Re: [PATCH V3] mm: fix use-after free of page_ext after race with memory-offline

[Michal Hocko]

On Mon 15-08-22 16:26:46, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 15, 2022 at 05:06:18PM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > > + * This function gives proper page_ext of a memory section
> > > + * during race with the offline operation on a memory block
> > > + * this section falls into. Not using this function to get
> > > + * page_ext of a page, in code paths where extra refcount
> > > + * is not taken on that page eg: pfn walking, can lead to
> > > + * use-after-free access of page_ext.
> > 
> > I do not think this is really useful comment, it goes into way too much
> > detail about memory hotplug yet not enough to actually understand the
> > interaction because there are no references to the actual
> > synchronization scheme. I would go with something like:
> > 
> > /*
> >  * Get a page_ext associated with the given page. Returns NULL if
> >  * no such page_ext exists otherwise ensures that the page_ext will
> >  * stay alive until page_ext_put is called.
> >  * This implies a non-sleeping context.
> >  */
> 
> I'd go further and turn this into kernel-doc:
> 
> /**
>  * page_ext_get() - Get the extended information for a page.
>  * @page: The page we're interested in.
>  *
>  * Ensures that the page_ext will remain valid until page_ext_put()
>  * is called.
>  * 
>  * Return: NULL if no page_ext exists for this page.
>  * Context: Any context.  Caller may not sleep until they have called
>  * page_ext_put().
>  */

Yes, thanks!

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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs