[PATCH 2/2] dax: wrprotect pmd_t in dax_mapping_entry_mkclean

From: Ross Zwisler
Date: Tue Dec 20 2016 - 17:24:36 EST


Currently dax_mapping_entry_mkclean() fails to clean and write protect the
pmd_t of a DAX PMD entry during an *sync operation. This can result in
data loss in the following sequence:

1) mmap write to DAX PMD, dirtying PMD radix tree entry and making the
pmd_t dirty and writeable
2) fsync, flushing out PMD data and cleaning the radix tree entry. We
currently fail to mark the pmd_t as clean and write protected.
3) more mmap writes to the PMD. These don't cause any page faults since
the pmd_t is dirty and writeable. The radix tree entry remains clean.
4) fsync, which fails to flush the dirty PMD data because the radix tree
entry was clean.
5) crash - dirty data that should have been fsync'd as part of 4) could
still have been in the processor cache, and is lost.

Fix this by marking the pmd_t clean and write protected in
dax_mapping_entry_mkclean(), which is called as part of the fsync
operation 2). This will cause the writes in step 3) above to generate page
faults where we'll re-dirty the PMD radix tree entry, resulting in flushes
in the fsync that happens in step 4).

Signed-off-by: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
Fixes: 4b4bb46d00b3 ("dax: clear dirty entry tags on cache flush")
---
fs/dax.c | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
include/linux/mm.h | 2 --
mm/memory.c | 4 ++--
3 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/dax.c b/fs/dax.c
index 5c74f60..ddcddfe 100644
--- a/fs/dax.c
+++ b/fs/dax.c
@@ -691,8 +691,8 @@ static void dax_mapping_entry_mkclean(struct address_space *mapping,
pgoff_t index, unsigned long pfn)
{
struct vm_area_struct *vma;
- pte_t *ptep;
- pte_t pte;
+ pte_t pte, *ptep = NULL;
+ pmd_t *pmdp = NULL;
spinlock_t *ptl;
bool changed;

@@ -707,21 +707,42 @@ static void dax_mapping_entry_mkclean(struct address_space *mapping,

address = pgoff_address(index, vma);
changed = false;
- if (follow_pte(vma->vm_mm, address, &ptep, &ptl))
+ if (follow_pte_pmd(vma->vm_mm, address, &ptep, &pmdp, &ptl))
continue;
- if (pfn != pte_pfn(*ptep))
- goto unlock;
- if (!pte_dirty(*ptep) && !pte_write(*ptep))
- goto unlock;

- flush_cache_page(vma, address, pfn);
- pte = ptep_clear_flush(vma, address, ptep);
- pte = pte_wrprotect(pte);
- pte = pte_mkclean(pte);
- set_pte_at(vma->vm_mm, address, ptep, pte);
- changed = true;
-unlock:
- pte_unmap_unlock(ptep, ptl);
+ if (pmdp) {
+#ifdef CONFIG_FS_DAX_PMD
+ pmd_t pmd;
+
+ if (pfn != pmd_pfn(*pmdp))
+ goto unlock_pmd;
+ if (!pmd_dirty(*pmdp) && !pmd_write(*pmdp))
+ goto unlock_pmd;
+
+ flush_cache_page(vma, address, pfn);
+ pmd = pmdp_huge_clear_flush(vma, address, pmdp);
+ pmd = pmd_wrprotect(pmd);
+ pmd = pmd_mkclean(pmd);
+ set_pmd_at(vma->vm_mm, address, pmdp, pmd);
+ changed = true;
+unlock_pmd:
+ spin_unlock(ptl);
+#endif
+ } else {
+ if (pfn != pte_pfn(*ptep))
+ goto unlock_pte;
+ if (!pte_dirty(*ptep) && !pte_write(*ptep))
+ goto unlock_pte;
+
+ flush_cache_page(vma, address, pfn);
+ pte = ptep_clear_flush(vma, address, ptep);
+ pte = pte_wrprotect(pte);
+ pte = pte_mkclean(pte);
+ set_pte_at(vma->vm_mm, address, ptep, pte);
+ changed = true;
+unlock_pte:
+ pte_unmap_unlock(ptep, ptl);
+ }

if (changed)
mmu_notifier_invalidate_page(vma->vm_mm, address);
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index ff0e1c1..f4de7fa 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -1210,8 +1210,6 @@ int copy_page_range(struct mm_struct *dst, struct mm_struct *src,
struct vm_area_struct *vma);
void unmap_mapping_range(struct address_space *mapping,
loff_t const holebegin, loff_t const holelen, int even_cows);
-int follow_pte(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address, pte_t **ptepp,
- spinlock_t **ptlp);
int follow_pte_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
pte_t **ptepp, pmd_t **pmdpp, spinlock_t **ptlp);
int follow_pfn(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 29edd91..ddcf979 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -3826,8 +3826,8 @@ static int __follow_pte_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
return -EINVAL;
}

-int follow_pte(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address, pte_t **ptepp,
- spinlock_t **ptlp)
+static inline int follow_pte(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
+ pte_t **ptepp, spinlock_t **ptlp)
{
int res;

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