[PATCH 1/2] mm: Change vmf_anon_prepare() to __vmf_anon_prepare()

From: Vishal Moola (Oracle)
Date: Tue Sep 10 2024 - 13:39:46 EST


Some callers of vmf_anon_prepare() may not want us to release the
per-VMA lock ourselves. Rename vmf_anon_prepare() to
__vmf_anon_prepare() and let the callers drop the lock when desired.

Also, make vmf_anon_prepare() a wrapper that releases the per-VMA lock
itself for any callers that don't care.

This is in preparation to fix this bug reported by syzbot:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/00000000000067c20b06219fbc26@xxxxxxxxxx/

Signed-off-by: Vishal Moola (Oracle) <vishal.moola@xxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/internal.h | 11 ++++++++++-
mm/memory.c | 8 +++-----
2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/internal.h b/mm/internal.h
index 44c8dec1f0d7..93083bbeeefa 100644
--- a/mm/internal.h
+++ b/mm/internal.h
@@ -320,7 +320,16 @@ static inline void wake_throttle_isolated(pg_data_t *pgdat)
wake_up(wqh);
}

-vm_fault_t vmf_anon_prepare(struct vm_fault *vmf);
+vm_fault_t __vmf_anon_prepare(struct vm_fault *vmf);
+static inline vm_fault_t vmf_anon_prepare(struct vm_fault *vmf)
+{
+ vm_fault_t ret = __vmf_anon_prepare(vmf);
+
+ if (unlikely(ret & VM_FAULT_RETRY))
+ vma_end_read(vmf->vma);
+ return ret;
+}
+
vm_fault_t do_swap_page(struct vm_fault *vmf);
void folio_rotate_reclaimable(struct folio *folio);
bool __folio_end_writeback(struct folio *folio);
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 36f655eb66c4..d564737255f8 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -3262,7 +3262,7 @@ static inline vm_fault_t vmf_can_call_fault(const struct vm_fault *vmf)
}

/**
- * vmf_anon_prepare - Prepare to handle an anonymous fault.
+ * __vmf_anon_prepare - Prepare to handle an anonymous fault.
* @vmf: The vm_fault descriptor passed from the fault handler.
*
* When preparing to insert an anonymous page into a VMA from a
@@ -3276,7 +3276,7 @@ static inline vm_fault_t vmf_can_call_fault(const struct vm_fault *vmf)
* Return: 0 if fault handling can proceed. Any other value should be
* returned to the caller.
*/
-vm_fault_t vmf_anon_prepare(struct vm_fault *vmf)
+vm_fault_t __vmf_anon_prepare(struct vm_fault *vmf)
{
struct vm_area_struct *vma = vmf->vma;
vm_fault_t ret = 0;
@@ -3284,10 +3284,8 @@ vm_fault_t vmf_anon_prepare(struct vm_fault *vmf)
if (likely(vma->anon_vma))
return 0;
if (vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_VMA_LOCK) {
- if (!mmap_read_trylock(vma->vm_mm)) {
- vma_end_read(vma);
+ if (!mmap_read_trylock(vma->vm_mm))
return VM_FAULT_RETRY;
- }
}
if (__anon_vma_prepare(vma))
ret = VM_FAULT_OOM;
--
2.45.0


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