From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxxxxxx> This patch series arised out of discussions with Jerome when looking at the ODP changes, particularly informed by use after free races we have already found and fixed in the ODP code (thanks to syzkaller) working with mmu notifiers, and the discussion with Ralph on how to resolve the lifetime model. Overall this brings in a simplified locking scheme and easy to explain lifetime model: If a hmm_range is valid, then the hmm is valid, if a hmm is valid then the mm is allocated memory. If the mm needs to still be alive (ie to lock the mmap_sem, find a vma, etc) then the mmget must be obtained via mmget_not_zero(). The use of unlocked reads on 'hmm->dead' are also eliminated in favour of using standard mmget() locking to prevent the mm from being released. Many of the debugging checks of !range->hmm and !hmm->mm are dropped in favour of poison - which is much clearer as to the lifetime intent. The trailing patches are just some random cleanups I noticed when reviewing this code. I'll apply this in the next few days - the only patch that doesn't have enough Reviewed-bys is 'mm/hmm: Remove confusing comment and logic from hmm_release', which had alot of questions, I still think it is good. If people really don't like it I'll drop it. Thanks to everyone who took time to look at this! Jason Gunthorpe (12): mm/hmm: fix use after free with struct hmm in the mmu notifiers mm/hmm: Use hmm_mirror not mm as an argument for hmm_range_register mm/hmm: Hold a mmgrab from hmm to mm mm/hmm: Simplify hmm_get_or_create and make it reliable mm/hmm: Remove duplicate condition test before wait_event_timeout mm/hmm: Do not use list*_rcu() for hmm->ranges mm/hmm: Hold on to the mmget for the lifetime of the range mm/hmm: Use lockdep instead of comments mm/hmm: Remove racy protection against double-unregistration mm/hmm: Poison hmm_range during unregister mm/hmm: Remove confusing comment and logic from hmm_release mm/hmm: Fix error flows in hmm_invalidate_range_start drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_svm.c | 2 +- include/linux/hmm.h | 52 +---- kernel/fork.c | 1 - mm/hmm.c | 275 ++++++++++++-------------- 4 files changed, 130 insertions(+), 200 deletions(-) -- 2.22.0
