Re: [PATCH v1 1/5] s390/uv: don't call wait_on_page_writeback() without a reference

[Claudio Imbrenda]

On Thu,  4 Apr 2024 18:36:38 +0200
David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> wait_on_page_writeback() requires that no spinlocks are held and that
> a page reference is held, as documented for folio_wait_writeback(). After

oops

> we dropped the PTL, the page could get freed concurrently. So grab a
> temporary reference.
> 
> Fixes: 214d9bbcd3a6 ("s390/mm: provide memory management functions for protected KVM guests")
> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>  arch/s390/kernel/uv.c | 8 ++++++++
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/uv.c b/arch/s390/kernel/uv.c
> index fc07bc39e698..7401838b960b 100644
> --- a/arch/s390/kernel/uv.c
> +++ b/arch/s390/kernel/uv.c
> @@ -314,6 +314,13 @@ int gmap_make_secure(struct gmap *gmap, unsigned long gaddr, void *uvcb)
>  			rc = make_page_secure(page, uvcb);
>  			unlock_page(page);
>  		}
> +
> +		/*
> +		 * Once we drop the PTL, the page may get unmapped and
> +		 * freed immediately. We need a temporary reference.
> +		 */
> +		if (rc == -EAGAIN)
> +			get_page(page);
>  	}
>  	pte_unmap_unlock(ptep, ptelock);
>  out:
> @@ -325,6 +332,7 @@ int gmap_make_secure(struct gmap *gmap, unsigned long gaddr, void *uvcb)
>  		 * completion, this is just a useless check, but it is safe.
>  		 */
>  		wait_on_page_writeback(page);
> +		put_page(page);
>  	} else if (rc == -EBUSY) {
>  		/*
>  		 * If we have tried a local drain and the page refcount