While investigating HVO for THPs [1], it turns out that speculative PFN walkers like compaction can race with vmemmap modifications, e.g., CPU 1 (vmemmap modifier) CPU 2 (speculative PFN walker) ------------------------------- ------------------------------ Allocates an LRU folio page1 Sees page1 Frees page1 Allocates a hugeTLB folio page2 (page1 being a tail of page2) Updates vmemmap mapping page1 get_page_unless_zero(page1) Even though page1->_refcount is zero after HVO, get_page_unless_zero() can still try to modify this read-only field, resulting in a crash. An independent report [2] confirmed this race. There are two discussed approaches to fix this race: 1. Make RO vmemmap RW so that get_page_unless_zero() can fail without triggering a PF. 2. Use RCU to make sure get_page_unless_zero() either sees zero page->_refcount through the old vmemmap or non-zero page->_refcount through the new one. The second approach is preferred here because: 1. It can prevent illegal modifications to struct page[] that has been HVO'ed; 2. It can be generalized, in a way similar to ZERO_PAGE(), to fix similar races in other places, e.g., arch_remove_memory() on x86 [3], which frees vmemmap mapping offlined struct page[]. While adding synchronize_rcu(), the goal is to be surgical, rather than optimized. Specifically, calls to synchronize_rcu() on the error handling paths can be coalesced, but it is not done for the sake of Simplicity: noticeably, this fix removes ~50% more lines than it adds. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/20240229183436.4110845-4-yuzhao@xxxxxxxxxx/ [2] https://lore.kernel.org/917FFC7F-0615-44DD-90EE-9F85F8EA9974@xxxxxxxxx/ [3] https://lore.kernel.org/be130a96-a27e-4240-ad78-776802f57cad@xxxxxxxxxx/ Signed-off-by: Yu Zhao <yuzhao@xxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/page_ref.h | 8 +++++- mm/hugetlb.c | 53 ++++++---------------------------------- mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c | 16 ++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/page_ref.h b/include/linux/page_ref.h index 490d0ad6e56d..8c236c651d1d 100644 --- a/include/linux/page_ref.h +++ b/include/linux/page_ref.h @@ -230,7 +230,13 @@ static inline int folio_ref_dec_return(struct folio *folio) static inline bool page_ref_add_unless(struct page *page, int nr, int u) { - bool ret = atomic_add_unless(&page->_refcount, nr, u); + bool ret = false; + + rcu_read_lock(); + /* avoid writing to the vmemmap area being remapped */ + if (!page_is_fake_head(page) && page_ref_count(page) != u) + ret = atomic_add_unless(&page->_refcount, nr, u); + rcu_read_unlock(); if (page_ref_tracepoint_active(page_ref_mod_unless)) __page_ref_mod_unless(page, nr, ret); diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c index 9691624fcb79..1ddaf25737da 100644 --- a/mm/hugetlb.c +++ b/mm/hugetlb.c @@ -1629,13 +1629,10 @@ static inline void destroy_compound_gigantic_folio(struct folio *folio, * folio appears as just a compound page. Otherwise, wait until after * allocating vmemmap to clear the flag. * - * A reference is held on the folio, except in the case of demote. - * * Must be called with hugetlb lock held. */ -static void __remove_hugetlb_folio(struct hstate *h, struct folio *folio, - bool adjust_surplus, - bool demote) +static void remove_hugetlb_folio(struct hstate *h, struct folio *folio, + bool adjust_surplus) { int nid = folio_nid(folio); @@ -1657,6 +1654,7 @@ static void __remove_hugetlb_folio(struct hstate *h, struct folio *folio, h->surplus_huge_pages_node[nid]--; } + folio_clear_hugetlb_freed(folio); /* * We can only clear the hugetlb flag after allocating vmemmap * pages. Otherwise, someone (memory error handling) may try to write @@ -1665,33 +1663,13 @@ static void __remove_hugetlb_folio(struct hstate *h, struct folio *folio, if (!folio_test_hugetlb_vmemmap_optimized(folio)) __folio_clear_hugetlb(folio); - /* - * In the case of demote we do not ref count the page as it will soon - * be turned into a page of smaller size. - */ - if (!demote) - folio_ref_unfreeze(folio, 1); - h->nr_huge_pages--; h->nr_huge_pages_node[nid]--; } -static void remove_hugetlb_folio(struct hstate *h, struct folio *folio, - bool adjust_surplus) -{ - __remove_hugetlb_folio(h, folio, adjust_surplus, false); -} - -static void remove_hugetlb_folio_for_demote(struct