Re: [PATCH] fork: defer linking file vma until vma is fully initialized

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On 2024/4/11 4:21, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Apr 2024 17:14:41 +0800 Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> Thorvald reported a WARNING [1]. And the root cause is below race:
>>
>>  CPU 1					CPU 2
>>  fork					hugetlbfs_fallocate
>>   dup_mmap				 hugetlbfs_punch_hole
>>    i_mmap_lock_write(mapping);
>>    vma_interval_tree_insert_after -- Child vma is visible through i_mmap tree.
>>    i_mmap_unlock_write(mapping);
>>    hugetlb_dup_vma_private -- Clear vma_lock outside i_mmap_rwsem!
>> 					 i_mmap_lock_write(mapping);
>>    					 hugetlb_vmdelete_list
>> 					  vma_interval_tree_foreach
>> 					   hugetlb_vma_trylock_write -- Vma_lock is cleared.
>>    tmp->vm_ops->open -- Alloc new vma_lock outside i_mmap_rwsem!
>> 					   hugetlb_vma_unlock_write -- Vma_lock is assigned!!!
>> 					 i_mmap_unlock_write(mapping);
>>
>> hugetlb_dup_vma_private() and hugetlb_vm_op_open() are called outside
>> i_mmap_rwsem lock while vma lock can be used in the same time. Fix this
>> by deferring linking file vma until vma is fully initialized. Those vmas
>> should be initialized first before they can be used.
> 
> Cool.  I queued this in mm-hotfixes (for 6.8-rcX) and I added a cc:stable.

Thanks for doing this. And any comment or thought would be really welcome and appreciated.
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