Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] mm: update the memmap stat before page is freed

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On Thu, Aug 8, 2024 at 10:17 AM Yosry Ahmed <yosryahmed@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Aug 8, 2024 at 8:42 AM Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > It is more logical to update the stat before the page is freed, to avoid
> > use after free scenarios.
> >
> > Fixes: 15995a352474 ("mm: report per-page metadata information")
> > Signed-off-by: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Reviewed-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosryahmed@xxxxxxxxxx>

Actually although I think this patch is correct, it shouldn't be
needed after patch 4 because we no longer use the page or pgdat to
update the stats.

>
> > ---
> >  mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c | 4 ++--
> >  mm/page_ext.c        | 8 ++++----
> >  2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c b/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
> > index 829112b0a914..fa83a7b38199 100644
> > --- a/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
> > +++ b/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
> > @@ -185,11 +185,11 @@ static int vmemmap_remap_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
> >  static inline void free_vmemmap_page(struct page *page)
> >  {
> >         if (PageReserved(page)) {
> > -               free_bootmem_page(page);
> >                 mod_node_page_state(page_pgdat(page), NR_MEMMAP_BOOT, -1);
> > +               free_bootmem_page(page);
> >         } else {
> > -               __free_page(page);
> >                 mod_node_page_state(page_pgdat(page), NR_MEMMAP, -1);
> > +               __free_page(page);
> >         }
> >  }
> >
> > diff --git a/mm/page_ext.c b/mm/page_ext.c
> > index c191e490c401..962d45eee1f8 100644
> > --- a/mm/page_ext.c
> > +++ b/mm/page_ext.c
> > @@ -330,18 +330,18 @@ static void free_page_ext(void *addr)
> >         if (is_vmalloc_addr(addr)) {
> >                 page = vmalloc_to_page(addr);
> >                 pgdat = page_pgdat(page);
> > +               mod_node_page_state(pgdat, NR_MEMMAP,
> > +                                   -1L * (DIV_ROUND_UP(table_size, PAGE_SIZE)));
> >                 vfree(addr);
> >         } else {
> >                 page = virt_to_page(addr);
> >                 pgdat = page_pgdat(page);
> > +               mod_node_page_state(pgdat, NR_MEMMAP,
> > +                                   -1L * (DIV_ROUND_UP(table_size, PAGE_SIZE)));
> >                 BUG_ON(PageReserved(page));
> >                 kmemleak_free(addr);
> >                 free_pages_exact(addr, table_size);
> >         }
> > -
> > -       mod_node_page_state(pgdat, NR_MEMMAP,
> > -                           -1L * (DIV_ROUND_UP(table_size, PAGE_SIZE)));
> > -
> >  }
> >
> >  static void __free_page_ext(unsigned long pfn)
> > --
> > 2.46.0.76.ge559c4bf1a-goog
> >





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