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| author | Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> | 2017-04-13 14:56:20 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2017-04-13 18:24:20 -0700 |
| commit | ced108037c2aa542b3ed8b7afd1576064ad1362a (patch) | |
| tree | 9bbfcea14b7f7098f667e213a6cc5851e7adc105 /mm/huge_memory.c | |
| parent | 0a85e51d37645e9ce57e5e1a30859e07810ed07c (diff) | |
thp: fix MADV_DONTNEED vs. numa balancing race
In case prot_numa, we are under down_read(mmap_sem). It's critical to
not clear pmd intermittently to avoid race with MADV_DONTNEED which is
also under down_read(mmap_sem):
CPU0: CPU1:
change_huge_pmd(prot_numa=1)
pmdp_huge_get_and_clear_notify()
madvise_dontneed()
zap_pmd_range()
pmd_trans_huge(*pmd) == 0 (without ptl)
// skip the pmd
set_pmd_at();
// pmd is re-established
The race makes MADV_DONTNEED miss the huge pmd and don't clear it
which may break userspace.
Found by code analysis, never saw triggered.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170302151034.27829-3-kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>
Cc: Hillf Danton <hillf.zj@alibaba-inc.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'mm/huge_memory.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/huge_memory.c | 34 |
1 files changed, 33 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c index a513861a9037..26769465af63 100644 --- a/mm/huge_memory.c +++ b/mm/huge_memory.c @@ -1746,7 +1746,39 @@ int change_huge_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd, if (prot_numa && pmd_protnone(*pmd)) goto unlock; - entry = pmdp_huge_get_and_clear_notify(mm, addr, pmd); + /* + * In case prot_numa, we are under down_read(mmap_sem). It's critical + * to not clear pmd intermittently to avoid race with MADV_DONTNEED + * which is also under down_read(mmap_sem): + * + * CPU0: CPU1: + * change_huge_pmd(prot_numa=1) + * pmdp_huge_get_and_clear_notify() + * madvise_dontneed() + * zap_pmd_range() + * pmd_trans_huge(*pmd) == 0 (without ptl) + * // skip the pmd + * set_pmd_at(); + * // pmd is re-established + * + * The race makes MADV_DONTNEED miss the huge pmd and don't clear it + * which may break userspace. + * + * pmdp_invalidate() is required to make sure we don't miss + * dirty/young flags set by hardware. + */ + entry = *pmd; + pmdp_invalidate(vma, addr, pmd); + + /* + * Recover dirty/young flags. It relies on pmdp_invalidate to not + * corrupt them. + */ + if (pmd_dirty(*pmd)) + entry = pmd_mkdirty(entry); + if (pmd_young(*pmd)) + entry = pmd_mkyoung(entry); + entry = pmd_modify(entry, newprot); if (preserve_write) entry = pmd_mk_savedwrite(entry); |