Re: [PATCH 5/6] mm/migrate_device: move softleaf_to_folio() inside device-private branch
From: David Hildenbrand (Arm)
Date: Wed Jul 01 2026 - 15:58:19 EST
On 6/30/26 18:34, Usama Arif wrote:
> migrate_vma_collect_pmd() calls softleaf_to_folio() on a non-present
> PMD before checking the entry's type. softleaf_to_folio() converts
> the entry's offset to a PFN, which is only meaningful for migration
> or device-private entries.
>
> A PMD swap entry's offset is a swap offset, not a PFN, so the
> lookup would either return a bogus folio pointer or trip pfn_to_page
> validation on a debug kernel. In the non-device-private path the
> returned folio is then unused (the OR short-circuits to
> migrate_vma_collect_skip()), but the lookup itself is already
> unsafe.
>
> Move the softleaf_to_folio() call inside the device-private branch
> where the folio is actually needed, mirroring the equivalent
> change_non_present_huge_pmd() fix.
>
> Reviewed-by: Zi Yan <ziy@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Usama Arif <usama.arif@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> mm/migrate_device.c | 11 +++++++----
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/migrate_device.c b/mm/migrate_device.c
> index aa948db49501..36287e958b2a 100644
> --- a/mm/migrate_device.c
> +++ b/mm/migrate_device.c
> @@ -166,11 +166,14 @@ static int migrate_vma_collect_huge_pmd(pmd_t *pmdp, unsigned long start,
> } else if (!pmd_present(*pmdp)) {
> const softleaf_t entry = softleaf_from_pmd(*pmdp);
>
> - folio = softleaf_to_folio(entry);
> -
> if (!softleaf_is_device_private(entry) ||
> - !(migrate->flags & MIGRATE_VMA_SELECT_DEVICE_PRIVATE) ||
> - (folio->pgmap->owner != migrate->pgmap_owner)) {
> + !(migrate->flags & MIGRATE_VMA_SELECT_DEVICE_PRIVATE)) {
> + spin_unlock(ptl);
> + return migrate_vma_collect_skip(start, end, walk);
> + }
> +
> + folio = softleaf_to_folio(entry);
> + if (folio->pgmap->owner != migrate->pgmap_owner) {
> spin_unlock(ptl);
> return migrate_vma_collect_skip(start, end, walk);
> }
LGTM
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Cheers,
David