Re: [PATCH v2] mm: Respect FOLL_FORCE/FOLL_COW for thp

[Kirill A. Shutemov]

On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 10:29:10AM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote:
> On Fri 06-01-17 11:18:44, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 05, 2017 at 08:50:25PM -0500, Keno Fischer wrote:
> > > In 19be0eaff ("mm: remove gup_flags FOLL_WRITE games from __get_user_pages()"),
> > > the mm code was changed from unsetting FOLL_WRITE after a COW was resolved to
> > > setting the (newly introduced) FOLL_COW instead. Simultaneously, the check in
> > > gup.c was updated to still allow writes with FOLL_FORCE set if FOLL_COW had
> > > also been set. However, a similar check in huge_memory.c was forgotten. As a
> > > result, remote memory writes to ro regions of memory backed by transparent huge
> > > pages cause an infinite loop in the kernel (handle_mm_fault sets FOLL_COW and
> > > returns 0 causing a retry, but follow_trans_huge_pmd bails out immidiately
> > > because `(flags & FOLL_WRITE) && !pmd_write(*pmd)` is true. While in this
> > > state the process is stil SIGKILLable, but little else works (e.g. no ptrace
> > > attach, no other signals). This is easily reproduced with the following
> > > code (assuming thp are set to always):
> > > 
> > >     #include <assert.h>
> > >     #include <fcntl.h>
> > >     #include <stdint.h>
> > >     #include <stdio.h>
> > >     #include <string.h>
> > >     #include <sys/mman.h>
> > >     #include <sys/stat.h>
> > >     #include <sys/types.h>
> > >     #include <sys/wait.h>
> > >     #include <unistd.h>
> > > 
> > >     #define TEST_SIZE 5 * 1024 * 1024
> > > 
> > >     int main(void) {
> > >       int status;
> > >       pid_t child;
> > >       int fd = open("/proc/self/mem", O_RDWR);
> > >       void *addr = mmap(NULL, TEST_SIZE, PROT_READ,
> > >                         MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_PRIVATE, 0, 0);
> > >       assert(addr != MAP_FAILED);
> > >       pid_t parent_pid = getpid();
> > >       if ((child = fork()) == 0) {
> > >         void *addr2 = mmap(NULL, TEST_SIZE, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
> > >                            MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_PRIVATE, 0, 0);
> > >         assert(addr2 != MAP_FAILED);
> > >         memset(addr2, 'a', TEST_SIZE);
> > >         pwrite(fd, addr2, TEST_SIZE, (uintptr_t)addr);
> > >         return 0;
> > >       }
> > >       assert(child == waitpid(child, &status, 0));
> > >       assert(WIFEXITED(status) && WEXITSTATUS(status) == 0);
> > >       return 0;
> > >     }
> > > 
> > > Fix this by updating follow_trans_huge_pmd in huge_memory.c analogously to
> > > the update in gup.c in the original commit. The same pattern exists in
> > > follow_devmap_pmd. However, we should not be able to reach that check
> > > with FOLL_COW set, so add WARN_ONCE to make sure we notice if we ever
> > > do.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Keno Fischer <keno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > Cc: stable@ ?
> 
> Yes, please! I am just wondering how far do we have to go. I was under
> impression that we split THP in the past in the gup path but I cannot
> find the respective code now. Many things have changed after your
> refcount rework. Could you clarify this part Kirill, please?

No, we didn't split THP before, unless it's asked specifically with
FOLL_SPLIT. Otherwise we just pin whole huge page.

I think we need to port it all active stable trees as we do with
19be0eaff. The race was there since beginning of THP, I believe.

-- 
 Kirill A. Shutemov