On Tue, May 16, 2023 at 5:49 AM David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 16.05.23 04:35, Peter Collingbourne wrote:
> > Commit c145e0b47c77 ("mm: streamline COW logic in do_swap_page()") moved
> > the call to swap_free() before the call to set_pte_at(), which meant that
> > the MTE tags could end up being freed before set_pte_at() had a chance
> > to restore them. Fix it by adding a call to the arch_swap_restore() hook
> > before the call to swap_free().
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Peter Collingbourne <pcc@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Link: https://linux-review.googlesource.com/id/I6470efa669e8bd2f841049b8c61020c510678965
> > Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 6.1
> > Fixes: c145e0b47c77 ("mm: streamline COW logic in do_swap_page()")
> > Reported-by: Qun-wei Lin (林群崴) <Qun-wei.Lin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/5050805753ac469e8d727c797c2218a9d780d434.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxx/
> > ---
> > v2:
> > - Call arch_swap_restore() directly instead of via arch_do_swap_page()
> >
> > mm/memory.c | 7 +++++++
> > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
> > index 01a23ad48a04..a2d9e6952d31 100644
> > --- a/mm/memory.c
> > +++ b/mm/memory.c
> > @@ -3914,6 +3914,13 @@ vm_fault_t do_swap_page(struct vm_fault *vmf)
> > }
> > }
> >
> > + /*
> > + * Some architectures may have to restore extra metadata to the page
> > + * when reading from swap. This metadata may be indexed by swap entry
> > + * so this must be called before swap_free().
> > + */
> > + arch_swap_restore(entry, folio);
> > +
> > /*
> > * Remove the swap entry and conditionally try to free up the swapcache.
> > * We're already holding a reference on the page but haven't mapped it
>
> Looks much better to me, thanks :)
>
> ... staring at unuse_pte(), I suspect it also doesn't take care of MTE
> tags and needs fixing?
Nice catch, I've fixed it in v3.
I don't think there are any other cases like this. I looked for code
that decrements the MM_SWAPENTS counter and we're already covering all
of them.
Peter
