[PATCH 3/3] tools/testing/selftests: assert that anon merge cases behave as expected
From: Lorenzo Stoakes
Date: Mon Mar 17 2025 - 17:16:50 EST
Prior to the recently applied commit that permits this merge,
mprotect()'ing a faulted VMA, adjacent to an unfaulted VMA, such that the
two share characteristics would fail to merge due to what appear to be
unintended consequences of commit 965f55dea0e3 ("mmap: avoid merging cloned
VMAs").
Now we have fixed this bug, assert that we can indeed merge anonymous VMAs
this way.
Also assert that forked source/target VMAs are equally
rejected. Previously, all empty target anon merges with one VMA faulted and
the other unfaulted would be rejected incorrectly, now we ensure that
unforked merge, but forked do not.
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/mm/.gitignore | 1 +
tools/testing/selftests/mm/Makefile | 1 +
tools/testing/selftests/mm/merge.c | 454 ++++++++++++++++++++++
tools/testing/selftests/mm/run_vmtests.sh | 2 +
4 files changed, 458 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/mm/merge.c
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/.gitignore b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/.gitignore
index c5241b193db8..91db34941a14 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/.gitignore
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/.gitignore
@@ -58,3 +58,4 @@ hugetlb_dio
pkey_sighandler_tests_32
pkey_sighandler_tests_64
guard-regions
+merge
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/Makefile
index 8270895039d1..ad4d6043a60f 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/Makefile
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ TEST_GEN_FILES += hugetlb_madv_vs_map
TEST_GEN_FILES += hugetlb_dio
TEST_GEN_FILES += droppable
TEST_GEN_FILES += guard-regions
+TEST_GEN_FILES += merge
ifneq ($(ARCH),arm64)
TEST_GEN_FILES += soft-dirty
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/merge.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/merge.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9cc61bdbfba8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/merge.c
@@ -0,0 +1,454 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include "../kselftest_harness.h"
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include "vm_util.h"
+
+FIXTURE(merge)
+{
+ unsigned int page_size;
+ char *carveout;
+ struct procmap_fd procmap;
+};
+
+FIXTURE_SETUP(merge)
+{
+ self->page_size = psize();
+ /* Carve out PROT_NONE region to map over. */
+ self->carveout = mmap(NULL, 12 * self->page_size, PROT_NONE,
+ MAP_ANON | MAP_PRIVATE, -1, 0);
+ ASSERT_NE(self->carveout, MAP_FAILED);
+ /* Setup PROCMAP_QUERY interface. */
+ ASSERT_EQ(open_self_procmap(&self->procmap), 0);
+}
+
+FIXTURE_TEARDOWN(merge)
+{
+ ASSERT_EQ(munmap(self->carveout, 12 * self->page_size), 0);
+ ASSERT_EQ(close_procmap(&self->procmap), 0);
+}
+
+TEST_F(merge, mprotect_unfaulted_left)
+{
+ unsigned int page_size = self->page_size;
+ char *carveout = self->carveout;
+ struct procmap_fd *procmap = &self->procmap;
+ char *ptr;
+
+ /*
+ * Map 10 pages of R/W memory within. MAP_NORESERVE so we don't hit
+ * merge failure due to lack of VM_ACCOUNT flag by mistake.
+ *
+ * |-----------------------|
+ * | unfaulted |
+ * |-----------------------|
+ */
+ ptr = mmap(&carveout[page_size], 10 * page_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+ MAP_ANON | MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_FIXED | MAP_NORESERVE, -1, 0);
+ ASSERT_NE(ptr, MAP_FAILED);
+ /*
+ * Now make the first 5 pages read-only, splitting the VMA:
+ *
+ * RO RW
+ * |-----------|-----------|
+ * | unfaulted | unfaulted |
+ * |-----------|-----------|
+ */
+ ASSERT_EQ(mprotect(ptr, 5 * page_size, PROT_READ), 0);
+ /*
+ * Fault in the first of the last 5 pages so it gets an anon_vma and
+ * thus the whole VMA becomes 'faulted':
+ *
+ * RO RW
+ * |-----------|-----------|
