro <dennis.dalessandro@...nelisnetworks.com>, Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>, Christian Benvenuti <benve@...co.com>, Nelson Escobar <neescoba@...co.com>, Bernard Metzler <bmt@...ich.ibm.com>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>, Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>, Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>, Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>, Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>, Bjorn Topel <bjorn@...nel.org>, Magnus Karlsson <magnus.karlsson@...el.com>, Maciej Fijalkowski <maciej.fijalkowski@...el.com>, Jonathan Lemon <jonathan.lemon@...il.com>, "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>, Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>, Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>, Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>, Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@...nel.org>, John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, bpf@...r.kernel.org, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>, Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>, John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, "Kirill A . Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>, Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@...il.com>, Mika Penttila <mpenttil@...hat.com>, Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>, Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>, Matthew Rosato <mjrosato@...ux.ibm.com>, "Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>, Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ux.ibm.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 2/3] mm/gup: disallow FOLL_LONGTERM GUP-nonfast writing to file-backed mappings On 02.05.23 18:34, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote: > Writing to file-backed mappings which require folio dirty tracking using > GUP is a fundamentally broken operation, as kernel write access to GUP > mappings do not adhere to the semantics expected by a file system. > > A GUP caller uses the direct mapping to access the folio, which does not > cause write notify to trigger, nor does it enforce that the caller marks > the folio dirty. > > The problem arises when, after an initial write to the folio, writeback > results in the folio being cleaned and then the caller, via the GUP > interface, writes to the folio again. > > As a result of the use of this secondary, direct, mapping to the folio no > write notify will occur, and if the caller does mark the folio dirty, this > will be done so unexpectedly. > > For example, consider the following scenario:- > > 1. A folio is written to via GUP which write-faults the memory, notifying > the file system and dirtying the folio. > 2. Later, writeback is triggered, resulting in the folio being cleaned and > the PTE being marked read-only. > 3. The GUP caller writes to the folio, as it is mapped read/write via the > direct mapping. > 4. The GUP caller, now done with the page, unpins it and sets it dirty > (though it does not have to). > > This results in both data being written to a folio without writenotify, and > the folio being dirtied unexpectedly (if the caller decides to do so). > > This issue was first reported by Jan Kara [1] in 2018, where the problem > resulted in file system crashes. > > This is only relevant when the mappings are file-backed and the underlying > file system requires folio dirty tracking. File systems which do not, such > as shmem or hugetlb, are not at risk and therefore can be written to > without issue. > > Unfortunately this limitation of GUP has been present for some time and > requires future rework of the GUP API in order to provide correct write > access to such mappings. > > However, for the time being we introduce this check to prevent the most > egregious case of this occurring, use of the FOLL_LONGTERM pin. > > These mappings are considerably more likely to be written to after > folios are cleaned and thus simply must not be permitted to do so. > > This patch changes only the slow-path GUP functions, a following patch > adapts the GUP-fast path along similar lines. > > [1]:https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20180103100430.GE4911@quack2.suse.cz/ > > Suggested-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com> > Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@...il.com> > Reviewed-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com> > Reviewed-by: Mika Penttilä <mpenttil@...hat.com> > Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz> > Reviewed-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com> > --- > mm/gup.c | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- > 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c > index ff689c88a357..6e209ca10967 100644 > --- a/mm/gup.c > +++ b/mm/gup.c > @@ -959,16 +959,53 @@ static int faultin_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, > return 0; > } > > +/* > + * Writing to file-backed mappings which require folio dirty tracking using GUP > + * is a fundamentally broken operation, as kernel write access to GUP mappings > + * do not adhere to the semantics expected by a file system. > + * > + * Consider the following scenario:- > + * > + * 1. A folio is written to via GUP which write-faults the memory, notifying > + * the file system and dirtying the folio. > + * 2. Later, writeback is triggered, resulting in the folio being cleaned and > + * the PTE being marked read-only. > + * 3. The GUP caller writes to the folio, as it is mapped read/write via the > + * direct mapping. > + * 4. The GUP caller, now done with the page, unpins it and sets it dirty > + * (though it does not have to). > + * > + * This results in both data being written to a folio without writenotify, and > + * the folio being dirtied unexpectedly (if the caller decides to do so). > + */ > +static bool writeable_file_mapping_allowed(struct vm_area_struct *vma, > + unsigned long gup_flags) > +{ > + /* > + * If we aren't pinning then no problematic write can occur. A long term > + * pin is the most egregious case so this is the case we disallow. > + */ > + if (!(gup_flags & (FOLL_PIN | FOLL_LONGTERM))) > + return true; If you really want to keep FOLL_PIN here ... this has to be if ((gup_flags & (FOLL_PIN | FOLL_LONGTERM)) != (FOLL_PIN | FOLL_LONGTERM)) or two separate checks. Otherwise you'd also proceed if only FOLL_PIN is set. Unless my tired eyes betrayed me. -- Thanks, David / dhildenb
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