[PATCH 5/5] mm/gup: Take mmap_sem in get_dump_page()

From: Jann Horn
Date: Mon Apr 27 2020 - 23:28:24 EST


Properly take the mmap_sem before calling into the GUP code from
get_dump_page(); and play nice, allowing __get_user_pages_locked() to drop
the mmap_sem if it has to sleep.

This requires adjusting the check in __get_user_pages_locked() to be
slightly less strict: While `vmas != NULL` is normally incompatible with
the lock-dropping retry logic, it's fine if we only want a single page,
because then retries can only happen when we haven't grabbed any pages yet.

Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <jannh@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/gup.c | 21 ++++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
index 9a7e83772f1fe..4bb4149c0e259 100644
--- a/mm/gup.c
+++ b/mm/gup.c
@@ -1261,7 +1261,8 @@ static __always_inline long __get_user_pages_locked(struct task_struct *tsk,

if (locked) {
/* if VM_FAULT_RETRY can be returned, vmas become invalid */
- BUG_ON(vmas);
+ if (WARN_ON(vmas && nr_pages != 1))
+ return -EFAULT;
/* check caller initialized locked */
BUG_ON(*locked != 1);
}
@@ -1548,18 +1549,28 @@ static long __get_user_pages_locked(struct task_struct *tsk,
* NULL wherever the ZERO_PAGE, or an anonymous pte_none, has been found -
* allowing a hole to be left in the corefile to save diskspace.
*
- * Called without mmap_sem, but after all other threads have been killed.
+ * Called without mmap_sem (takes and releases the mmap_sem by itself).
*/
struct page *get_dump_page(unsigned long addr)
{
+ struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
struct vm_area_struct *vma;
struct page *page;
+ int locked = 1;
+ int ret;

- if (__get_user_pages(current, current->mm, addr, 1,
- FOLL_FORCE | FOLL_DUMP | FOLL_GET, &page, &vma,
- NULL) < 1)
+ if (down_read_killable(&mm->mmap_sem))
+ return NULL;
+ ret = __get_user_pages_locked(current, mm, addr, 1, &page, &vma,
+ &locked,
+ FOLL_FORCE | FOLL_DUMP | FOLL_GET);
+ if (ret != 1) {
+ if (locked)
+ up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
return NULL;
+ }
flush_cache_page(vma, addr, page_to_pfn(page));
+ up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
return page;
}

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