+ * | unfaulted | faulted |
+ * |-----------|-----------|
+ */
+ ptr[5 * page_size] = 'x';
+ /*
+ * Now mprotect() the RW region read-only, we should merge (though for
+ * ~15 years we did not! :):
+ *
+ * RO
+ * |-----------------------|
+ * | faulted |
+ * |-----------------------|
+ */
+ ASSERT_EQ(mprotect(&ptr[5 * page_size], 5 * page_size, PROT_READ), 0);
+
+ /* Assert that the merge succeeded using PROCMAP_QUERY. */
+ ASSERT_TRUE(find_vma_procmap(procmap, ptr));
+ ASSERT_EQ(procmap->query.vma_start, (unsigned long)ptr);
+ ASSERT_EQ(procmap->query.vma_end, (unsigned long)ptr + 10 * page_size);
+}
+
+TEST_F(merge, mprotect_unfaulted_right)
+{
+ unsigned int page_size = self->page_size;
+ char *carveout = self->carveout;
+ struct procmap_fd *procmap = &self->procmap;
+ char *ptr;
+
+ /*
+ * |-----------------------|
+ * | unfaulted |
+ * |-----------------------|
+ */
+ ptr = mmap(&carveout[page_size], 10 * page_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+ MAP_ANON | MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_FIXED | MAP_NORESERVE, -1, 0);
+ ASSERT_NE(ptr, MAP_FAILED);
+ /*
+ * Now make the last 5 pages read-only, splitting the VMA:
+ *
+ * RW RO
+ * |-----------|-----------|
+ * | unfaulted | unfaulted |
+ * |-----------|-----------|
+ */
+ ASSERT_EQ(mprotect(&ptr[5 * page_size], 5 * page_size, PROT_READ), 0);
+ /*
+ * Fault in the first of the first 5 pages so it gets an anon_vma and
+ * thus the whole VMA becomes 'faulted':
+ *
+ * RW RO
+ * |-----------|-----------|
+ * | faulted | unfaulted |
+ * |-----------|-----------|
+ */
+ ptr[0] = 'x';
+ /*
+ * Now mprotect() the RW region read-only, we should merge:
+ *
+ * RO
+ * |-----------------------|
+ * | faulted |
+ * |-----------------------|
+ */
+ ASSERT_EQ(mprotect(ptr, 5 * page_size, PROT_READ), 0);
+
+ /* Assert that the merge succeeded using PROCMAP_QUERY. */
+ ASSERT_TRUE(find_vma_procmap(procmap, ptr));
+ ASSERT_EQ(procmap->query.vma_start, (unsigned long)ptr);
+ ASSERT_EQ(procmap->query.vma_end, (unsigned long)ptr + 10 * page_size);
+}
+
+TEST_F(merge, mprotect_unfaulted_both)
+{
+ unsigned int page_size = self->page_size;
+ char *carveout = self->carveout;
+ struct procmap_fd *procmap = &self->procmap;
+ char *ptr;
+
+ /*
+ * |-----------------------|
+ * | unfaulted |
+ * |-----------------------|
+ */
+ ptr = mmap(&carveout[2 * page_size], 9 * page_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+ MAP_ANON | MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_FIXED | MAP_NORESERVE, -1, 0);
+ ASSERT_NE(ptr, MAP_FAILED);
+ /*
+ * Now make the first and last 3 pages read-only, splitting the VMA:
+ *
+ * RO RW RO
+ * |-----------|-----------|-----------|
+ * | unfaulted | unfaulted | unfaulted |
+ * |-----------|-----------|-----------|
+ */
+ ASSERT_EQ(mprotect(ptr, 3 * page_size, PROT_READ), 0);
+ ASSERT_EQ(mprotect(&ptr[6 * page_size], 3 * page_size, PROT_READ), 0);
+ /*
+ * Fault in the first of the middle 3 pages so it gets an anon_vma and
+ * thus the whole VMA becomes 'faulted':
+ *
+ * RO RW RO
+ * |-----------|-----------|-----------|
+ * | unfaulted | faulted | unfaulted |
+ * |-----------|-----------|-----------|
+ */
+ ptr[3 * page_size] = 'x';
+ /*
+ * Now mprotect() the RW region read-only, we should merge:
+ *
+ * RO
+ * |-----------------------|
+ * | faulted |
+ * |-----------------------|
+ */
+ ASSERT_EQ(mprotect(&ptr[3 * page_size], 3 * page_size, PROT_READ), 0);
+
+ /* Assert that the merge succeeded using PROCMAP_QUERY. */
+ ASSERT_TRUE(find_vma_procmap(procmap, ptr));
+ ASSERT_EQ(procmap->query.vma_start, (unsigned long)ptr);
+ ASSERT_EQ(procmap->query.vma_end, (unsigned long)ptr + 9 * page_size);
+}
+
+TEST_F(merge, mprotect_faulted_left_unfaulted_right)
+{
+ unsigned int page_size = self->page_size;
+ char *carveout = self->carveout;
+ struct procmap_fd *procmap = &self->procmap;
+ char *ptr;
+
+ /*
