On Mon, 28 Aug 2017, Al Viro wrote: > On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 01:35:35PM -0400, Nicolas Pitre wrote: > > > +static const struct vm_operations_struct cramfs_vmasplit_ops; > > +static int cramfs_vmasplit_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf) > > +{ > > + struct mm_struct *mm = vmf->vma->vm_mm; > > + struct vm_area_struct *vma, *new_vma; > > + unsigned long split_val, split_addr; > > + unsigned int split_pgoff, split_page; > > + int ret; > > + > > + /* Retrieve the vma split address and validate it */ > > + vma = vmf->vma; > > + split_val = (unsigned long)vma->vm_private_data; > > + split_pgoff = split_val & 0xffff; > > + split_page = split_val >> 16; > > + split_addr = vma->vm_start + split_page * PAGE_SIZE; > > + pr_debug("fault: addr=%#lx vma=%#lx-%#lx split=%#lx\n", > > + vmf->address, vma->vm_start, vma->vm_end, split_addr); > > + if (!split_val || split_addr >= vma->vm_end || vmf->address < split_addr) > > + return VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV; > > + > > + /* We have some vma surgery to do and need the write lock. */ > > + up_read(&mm->mmap_sem); > > + if (down_write_killable(&mm->mmap_sem)) > > + return VM_FAULT_RETRY; > > + > > + /* Make sure the vma didn't change between the locks */ > > + vma = find_vma(mm, vmf->address); > > + if (vma->vm_ops != &cramfs_vmasplit_ops) { > > + /* > > + * Someone else raced with us and could have handled the fault. > > + * Let it go back to user space and fault again if necessary. > > + */ > > + downgrade_write(&mm->mmap_sem); > > + return VM_FAULT_NOPAGE; > > + } > > + > > + /* Split the vma between the directly mapped area and the rest */ > > + ret = split_vma(mm, vma, split_addr, 0); > > Egads... Everything else aside, who said that your split_... will have > anything to do with the vma you get from find_vma()? When vma->vm_ops == &cramfs_vmasplit_ops it is guaranteed that the vma is not fully populated and that the unpopulated area starts at split_addr. That split_addr was stored in vma->vm_private_data at the same time as vma->vm_ops. Given that mm->mmap_sem is held all along across find_vma(), split_vma() and the second find_vma() I hope that I can trust that things will be related. Nicolas