From: Huang Ying <ying.huang@xxxxxxxxx> If THP migration is enabled, for a VMA handled by userfaultfd, consider the following situation, do_page_fault() __do_huge_pmd_anonymous_page() handle_userfault() userfault_msg() /* a huge page is allocated and mapped at fault address */ /* the huge page is under migration, leaves migration entry in page table */ userfaultfd_must_wait() /* return true because !pmd_present() */ /* may wait in loop until fatal signal */ That is, it may be possible for userfaultfd_must_wait() encounters a PMD entry which is !pmd_none() && !pmd_present(). In the current implementation, we will wait for such PMD entries, which may cause unnecessary waiting, and potential soft lockup. This is fixed via avoiding to wait when !pmd_none() && !pmd_present(), only wait when pmd_none(). This may be not a problem in practice, because userfaultfd_must_wait() is always called with mm->mmap_sem read-locked. mremap() will write-lock mm->mmap_sem. And UFFDIO_COPY doesn't support to copy THP mapping. But the change introduced still makes the code more correct, and makes the PMD and PTE code more consistent. Signed-off-by: "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@xxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Zi Yan <zi.yan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/userfaultfd.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/userfaultfd.c b/fs/userfaultfd.c index ac9a4e65ca49..cbc715fc82e1 100644 --- a/fs/userfaultfd.c +++ b/fs/userfaultfd.c @@ -294,10 +294,13 @@ static inline bool userfaultfd_must_wait(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx, * pmd_trans_unstable) of the pmd. */ _pmd = READ_ONCE(*pmd); - if (!pmd_present(_pmd)) + if (pmd_none(_pmd)) goto out; ret = false; + if (!pmd_present(_pmd)) + goto out; + if (pmd_trans_huge(_pmd)) goto out; -- 2.15.0 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>