+ * |-----------------------|
+ * | unfaulted |
+ * |-----------------------|
+ */
+ ptr = mmap(&carveout[2 * page_size], 9 * page_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+ MAP_ANON | MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_FIXED | MAP_NORESERVE, -1, 0);
+ ASSERT_NE(ptr, MAP_FAILED);
+ /*
+ * Now make the last 3 pages read-only, splitting the VMA:
+ *
+ * RW RO
+ * |-----------------------|-----------|
+ * | unfaulted | unfaulted |
+ * |-----------------------|-----------|
+ */
+ ASSERT_EQ(mprotect(&ptr[6 * page_size], 3 * page_size, PROT_READ), 0);
+ /*
+ * Fault in the first of the first 6 pages so it gets an anon_vma and
+ * thus the whole VMA becomes 'faulted':
+ *
+ * RW RO
+ * |-----------------------|-----------|
+ * | unfaulted | unfaulted |
+ * |-----------------------|-----------|
+ */
+ ptr[0] = 'x';
+ /*
+ * Now make the first 3 pages read-only, splitting the VMA:
+ *
+ * RO RW RO
+ * |-----------|-----------|-----------|
+ * | faulted | faulted | unfaulted |
+ * |-----------|-----------|-----------|
+ */
+ ASSERT_EQ(mprotect(ptr, 3 * page_size, PROT_READ), 0);
+ /*
+ * Now mprotect() the RW region read-only, we should merge:
+ *
+ * RO
+ * |-----------------------|
+ * | faulted |
+ * |-----------------------|
+ */
+ ASSERT_EQ(mprotect(&ptr[3 * page_size], 3 * page_size, PROT_READ), 0);
+
+ /* Assert that the merge succeeded using PROCMAP_QUERY. */
+ ASSERT_TRUE(find_vma_procmap(procmap, ptr));
+ ASSERT_EQ(procmap->query.vma_start, (unsigned long)ptr);
+ ASSERT_EQ(procmap->query.vma_end, (unsigned long)ptr + 9 * page_size);
+}
+
+TEST_F(merge, mprotect_unfaulted_left_faulted_right)
+{
+ unsigned int page_size = self->page_size;
+ char *carveout = self->carveout;
+ struct procmap_fd *procmap = &self->procmap;
+ char *ptr;
+
+ /*
+ * |-----------------------|
+ * | unfaulted |
+ * |-----------------------|
+ */
+ ptr = mmap(&carveout[2 * page_size], 9 * page_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+ MAP_ANON | MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_FIXED | MAP_NORESERVE, -1, 0);
+ ASSERT_NE(ptr, MAP_FAILED);
+ /*
+ * Now make the first 3 pages read-only, splitting the VMA:
+ *
+ * RO RW
+ * |-----------|-----------------------|
+ * | unfaulted | unfaulted |
+ * |-----------|-----------------------|
+ */
+ ASSERT_EQ(mprotect(ptr, 3 * page_size, PROT_READ), 0);
+ /*
+ * FAult in the first of the last 6 pages so it gets an anon_vma and
+ * thus the whole VMA becomes 'faulted':
+ *
+ * RO RW
+ * |-----------|-----------------------|
+ * | unfaulted | faulted |
+ * |-----------|-----------------------|
+ */
+ ptr[3 * page_size] = 'x';
+ /*
+ * Now make the last 3 pages read-only, splitting the VMA:
+ *
+ * RO RW RO
+ * |-----------|-----------|-----------|
+ * | unfaulted | faulted | faulted |
+ * |-----------|-----------|-----------|
+ */
+ ASSERT_EQ(mprotect(&ptr[6 * page_size], 3 * page_size, PROT_READ), 0);
+ /*
+ * Now mprotect() the RW region read-only, we should merge:
+ *
+ * RO
+ * |-----------------------|
+ * | faulted |
+ * |-----------------------|
+ */
+ ASSERT_EQ(mprotect(&ptr[3 * page_size], 3 * page_size, PROT_READ), 0);
+
+ /* Assert that the merge succeeded using PROCMAP_QUERY. */
+ ASSERT_TRUE(find_vma_procmap(procmap, ptr));
+ ASSERT_EQ(procmap->query.vma_start, (unsigned long)ptr);
+ ASSERT_EQ(procmap->query.vma_end, (unsigned long)ptr + 9 * page_size);
+}
+
+TEST_F(merge, forked_target_vma)
+{
+ unsigned int page_size = self->page_size;
+ char *carveout = self->carveout;
+ struct procmap_fd *procmap = &self->procmap;
+ pid_t pid;
+ char *ptr, *ptr2;
+ int i;
+
+ /*
+ * |-----------|
+ * | unfaulted |
+ * |-----------|
+ */
+ ptr = mmap(&carveout[page_size], 5 * page_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+ MAP_ANON | MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_FIXED, -1, 0);
+ ASSERT_NE(ptr, MAP_FAILED);
+
+ /*
+ * Fault in process.
