Re: [syzbot] [mm?] WARNING in copy_huge_pmd

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On Thu, Sep 26, 2024 at 12:48:19PM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> On 25.09.24 18:59, Peter Xu wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 24, 2024 at 04:45:00PM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> > > On 23.09.24 14:18, syzbot wrote:
> > > > Hello,
> > > > 
> > > > syzbot found the following issue on:
> > > > 
> > > > HEAD commit:    88264981f208 Merge tag 'sched_ext-for-6.12' of git://git.k..
> > > > git tree:       upstream
> > > > console+strace: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=16c36c27980000
> > > > kernel config:  https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=e851828834875d6f
> > > > dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=bf2c35fa302ebe3c7471
> > > > compiler:       Debian clang version 15.0.6, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.40
> > > > syz repro:      https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.syz?x=12773080580000
> > > > C reproducer:   https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.c?x=16ed5e9f980000
> > > > 
> > > > Downloadable assets:
> > > > disk image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/0e011ac37c93/disk-88264981.raw.xz
> > > > vmlinux: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/f5c65577e19e/vmlinux-88264981.xz
> > > > kernel image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/984d963c8ea1/bzImage-88264981.xz
> > > > 
> > > > The issue was bisected to:
> > > > 
> > > > commit 75182022a0439788415b2dd1db3086e07aa506f7
> > > > Author: Peter Xu <peterx@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Date:   Mon Aug 26 20:43:51 2024 +0000
> > > > 
> > > >       mm/x86: support large pfn mappings
> > > > 
> > > > bisection log:  https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/bisect.txt?x=17df9c27980000
> > > > final oops:     https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/report.txt?x=143f9c27980000
> > > > console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=103f9c27980000
> > > > 
> > > > IMPORTANT: if you fix the issue, please add the following tag to the commit:
> > > > Reported-by: syzbot+bf2c35fa302ebe3c7471@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > Fixes: 75182022a043 ("mm/x86: support large pfn mappings")
> > > > 
> > > > ------------[ cut here ]------------
> > > > WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 5508 at mm/huge_memory.c:1602 copy_huge_pmd+0x102c/0x1c60 mm/huge_memory.c:1602
> > > 
> > > This is the
> > > 
> > > VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(is_cow_mapping(src_vma->vm_flags) && pmd_write(pmd))
> > > 
> > > So we have a special-marked PMD in a COW mapping.
> > > 
> > > The reproducer seems to involve fuse, but not sure if that makes a
> > > difference here.
> > 
> > That chunk of code seems to be there only making sure the test won't get
> > blocked due to any fused based fs being stuck, via writting to the "abort"
> > file:
> > 
> >        snprintf(abort, sizeof(abort), "/sys/fs/fuse/connections/%s/abort",
> >                 ent->d_name);
> >        int fd = open(abort, O_WRONLY);
> >        if (fd == -1) {
> >          continue;
> >        }
> >        if (write(fd, abort, 1) < 0) {
> >        }
> >        close(fd);
> > 
> > So far looks not relevant to this issue indeed.
> > 
> > Unfortunately I cannot reproduce it even with the reproducer.  So this one
> > is a bit tricky..
> > 
> > What confuses me yet is how that special bit is set, if it's only used so
> > far with vfio-pci, and this test doesn't seem to have it involved.
> > 
> > The test keeps invoking processes, then threads, doing concurrent accesses
> > over a few stuff (madvise, mremap, migrate_pages, munmap, etc.) on the
> > pre-mapped areas, but none of them seem to create new memory that can
> > provide hint on how special bit can start to occur.
> > 
> > I wonder if some of these operations can race in a way that mm can wrongly
> > create the special bit (alone with it being writable).. and then it could
> > be a historical bug, only captured by this patchset due to the newly added
> > WARN_ON_ONCE somehow, then it could mean that it's not the WRITE bit that
> > is not intended, but the SPECIAL bit altogether.
> 
> I assume you are missing a check for present/non-swap pmds. Assume you have
> a migration entry and end up using the special bit -- which is perfectly
> fine -- your code would assume it's a present PMD with the special bit set.
> 
> Maybe for the time being something like:
> 
> diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
> index 0580ac9e47b9..e55efcad1e6c 100644
> --- a/mm/huge_memory.c
> +++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
> @@ -1586,7 +1586,7 @@ int copy_huge_pmd(struct mm_struct *dst_mm, struct
> mm_struct *src_mm,
>         int ret = -ENOMEM;
> 
>         pmd = pmdp_get_lockless(src_pmd);
> -       if (unlikely(pmd_special(pmd))) {
> +       if (unlikely(pmd_present(pmd) && pmd_special(pmd))) {
>                 dst_ptl = pmd_lock(dst_mm, dst_pmd);
>                 src_ptl = pmd_lockptr(src_mm, src_pmd);
>                 spin_lock_nested(src_ptl, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);

Good catch!

I definitely overlooked it, and I did check the config has THP_MIGRATION
set indeed.  So it's very possible relevant.

Do you want to send a formal patch?  You can also push a branch with "#syz
test", looks like syzbot can constantly reproduce.

Thanks!

-- 
Peter Xu





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