[PATCH v4] hugetlb: don't delete vma_lock in hugetlb MADV_DONTNEED processing

From: Mike Kravetz
Date: Tue Oct 25 2022 - 23:02:58 EST


madvise(MADV_DONTNEED) ends up calling zap_page_range() to clear the
page tables associated with the address range. For hugetlb vmas,
zap_page_range will call __unmap_hugepage_range_final. However,
__unmap_hugepage_range_final assumes the passed vma is about to be
removed and deletes the vma_lock to prevent pmd sharing as the vma is
on the way out. In the case of madvise(MADV_DONTNEED) the vma remains,
but the missing vma_lock prevents pmd sharing and could potentially
lead to issues with truncation/fault races.

This issue was originally reported here [1] as a BUG triggered in
page_try_dup_anon_rmap. Prior to the introduction of the hugetlb
vma_lock, __unmap_hugepage_range_final cleared the VM_MAYSHARE flag to
prevent pmd sharing. Subsequent faults on this vma were confused as
VM_MAYSHARE indicates a sharable vma, but was not set so page_mapping
was not set in new pages added to the page table. This resulted in
pages that appeared anonymous in a VM_SHARED vma and triggered the BUG.

Create a new routine clear_hugetlb_page_range() that can be called from
madvise(MADV_DONTNEED) for hugetlb vmas. It has the same setup as
zap_page_range, but does not delete the vma_lock.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAO4mrfdLMXsao9RF4fUE8-Wfde8xmjsKrTNMNC9wjUb6JudD0g@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/

Fixes: 90e7e7f5ef3f ("mm: enable MADV_DONTNEED for hugetlb mappings")
Reported-by: Wei Chen <harperchen1110@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/hugetlb.h | 7 +++++++
mm/hugetlb.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
mm/madvise.c | 5 ++++-
3 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/hugetlb.h b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
index a899bc76d677..0246e77be3a3 100644
--- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h
+++ b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
@@ -158,6 +158,8 @@ long follow_hugetlb_page(struct mm_struct *, struct vm_area_struct *,
void unmap_hugepage_range(struct vm_area_struct *,
unsigned long, unsigned long, struct page *,
zap_flags_t);
+void clear_hugetlb_page_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+ unsigned long start, unsigned long end);
void __unmap_hugepage_range_final(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
@@ -426,6 +428,11 @@ static inline void __unmap_hugepage_range_final(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
BUG();
}

+static void __maybe_unused clear_hugetlb_page_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+ unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
+{
+}
+
static inline vm_fault_t hugetlb_fault(struct mm_struct *mm,
struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
unsigned int flags)
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 931789a8f734..0a52c3938ce9 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -5221,9 +5221,39 @@ void __unmap_hugepage_range_final(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
* will be issues when accessed by someone else.
*/
__hugetlb_vma_unlock_write_free(vma);
+ i_mmap_unlock_write(vma->vm_file->f_mapping);
+}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_ADVISE_SYSCALLS
+/*
+ * Similar setup as in zap_page_range(). madvise(MADV_DONTNEED) can not call
+ * zap_page_range for hugetlb vmas as __unmap_hugepage_range_final will delete
+ * the associated vma_lock.
+ */
+void clear_hugetlb_page_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long start,
+ unsigned long end)
+{
+ struct mmu_notifier_range range;
+ struct mmu_gather tlb;
+
+ mmu_notifier_range_init(&range, MMU_NOTIFY_CLEAR, 0, vma, vma->vm_mm,
+ start, end);
+ tlb_gather_mmu(&tlb, vma->vm_mm);
+ update_hiwater_rss(vma->vm_mm);
+
+ hugetlb_vma_lock_write(vma);
+ i_mmap_lock_write(vma->vm_file->f_mapping);
+
+ __unmap_hugepage_range(&tlb, vma, start, end, NULL, 0);

i_mmap_unlock_write(vma->vm_file->f_mapping);
+
+ mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_end(&range);
+ tlb_finish_mmu(&tlb);
+
+ hugetlb_vma_unlock_write(vma);
}
+#endif

void unmap_hugepage_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long start,
unsigned long end, struct page *ref_page,
diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c
index 2baa93ca2310..90577a669635 100644
--- a/mm/madvise.c
+++ b/mm/madvise.c
@@ -790,7 +790,10 @@ static int madvise_free_single_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
static long madvise_dontneed_single_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
{
- zap_page_range(vma, start, end - start);
+ if (!is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma))
+ zap_page_range(vma, start, end - start);
+ else
+ clear_hugetlb_page_range(vma, start, end);
return 0;
}

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