+ *
+ * |-----------|
+ * | faulted |
+ * |-----------|
+ */
+ ptr[0] = 'x';
+
+ pid = fork();
+ ASSERT_NE(pid, -1);
+
+ if (pid != 0) {
+ wait(NULL);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ /* Child process below: */
+
+ /* Reopen for child. */
+ ASSERT_EQ(close_procmap(&self->procmap), 0);
+ ASSERT_EQ(open_self_procmap(&self->procmap), 0);
+
+ /* unCOWing everything does not cause the AVC to go away. */
+ for (i = 0; i < 5 * page_size; i += page_size)
+ ptr[i] = 'x';
+
+ /*
+ * Map in adjacent VMA in child.
+ *
+ * forked
+ * |-----------|-----------|
+ * | faulted | unfaulted |
+ * |-----------|-----------|
+ * ptr ptr2
+ */
+ ptr2 = mmap(&ptr[5 * page_size], 5 * page_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+ MAP_ANON | MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_FIXED, -1, 0);
+ ASSERT_NE(ptr2, MAP_FAILED);
+
+ /* Make sure not merged. */
+ ASSERT_TRUE(find_vma_procmap(procmap, ptr));
+ ASSERT_EQ(procmap->query.vma_start, (unsigned long)ptr);
+ ASSERT_EQ(procmap->query.vma_end, (unsigned long)ptr + 5 * page_size);
+}
+
+TEST_F(merge, forked_source_vma)
+{
+ unsigned int page_size = self->page_size;
+ char *carveout = self->carveout;
+ struct procmap_fd *procmap = &self->procmap;
+ pid_t pid;
+ char *ptr, *ptr2;
+ int i;
+
+ /*
+ * |............|-----------|
+ * | <unmapped> | unfaulted |
+ * |............|-----------|
+ */
+ ptr = mmap(&carveout[page_size], 5 * page_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+ MAP_ANON | MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_FIXED | MAP_NORESERVE, -1, 0);
+ ASSERT_NE(ptr, MAP_FAILED);
+
+ /*
+ * Fault in process.
+ *
+ * |............||-----------|
+ * | <unmapped> || faulted |
+ * |............||-----------|
+ */
+ ptr[0] = 'x';
+
+ pid = fork();
+ ASSERT_NE(pid, -1);
+
+ if (pid != 0) {
+ wait(NULL);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ /* Child process below: */
+
+ /* Reopen for child. */
+ ASSERT_EQ(close_procmap(&self->procmap), 0);
+ ASSERT_EQ(open_self_procmap(&self->procmap), 0);
+
+ /* unCOWing everything does not cause the AVC to go away. */
+ for (i = 0; i < 5 * page_size; i += page_size)
+ ptr[i] = 'x';
+
+ /*
+ * Map in adjacent VMA in child, ptr2 before ptr, but incompatible.
+ *
+ * RWX forked RW
+ * |-----------|-----------|
+ * | unfaulted | faulted |
+ * |-----------|-----------|
+ * ptr2 ptr
+ */
+ ptr2 = mmap(&carveout[6 * page_size], 5 * page_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE | PROT_EXEC,
+ MAP_ANON | MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_FIXED | MAP_NORESERVE, -1, 0);
+ ASSERT_NE(ptr2, MAP_FAILED);
+
+
+ /* Make sure not merged. */
+ ASSERT_TRUE(find_vma_procmap(procmap, ptr2));
+ ASSERT_EQ(procmap->query.vma_start, (unsigned long)ptr2);
+ ASSERT_EQ(procmap->query.vma_end, (unsigned long)ptr2 + 5 * page_size);
+
+ /*
+ * Now mprotect forked region to RWX so it becomes the source for the
+ * merge to unfaulted region:
+ *
+ * RWX forked RWX
+ * |-----------|-----------|
+ * | unfaulted | faulted |
+ * |-----------|-----------|
+ * ptr2 ptr
+ */
+ ASSERT_EQ(mprotect(ptr, 5 * page_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE | PROT_EXEC), 0);
+ /* Again, make sure not merged. */
+ ASSERT_TRUE(find_vma_procmap(procmap, ptr2));
+ ASSERT_EQ(procmap->query.vma_start, (unsigned long)ptr2);
+ ASSERT_EQ(procmap->query.vma_end, (unsigned long)ptr2 + 5 * page_size);
+}
+
+TEST_HARNESS_MAIN
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/run_vmtests.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/run_vmtests.sh
index 9aff33b10999..0b2f8bb91433 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/run_vmtests.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/run_vmtests.sh
@@ -421,6 +421,8 @@ CATEGORY="madv_guard" run_test ./guard-regions
# MADV_POPULATE_READ and MADV_POPULATE_WRITE tests
CATEGORY="madv_populate" run_test ./madv_populate
+CATEGORY="vma_merge" run_test ./merge
+
if [ -x ./memfd_secret ]
then
(echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/yama/ptrace_scope 2>&1) | tap_prefix
--
2.48.1