Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] mm: Call arch_swap_restore() from do_swap_page()

[Steven Price]

On 17/05/2023 03:21, Peter Collingbourne wrote:
> Commit c145e0b47c77 ("mm: streamline COW logic in do_swap_page()") moved
> the call to swap_free() before the call to set_pte_at(), which meant that
> the MTE tags could end up being freed before set_pte_at() had a chance
> to restore them. Fix it by adding a call to the arch_swap_restore() hook
> before the call to swap_free().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter Collingbourne <pcc@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Link: https://linux-review.googlesource.com/id/I6470efa669e8bd2f841049b8c61020c510678965
> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 6.1
> Fixes: c145e0b47c77 ("mm: streamline COW logic in do_swap_page()")
> Reported-by: Qun-wei Lin (林群崴) <Qun-wei.Lin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/5050805753ac469e8d727c797c2218a9d780d434.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxx/

Reviewed-by: Steven Price <steven.price@xxxxxxx>

> ---
> v2:
> - Call arch_swap_restore() directly instead of via arch_do_swap_page()
> 
>  mm/memory.c | 7 +++++++
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
> index f69fbc251198..fc25764016b3 100644
> --- a/mm/memory.c
> +++ b/mm/memory.c
> @@ -3932,6 +3932,13 @@ vm_fault_t do_swap_page(struct vm_fault *vmf)
>  		}
>  	}
>  
> +	/*
> +	 * Some architectures may have to restore extra metadata to the page
> +	 * when reading from swap. This metadata may be indexed by swap entry
> +	 * so this must be called before swap_free().
> +	 */
> +	arch_swap_restore(entry, folio);
> +
>  	/*
>  	 * Remove the swap entry and conditionally try to free up the swapcache.
>  	 * We're already holding a reference on the page but haven't mapped it