[PATCH v2 1/7] mm/mremap: correctly handle partial mremap() of VMA starting at 0
From: Lorenzo Stoakes
Date: Thu Mar 06 2025 - 05:34:52 EST
Consider the case of a partial mremap() (that results in a VMA split) of
an accountable VMA (i.e. which has the VM_ACCOUNT flag set) whose start
address is zero, with the MREMAP_MAYMOVE flag specified and a scenario
where a move does in fact occur:
addr end
| |
v v
|-------------|
| vma |
|-------------|
0
This move is affected by unmapping the range [addr, end). In order to
prevent an incorrect decrement of accounted memory which has already been
determined, the mremap() code in move_vma() clears VM_ACCOUNT from the VMA
prior to doing so, before reestablishing it in each of the VMAs
post-split:
addr end
| |
v v
|---| |---|
| A | | B |
|---| |---|
Commit 6b73cff239e5 ("mm: change munmap splitting order and move_vma()")
changed this logic such as to determine whether there is a need to do so
by establishing account_start and account_end and, in the instance where
such an operation is required, assigning them to vma->vm_start and
vma->vm_end.
Later the code checks if the operation is required for 'A' referenced
above thusly:
if (account_start) {
...
}
However, if the VMA described above has vma->vm_start == 0, which is now
assigned to account_start, this branch will not be executed.
As a result, the VMA 'A' above will remain stripped of its VM_ACCOUNT
flag, incorrectly.
The fix is to simply convert these variables to booleans and set them as
required.
Fixes: 6b73cff239e5 ("mm: change munmap splitting order and move_vma()")
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Harry Yoo <harry.yoo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/mremap.c | 10 +++++-----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/mremap.c b/mm/mremap.c
index cff7f552f909..c3e4c86d0b8d 100644
--- a/mm/mremap.c
+++ b/mm/mremap.c
@@ -705,8 +705,8 @@ static unsigned long move_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned long vm_flags = vma->vm_flags;
unsigned long new_pgoff;
unsigned long moved_len;
- unsigned long account_start = 0;
- unsigned long account_end = 0;
+ bool account_start = false;
+ bool account_end = false;
unsigned long hiwater_vm;
int err = 0;
bool need_rmap_locks;
@@ -790,9 +790,9 @@ static unsigned long move_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
if (vm_flags & VM_ACCOUNT && !(flags & MREMAP_DONTUNMAP)) {
vm_flags_clear(vma, VM_ACCOUNT);
if (vma->vm_start < old_addr)
- account_start = vma->vm_start;
+ account_start = true;
if (vma->vm_end > old_addr + old_len)
- account_end = vma->vm_end;
+ account_end = true;
}
/*
@@ -832,7 +832,7 @@ static unsigned long move_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
/* OOM: unable to split vma, just get accounts right */
if (vm_flags & VM_ACCOUNT && !(flags & MREMAP_DONTUNMAP))
vm_acct_memory(old_len >> PAGE_SHIFT);
- account_start = account_end = 0;
+ account_start = account_end = false;
}
if (vm_flags & VM_LOCKED) {
--
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