[PATCH v3 0/2] userfaultfd: clear the inherited uffd bit in move_swap_pte()

From: Donggeun Yoo

Date: Sat Sep 26 2026 - 08:41:57 EST


UFFDIO_MOVE on a swapped-out page installs the source PTE at the
destination unchanged, so a uffd bit set on a write-protected or
RWP-protected source lands in a destination VMA that was never
registered for either, and nothing clears it afterwards. Patch 1 clears the bit, then re-arms it if
the destination is RWP-registered, which is what the present-page and
zeropage move paths already do. Patch 2 adds the tests that catch it.

v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260919004630.1159895-1-donggeunyoo.kernel@xxxxxxxxx/
v2: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260925042907.2330519-1-donggeunyoo.kernel@xxxxxxxxx/

Changes in v3:
- patch 1: describe the userspace-visible effects and the backport
(Andrew Morton, David Hildenbrand)
- patch 2: drop the MADV_PAGEOUT retry loop (David Hildenbrand)
- patch 2: add an RWP case (David Hildenbrand)

Changes in v2:
- patch 1: clear the bit unconditionally (Kiryl Shutsemau)
- patch 1: rewrite the changelog for readability (Mike Rapoport)
- add Assisted-by: LLM (Mike Rapoport)

x86_64 defconfig plus USERFAULTFD, TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE,
PAGE_TABLE_CHECK_ENFORCED and a swap device, under QEMU, on
6812ce4e4379:

uffd-unit-tests before after
move-swap-wp on anon not ok ok
move-swap-rwp on anon not ok ok
the other 103 unit tests ok ok
uffd-wp-mremap, 38 tests ok ok

11 unit tests skip on both, as CONFIG_GUP_TEST is not set.

pagemap bit 57 at the destination before after
swapped page, dst not armed set clear
swapped page, dst WP-armed set clear
swapped page, dst RWP-armed set set
resident page, dst WP-armed clear clear

MADV_COLLAPSE over 2 MB at dst EINVAL 0
fault on the moved page at dst WARNING none

Donggeun Yoo (2):
userfaultfd: clear the inherited uffd bit in move_swap_pte()
selftests/mm: add tests for UFFDIO_MOVE of a uffd-protected swap entry

mm/userfaultfd.c | 1 +
tools/testing/selftests/mm/uffd-unit-tests.c | 84 ++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 85 insertions(+)

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