Re: [PATCH] powerpc/mm: fix mmap_lock bad unlock

From: David Hildenbrand
Date: Mon Mar 06 2023 - 09:32:08 EST


On 06.03.23 14:55, Laurent Dufour wrote:
When page fault is tried holding the per VMA lock, bad_access_pkey() and
bad_access() should not be called because it is assuming the mmap_lock is
held.
In the case a bad access is detected, fall back to the default path,
grabbing the mmap_lock to handle the fault and report the error.

Fixes: 169db3bb4609 ("powerc/mm: try VMA lock-based page fault handling first")
Reported-by: Sachin Sant <sachinp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/842502FB-F99C-417C-9648-A37D0ECDC9CE@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Laurent Dufour <ldufour@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c | 8 ++------
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
index c7ae86b04b8a..e191b3ebd8d6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
@@ -479,17 +479,13 @@ static int ___do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long address,
if (unlikely(access_pkey_error(is_write, is_exec,
(error_code & DSISR_KEYFAULT), vma))) {
- int rc = bad_access_pkey(regs, address, vma);
-
vma_end_read(vma);
- return rc;
+ goto lock_mmap;
}
if (unlikely(access_error(is_write, is_exec, vma))) {
- int rc = bad_access(regs, address);
-
vma_end_read(vma);
- return rc;
+ goto lock_mmap;
}
fault = handle_mm_fault(vma, address, flags | FAULT_FLAG_VMA_LOCK, regs);

IIUC, that commit is neither upstream not in mm-stable -- it's unstable. Maybe raise that as a review comment in reply to the original patch, so we can easily connect the dots and squash it into the original, problematic patch that is still under review.

--
Thanks,

David / dhildenb