[PATCH v3 3/6] mm/hugetlb: fix getting refcount 0 page in hugetlb_fault()

From: Naoya Horiguchi
Date: Thu Aug 28 2014 - 21:40:34 EST


When running the test which causes the race as shown in the previous patch,
we can hit the BUG "get_page() on refcount 0 page" in hugetlb_fault().

This race happens when pte turns into migration entry just after the first
check of is_hugetlb_entry_migration() in hugetlb_fault() passed with false.
To fix this, we need to check pte_present() again with holding ptl.

This patch also reorders taking ptl and doing pte_page(), because pte_page()
should be done in ptl. Due to this reordering, we need use trylock_page()
in page != pagecache_page case to respect locking order.

ChangeLog v3:
- doing pte_page() and taking refcount under page table lock
- check pte_present after taking ptl, which makes it unnecessary to use
get_page_unless_zero()
- use trylock_page in page != pagecache_page case
- fixed target stable version

Fixes: 66aebce747ea ("hugetlb: fix race condition in hugetlb_fault()")
Signed-off-by: Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # [3.2+]
---
mm/hugetlb.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++--------------
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git mmotm-2014-08-25-16-52.orig/mm/hugetlb.c mmotm-2014-08-25-16-52/mm/hugetlb.c
index c5345c5edb50..2aafe073cb06 100644
--- mmotm-2014-08-25-16-52.orig/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ mmotm-2014-08-25-16-52/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -3184,6 +3184,15 @@ int hugetlb_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
vma, address);
}

+ ptl = huge_pte_lock(h, mm, ptep);
+
+ /* Check for a racing update before calling hugetlb_cow */
+ if (unlikely(!pte_same(entry, huge_ptep_get(ptep))))
+ goto out_ptl;
+
+ if (!pte_present(entry))
+ goto out_ptl;
+
/*
* hugetlb_cow() requires page locks of pte_page(entry) and
* pagecache_page, so here we need take the former one
@@ -3192,22 +3201,17 @@ int hugetlb_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
* so no worry about deadlock.
*/
page = pte_page(entry);
- get_page(page);
if (page != pagecache_page)
- lock_page(page);
-
- ptl = huge_pte_lockptr(h, mm, ptep);
- spin_lock(ptl);
- /* Check for a racing update before calling hugetlb_cow */
- if (unlikely(!pte_same(entry, huge_ptep_get(ptep))))
- goto out_ptl;
+ if (!trylock_page(page))
+ goto out_ptl;

+ get_page(page);

if (flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE) {
if (!huge_pte_write(entry)) {
ret = hugetlb_cow(mm, vma, address, ptep, entry,
pagecache_page, ptl);
- goto out_ptl;
+ goto out_put_page;
}
entry = huge_pte_mkdirty(entry);
}
@@ -3215,7 +3219,11 @@ int hugetlb_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
if (huge_ptep_set_access_flags(vma, address, ptep, entry,
flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE))
update_mmu_cache(vma, address, ptep);
-
+out_put_page:
+ put_page(page);
+out_unlock_page:
+ if (page != pagecache_page)
+ unlock_page(page);
out_ptl:
spin_unlock(ptl);

@@ -3223,10 +3231,6 @@ int hugetlb_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unlock_page(pagecache_page);
put_page(pagecache_page);
}
- if (page != pagecache_page)
- unlock_page(page);
- put_page(page);
-
out_mutex:
mutex_unlock(&htlb_fault_mutex_table[hash]);
return ret;
--
1.9.3

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