On 27/03/2018 23:57, David Rientjes wrote: > On Tue, 13 Mar 2018, Laurent Dufour wrote: > >> diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c >> index 5898255d0aeb..d6533cb85213 100644 >> --- a/mm/mmap.c >> +++ b/mm/mmap.c >> @@ -847,17 +847,18 @@ int __vma_adjust(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long start, >> } >> >> if (start != vma->vm_start) { >> - vma->vm_start = start; >> + WRITE_ONCE(vma->vm_start, start); >> start_changed = true; >> } >> if (end != vma->vm_end) { >> - vma->vm_end = end; >> + WRITE_ONCE(vma->vm_end, end); >> end_changed = true; >> } >> - vma->vm_pgoff = pgoff; >> + WRITE_ONCE(vma->vm_pgoff, pgoff); >> if (adjust_next) { >> - next->vm_start += adjust_next << PAGE_SHIFT; >> - next->vm_pgoff += adjust_next; >> + WRITE_ONCE(next->vm_start, >> + next->vm_start + (adjust_next << PAGE_SHIFT)); >> + WRITE_ONCE(next->vm_pgoff, next->vm_pgoff + adjust_next); >> } >> >> if (root) { >> @@ -1781,6 +1782,7 @@ unsigned long mmap_region(struct file *file, unsigned long addr, >> out: >> perf_event_mmap(vma); >> >> + vm_write_begin(vma); >> vm_stat_account(mm, vm_flags, len >> PAGE_SHIFT); >> if (vm_flags & VM_LOCKED) { >> if (!((vm_flags & VM_SPECIAL) || is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma) || >> @@ -1803,6 +1805,7 @@ unsigned long mmap_region(struct file *file, unsigned long addr, >> vma->vm_flags |= VM_SOFTDIRTY; >> >> vma_set_page_prot(vma); >> + vm_write_end(vma); >> >> return addr; >> > > Shouldn't this also protect vma->vm_flags? Nice catch ! I just found that too while reviewing the entire patch to answer your previous email. > > diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c > --- a/mm/mmap.c > +++ b/mm/mmap.c > @@ -1796,7 +1796,8 @@ unsigned long mmap_region(struct file *file, unsigned long addr, > vma == get_gate_vma(current->mm))) > mm->locked_vm += (len >> PAGE_SHIFT); > else > - vma->vm_flags &= VM_LOCKED_CLEAR_MASK; > + WRITE_ONCE(vma->vm_flags, > + vma->vm_flags & VM_LOCKED_CLEAR_MASK); > } > > if (file) > @@ -1809,7 +1810,7 @@ unsigned long mmap_region(struct file *file, unsigned long addr, > * then new mapped in-place (which must be aimed as > * a completely new data area). > */ > - vma->vm_flags |= VM_SOFTDIRTY; > + WRITE_ONCE(vma->vm_flags, vma->vm_flags | VM_SOFTDIRTY); > > vma_set_page_prot(vma); > vm_write_end(vma); >