hstate *h, struct folio *folio, - bool adjust_surplus) -{ - __remove_hugetlb_folio(h, folio, adjust_surplus, true); -} - static void add_hugetlb_folio(struct hstate *h, struct folio *folio, bool adjust_surplus) { - int zeroed; int nid = folio_nid(folio); VM_BUG_ON_FOLIO(!folio_test_hugetlb_vmemmap_optimized(folio), folio); @@ -1715,21 +1693,6 @@ static void add_hugetlb_folio(struct hstate *h, struct folio *folio, */ folio_set_hugetlb_vmemmap_optimized(folio); - /* - * This folio is about to be managed by the hugetlb allocator and - * should have no users. Drop our reference, and check for others - * just in case. - */ - zeroed = folio_put_testzero(folio); - if (unlikely(!zeroed)) - /* - * It is VERY unlikely soneone else has taken a ref - * on the folio. In this case, we simply return as - * free_huge_folio() will be called when this other ref - * is dropped. - */ - return; - arch_clear_hugetlb_flags(folio); enqueue_hugetlb_folio(h, folio); } @@ -1783,6 +1746,8 @@ static void __update_and_free_hugetlb_folio(struct hstate *h, spin_unlock_irq(&hugetlb_lock); } + folio_ref_unfreeze(folio, 1); + /* * Non-gigantic pages demoted from CMA allocated gigantic pages * need to be given back to CMA in free_gigantic_folio. @@ -3106,11 +3071,8 @@ static int alloc_and_dissolve_hugetlb_folio(struct hstate *h, free_new: spin_unlock_irq(&hugetlb_lock); - if (new_folio) { - /* Folio has a zero ref count, but needs a ref to be freed */ - folio_ref_unfreeze(new_folio, 1); + if (new_folio) update_and_free_hugetlb_folio(h, new_folio, false); - } return ret; } @@ -3965,7 +3927,7 @@ static int demote_free_hugetlb_folio(struct hstate *h, struct folio *folio) target_hstate = size_to_hstate(PAGE_SIZE << h->demote_order); - remove_hugetlb_folio_for_demote(h, folio, false); + remove_hugetlb_folio(h, folio, false); spin_unlock_irq(&hugetlb_lock); /* @@ -3979,7 +3941,6 @@ static int demote_free_hugetlb_folio(struct hstate *h, struct folio *folio) if (rc) { /* Allocation of vmemmmap failed, we can not demote folio */ spin_lock_irq(&hugetlb_lock); - folio_ref_unfreeze(folio, 1); add_hugetlb_folio(h, folio, false); return rc; } diff --git a/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c b/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c index fa00d61b6c5a..829112b0a914 100644 --- a/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c +++ b/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c @@ -455,6 +455,8 @@ static int __hugetlb_vmemmap_restore_folio(const struct hstate *h, unsigned long vmemmap_reuse; VM_WARN_ON_ONCE_FOLIO(!folio_test_hugetlb(folio), folio); + VM_WARN_ON_ONCE_FOLIO(folio_ref_count(folio), folio); + if (!folio_test_hugetlb_vmemmap_optimized(folio)) return 0; @@ -490,6 +492,9 @@ static int __hugetlb_vmemmap_restore_folio(const struct hstate *h, */ int hugetlb_vmemmap_restore_folio(const struct hstate *h, struct folio *folio) { + /* avoid writes from page_ref_add_unless() while unfolding vmemmap */ + synchronize_rcu(); + return __hugetlb_vmemmap_restore_folio(h, folio, 0); } @@ -514,6 +519,9 @@ long hugetlb_vmemmap_restore_folios(const struct hstate *h, long restored = 0; long ret = 0; + /* avoid writes from page_ref_add_unless() while unfolding vmemmap */ + synchronize_rcu(); + list_for_each_entry_safe(folio, t_folio, folio_list, lru) { if (folio_test_hugetlb_vmemmap_optimized(folio)) { ret = __hugetlb_vmemmap_restore_folio(h, folio, @@ -559,6 +567,8 @@ static int __hugetlb_vmemmap_optimize_folio(const struct hstate *h, unsigned long vmemmap_reuse; VM_WARN_ON_ONCE_FOLIO(!folio_test_hugetlb(folio), folio); + VM_WARN_ON_ONCE_FOLIO(folio_ref_count(folio), folio); + if (!vmemmap_should_optimize_folio(h, folio)) return ret; @@ -610,6 +620,9 @@ void hugetlb_vmemmap_optimize_folio(const struct hstate *h, struct folio *folio) { LIST_HEAD(vmemmap_pages); + /* avoid writes from page_ref_add_unless() while folding vmemmap */ + synchronize_rcu(); + __hugetlb_vmemmap_optimize_folio(h, folio, &vmemmap_pages, 0); free_vmemmap_page_list(&vmemmap_pages); } @@ -653,6 +666,9 @@ void hugetlb_vmemmap_optimize_folios(struct hstate *h, struct list_head *folio_l flush_tlb_all(); + /* avoid writes from page_ref_add_unless() while folding vmemmap */ + synchronize_rcu(); + list_for_each_entry(folio, folio_list, lru) { int ret; -- 2.45.2.803.g4e1b14247a-goog