[PATCH] mm/ksm: Don't WARN if page is still mapped in remove_stable_node()

From: Andrey Ryabinin
Date: Tue Nov 19 2019 - 08:19:27 EST


It's possible to hit the WARN_ON_ONCE(page_mapped(page)) in
remove_stable_node() when it races with __mmput() and squeezes
in between ksm_exit() and exit_mmap().

WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 3295 at mm/ksm.c:888 remove_stable_node+0x10c/0x150

Call Trace:
remove_all_stable_nodes+0x12b/0x330
run_store+0x4ef/0x7b0
kernfs_fop_write+0x200/0x420
vfs_write+0x154/0x450
ksys_write+0xf9/0x1d0
do_syscall_64+0x99/0x510
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x49/0xbe

Remove the warning as there is nothing scary going on.

Fixes: cbf86cfe04a6 ("ksm: remove old stable nodes more thoroughly")
Signed-off-by: Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/ksm.c | 14 +++++++-------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/ksm.c b/mm/ksm.c
index dbee2eb4dd05..7905934cd3ad 100644
--- a/mm/ksm.c
+++ b/mm/ksm.c
@@ -885,13 +885,13 @@ static int remove_stable_node(struct stable_node *stable_node)
return 0;
}

- if (WARN_ON_ONCE(page_mapped(page))) {
- /*
- * This should not happen: but if it does, just refuse to let
- * merge_across_nodes be switched - there is no need to panic.
- */
- err = -EBUSY;
- } else {
+ /*
+ * Page could be still mapped if this races with __mmput() running in
+ * between ksm_exit() and exit_mmap(). Just refuse to let
+ * merge_across_nodes/max_page_sharing be switched.
+ */
+ err = -EBUSY;
+ if (!page_mapped(page)) {
/*
* The stable node did not yet appear stale to get_ksm_page(),
* since that allows for an unmapped ksm page to be recognized
--
2.23.0