Re: [PATCH v3 6/6] mm: move vma locking out of vma_prepare and dup_anon_vma

From: Liam R. Howlett
Date: Thu Aug 03 2023 - 14:33:32 EST


* Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@xxxxxxxxxx> [230803 13:27]:
> vma_prepare() is currently the central place where vmas are being locked
> before vma_complete() applies changes to them. While this is convenient,
> it also obscures vma locking and makes it harder to follow the locking
> rules. Move vma locking out of vma_prepare() and take vma locks
> explicitly at the locations where vmas are being modified. Move vma
> locking and replace it with an assertion inside dup_anon_vma() to further
> clarify the locking pattern inside vma_merge().
>
> Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Suggested-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> mm/mmap.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++++-----------
> 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
> index 850a39dee075..ae28d6f94c34 100644
> --- a/mm/mmap.c
> +++ b/mm/mmap.c
> @@ -476,16 +476,6 @@ static inline void init_vma_prep(struct vma_prepare *vp,
> */
> static inline void vma_prepare(struct vma_prepare *vp)
> {
> - vma_start_write(vp->vma);
> - if (vp->adj_next)
> - vma_start_write(vp->adj_next);
> - if (vp->insert)
> - vma_start_write(vp->insert);
> - if (vp->remove)
> - vma_start_write(vp->remove);
> - if (vp->remove2)
> - vma_start_write(vp->remove2);
> -
> if (vp->file) {
> uprobe_munmap(vp->vma, vp->vma->vm_start, vp->vma->vm_end);
>
> @@ -618,7 +608,7 @@ static inline int dup_anon_vma(struct vm_area_struct *dst,
> * anon pages imported.
> */
> if (src->anon_vma && !dst->anon_vma) {
> - vma_start_write(dst);
> + vma_assert_write_locked(dst);
> dst->anon_vma = src->anon_vma;
> return anon_vma_clone(dst, src);
> }
> @@ -650,10 +640,12 @@ int vma_expand(struct vma_iterator *vmi, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> bool remove_next = false;
> struct vma_prepare vp;
>
> + vma_start_write(vma);
> if (next && (vma != next) && (end == next->vm_end)) {
> int ret;
>
> remove_next = true;
> + vma_start_write(next);
> ret = dup_anon_vma(vma, next);
> if (ret)
> return ret;
> @@ -708,6 +700,8 @@ int vma_shrink(struct vma_iterator *vmi, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> if (vma_iter_prealloc(vmi))
> return -ENOMEM;
>
> + vma_start_write(vma);
> +
> init_vma_prep(&vp, vma);
> vma_prepare(&vp);
> vma_adjust_trans_huge(vma, start, end, 0);
> @@ -940,16 +934,21 @@ struct vm_area_struct *vma_merge(struct vma_iterator *vmi, struct mm_struct *mm,
> if (!merge_prev && !merge_next)
> return NULL; /* Not mergeable. */
>
> + if (prev)

Maybe if (merge_prev) instead of prev? We will write lock prev if it
exists and won't change with the current check (case 3 and 8,
specifically), with this change case 4 will need to lock prev as it
shifts prev->vm_end lower.

> + vma_start_write(prev);
> +
> res = vma = prev;
> remove = remove2 = adjust = NULL;
>
> /* Can we merge both the predecessor and the successor? */
> if (merge_prev && merge_next &&
> is_mergeable_anon_vma(prev->anon_vma, next->anon_vma, NULL)) {
> + vma_start_write(next);
> remove = next; /* case 1 */
> vma_end = next->vm_end;
> err = dup_anon_vma(prev, next);
> if (curr) { /* case 6 */
> + vma_start_write(curr);
> remove = curr;
> remove2 = next;
> if (!next->anon_vma)
> @@ -957,6 +956,7 @@ struct vm_area_struct *vma_merge(struct vma_iterator *vmi, struct mm_struct *mm,
> }
> } else if (merge_prev) { /* case 2 */
> if (curr) {
> + vma_start_write(curr);
> err = dup_anon_vma(prev, curr);
> if (end == curr->vm_end) { /* case 7 */
> remove = curr;
> @@ -966,6 +966,7 @@ struct vm_area_struct *vma_merge(struct vma_iterator *vmi, struct mm_struct *mm,
> }
> }
> } else { /* merge_next */
> + vma_start_write(next);
> res = next;
> if (prev && addr < prev->vm_end) { /* case 4 */
> vma_end = addr;
> @@ -983,6 +984,7 @@ struct vm_area_struct *vma_merge(struct vma_iterator *vmi, struct mm_struct *mm,
> vma_pgoff = next->vm_pgoff - pglen;
> if (curr) { /* case 8 */
> vma_pgoff = curr->vm_pgoff;
> + vma_start_write(curr);
> remove = curr;
> err = dup_anon_vma(next, curr);
> }
> @@ -2373,6 +2375,9 @@ int __split_vma(struct vma_iterator *vmi, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> if (new->vm_ops && new->vm_ops->open)
> new->vm_ops->open(new);
>
> + vma_start_write(vma);
> + vma_start_write(new);
> +
> init_vma_prep(&vp, vma);
> vp.insert = new;
> vma_prepare(&vp);
> @@ -3078,6 +3083,8 @@ static int do_brk_flags(struct vma_iterator *vmi, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> if (vma_iter_prealloc(vmi))
> goto unacct_fail;
>
> + vma_start_write(vma);
> +
> init_vma_prep(&vp, vma);
> vma_prepare(&vp);
> vma_adjust_trans_huge(vma, vma->vm_start, addr + len, 0);
> --
> 2.41.0.585.gd2178a4bd4-goog
>