Re: [PATCH 2/3] hugetlbfs: close race between MADV_DONTNEED and page fault

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On 09/25/23 16:28, riel@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Malloc libraries, like jemalloc and tcalloc, take decisions on when
> to call madvise independently from the code in the main application.
> 
> This sometimes results in the application page faulting on an address,
> right after the malloc library has shot down the backing memory with
> MADV_DONTNEED.
> 
> Usually this is harmless, because we always have some 4kB pages
> sitting around to satisfy a page fault. However, with hugetlbfs
> systems often allocate only the exact number of huge pages that
> the application wants.
> 
> Due to TLB batching, hugetlbfs MADV_DONTNEED will free pages outside of
> any lock taken on the page fault path, which can open up the following
> race condition:
> 
>        CPU 1                            CPU 2
> 
>        MADV_DONTNEED
>        unmap page
>        shoot down TLB entry
>                                        page fault
>                                        fail to allocate a huge page
>                                        killed with SIGBUS
>        free page
> 
> Fix that race by pulling the locking from __unmap_hugepage_final_range
> into helper functions called from zap_page_range_single. This ensures
> page faults stay locked out of the MADV_DONTNEED VMA until the
> huge pages have actually been freed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  include/linux/hugetlb.h | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  mm/hugetlb.c            | 20 +++++++++++---------
>  mm/memory.c             |  7 +++----
>  3 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/hugetlb.h b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
> index 694928fa06a3..d9ec500cfef9 100644
> --- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h
> +++ b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
> @@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ struct page *hugetlb_follow_page_mask(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>  void unmap_hugepage_range(struct vm_area_struct *,
>  			  unsigned long, unsigned long, struct page *,
>  			  zap_flags_t);
> -void __unmap_hugepage_range_final(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
> +void __unmap_hugepage_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
>  			  struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>  			  unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
>  			  struct page *ref_page, zap_flags_t zap_flags);
> @@ -246,6 +246,25 @@ int huge_pmd_unshare(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>  void adjust_range_if_pmd_sharing_possible(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>  				unsigned long *start, unsigned long *end);
>  
> +extern void __hugetlb_zap_begin(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> +				unsigned long *begin, unsigned long *end);
> +extern void __hugetlb_zap_end(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> +			      struct zap_details *details);
> +
> +static inline void hugetlb_zap_begin(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> +				     unsigned long *start, unsigned long *end)
> +{
> +	if (is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma))
> +		__hugetlb_zap_begin(vma, start, end);
> +}
> +
> +static inline void hugetlb_zap_end(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> +				   struct zap_details *details)
> +{
> +	if (is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma))
> +		__hugetlb_zap_end(vma, details);
> +}
> +
>  void hugetlb_vma_lock_read(struct vm_area_struct *vma);
>  void hugetlb_vma_unlock_read(struct vm_area_struct *vma);
>  void hugetlb_vma_lock_write(struct vm_area_struct *vma);
> @@ -297,6 +316,18 @@ static inline void adjust_range_if_pmd_sharing_possible(
>  {
>  }
>  
> +static inline void hugetlb_zap_begin(
> +				struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> +				unsigned long *start, unsigned long *end)
> +{
> +}
> +
> +static inline void hugetlb_zap_end(
> +				struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> +				struct zap_details *details)
> +{
> +}
> +
>  static inline struct page *hugetlb_follow_page_mask(
>      struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address, unsigned int flags,
>      unsigned int *page_mask)
> @@ -442,7 +473,7 @@ static inline long hugetlb_change_protection(
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> -static inline void __unmap_hugepage_range_final(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
> +static inline void __unmap_hugepage_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
>  			struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long start,
>  			unsigned long end, struct page *ref_page,
>  			zap_flags_t zap_flags)
> diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
> index e859fba5bc7d..5f8b82e902a8 100644
> --- a/mm/hugetlb.c
> +++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
> @@ -5306,9 +5306,9 @@ int move_hugetlb_page_tables(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>  	return len + old_addr - old_end;
>  }
>  
> -static void __unmap_hugepage_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> -				   unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
> -				   struct page *ref_page, zap_flags_t zap_flags)
> +void __unmap_hugepage_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> +			    unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
> +			    struct page *ref_page, zap_flags_t zap_flags)
>  {
>  	struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;
>  	unsigned long address;
> @@ -5435,16 +5435,18 @@ static void __unmap_hugepage_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct vm_area_struct
>  		tlb_flush_mmu_tlbonly(tlb);
>  }
>  
> -void __unmap_hugepage_range_final(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
> -			  struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long start,
> -			  unsigned long end, struct page *ref_page,
> -			  zap_flags_t zap_flags)
> +void __hugetlb_zap_begin(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> +			 unsigned long *start, unsigned long *end)
>  {
> +	adjust_range_if_pmd_sharing_possible(vma, start, end);
>  	hugetlb_vma_lock_write(vma);
>  	i_mmap_lock_write(vma->vm_file->f_mapping);
> +}

__unmap_hugepage_range_final() was called from unmap_single_vma.
unmap_single_vma has two callers, zap_page_range_single and unmap_vmas.

When the locking was moved into hugetlb_zap_begin, it was only added to the
zap_page_range_single call path.  Calls from unmap_vmas are missing the
locking.
-- 
Mike Kravetz



>  
> -	/* mmu notification performed in caller */
> -	__unmap_hugepage_range(tlb, vma, start, end, ref_page, zap_flags);
> +void __hugetlb_zap_end(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> +		       struct zap_details *details)
> +{
> +	zap_flags_t zap_flags = details ? details->zap_flags : 0;
>  
>  	if (zap_flags & ZAP_FLAG_UNMAP) {	/* final unmap */
>  		/*
> diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
> index 6c264d2f969c..a07ae3b60530 100644
> --- a/mm/memory.c
> +++ b/mm/memory.c
> @@ -1683,7 +1683,7 @@ static void unmap_single_vma(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
>  			if (vma->vm_file) {
>  				zap_flags_t zap_flags = details ?
>  				    details->zap_flags : 0;
> -				__unmap_hugepage_range_final(tlb, vma, start, end,
> +				__unmap_hugepage_range(tlb, vma, start, end,
>  							     NULL, zap_flags);
>  			}
>  		} else
> @@ -1753,9 +1753,7 @@ void zap_page_range_single(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
>  	lru_add_drain();
>  	mmu_notifier_range_init(&range, MMU_NOTIFY_CLEAR, 0, vma->vm_mm,
>  				address, end);
> -	if (is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma))
> -		adjust_range_if_pmd_sharing_possible(vma, &range.start,
> -						     &range.end);
> +	hugetlb_zap_begin(vma, &range.start, &range.end);
>  	tlb_gather_mmu(&tlb, vma->vm_mm);
>  	update_hiwater_rss(vma->vm_mm);
>  	mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start(&range);
> @@ -1766,6 +1764,7 @@ void zap_page_range_single(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
>  	unmap_single_vma(&tlb, vma, address, end, details, false);
>  	mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_end(&range);
>  	tlb_finish_mmu(&tlb);
> +	hugetlb_zap_end(vma, details);
>  }
>  
>  /**
> -- 
> 2.41.0
> 




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