There is interest in mapping zeropages via vm_insert_pages() [1] into MAP_SHARED mappings. For now, we only get zeropages in MAP_SHARED mappings via vmf_insert_mixed() from FSDAX code, and I think it's a bit shaky in some cases because we refcount the zeropage when mapping it but not necessarily always when unmapping it ... and we should actually never refcount it. It's all a bit tricky, especially how zeropages in MAP_SHARED mappings interact with GUP (FOLL_LONGTERM), mprotect(), write-faults and s390x forbidding the shared zeropage (rewrite [2] s now upstream). This series tries to take the careful approach of only allowing the zeropage where it is likely safe to use (which should cover the existing FSDAX use case and [1]), preventing that it could accidentally get mapped writable during a write fault, mprotect() etc, and preventing issues with FOLL_LONGTERM in the future with other users. Tested with a patch from Vincent that uses the zeropage in context of [1]. Vincent will post that patch based on this series soon. (not tested with FSDAX, but I don't expect surprises). [1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240430111354.637356-1-vdonnefort@xxxxxxxxxx [2] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240411161441.910170-1-david@xxxxxxxxxx v1 -> v2: * "mm/memory: move page_count() check into validate_page_before_insert()" -> Added * "mm/memory: cleanly support zeropage in vm_insert_page*(), ..." -> Fixed "return true;" for never-writable VMAs Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx> David Hildenbrand (3): mm/memory: move page_count() check into validate_page_before_insert() mm/memory: cleanly support zeropage in vm_insert_page*(), vm_map_pages*() and vmf_insert_mixed() mm/rmap: sanity check that zeropages are not passed to RMAP include/linux/rmap.h | 3 ++ mm/memory.c | 97 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------ mm/mprotect.c | 2 + 3 files changed, 77 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-) base-commit: 29c73fc794c83505066ee6db893b2a83ac5fac63 -- 2.45.0
