On Fri, Jul 28, 2023 at 09:18:49AM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote: > diff --cc mm/memory.c > index ca632b58f792,271982fab2b8..000000000000 > --- a/mm/memory.c > +++ b/mm/memory.c > @@@ -5392,32 -5597,18 +5597,21 @@@ retry > if (!vma) > goto inval; > > - /* Only anonymous and tcp vmas are supported for now */ > - if (!vma_is_anonymous(vma) && !vma_is_tcp(vma)) > - /* find_mergeable_anon_vma uses adjacent vmas which are not locked */ > - if (vma_is_anonymous(vma) && !vma->anon_vma) > -- goto inval; > -- > if (!vma_start_read(vma)) > goto inval; > > + /* > + * find_mergeable_anon_vma uses adjacent vmas which are not locked. > + * This check must happen after vma_start_read(); otherwise, a > + * concurrent mremap() with MREMAP_DONTUNMAP could dissociate the VMA > + * from its anon_vma. > + */ > - if (unlikely(!vma->anon_vma && !vma_is_tcp(vma))) > - goto inval_end_read; > - > - /* > - * Due to the possibility of userfault handler dropping mmap_lock, avoid > - * it for now and fall back to page fault handling under mmap_lock. > - */ > - if (userfaultfd_armed(vma)) > ++ if (unlikely(vma_is_anonymous(vma) && !vma_is_tcp(vma))) > + goto inval_end_read; > + No, this isn't right. It should be: if (unlikely(vma_is_anonymous(vma) && !vma->anon_vma)) goto inval_end_read; I'm not sure about the userfaultfd_armed() clause. My patch wasn't intended to affect that. > /* Check since vm_start/vm_end might change before we lock the VMA */ > - if (unlikely(address < vma->vm_start || address >= vma->vm_end)) { > - vma_end_read(vma); > - goto inval; > - } > + if (unlikely(address < vma->vm_start || address >= vma->vm_end)) > + goto inval_end_read; > > /* Check if the VMA got isolated after we found it */ > if (vma->detached) {