The patch titled Subject: mm: clear vmf->pte after pte_unmap_same() returns has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is mm-clear-vmf-pte-after-pte_unmap_same-returns.patch This patch should soon appear at https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-clear-vmf-pte-after-pte_unmap_same-returns.patch and later at https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mm-clear-vmf-pte-after-pte_unmap_same-returns.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Peter Xu <peterx@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: mm: clear vmf->pte after pte_unmap_same() returns pte_unmap_same() will always unmap the pte pointer. After the unmap, vmf->pte will not be valid any more, we should clear it. It was safe only because no one is accessing vmf->pte after pte_unmap_same() returns, since the only caller of pte_unmap_same() (so far) is do_swap_page(), where vmf->pte will in most cases be overwritten very soon. Directly pass in vmf into pte_unmap_same() and then we can also avoid the long parameter list too, which should be a nice cleanup. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210915181533.11188-1-peterx@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Peter Xu <peterx@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Liam Howlett <liam.howlett@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Alistair Popple <apopple@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Axel Rasmussen <axelrasmussen@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jerome Glisse <jglisse@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Kirill A . Shutemov" <kirill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Yang Shi <shy828301@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/memory.c | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) --- a/mm/memory.c~mm-clear-vmf-pte-after-pte_unmap_same-returns +++ a/mm/memory.c @@ -2724,19 +2724,19 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(apply_to_existing_page * proceeding (but do_wp_page is only called after already making such a check; * and do_anonymous_page can safely check later on). */ -static inline int pte_unmap_same(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmd, - pte_t *page_table, pte_t orig_pte) +static inline int pte_unmap_same(struct vm_fault *vmf) { int same = 1; #if defined(CONFIG_SMP) || defined(CONFIG_PREEMPTION) if (sizeof(pte_t) > sizeof(unsigned long)) { - spinlock_t *ptl = pte_lockptr(mm, pmd); + spinlock_t *ptl = pte_lockptr(vmf->vma->vm_mm, vmf->pmd); spin_lock(ptl); - same = pte_same(*page_table, orig_pte); + same = pte_same(*vmf->pte, vmf->orig_pte); spin_unlock(ptl); } #endif - pte_unmap(page_table); + pte_unmap(vmf->pte); + vmf->pte = NULL; return same; } @@ -3487,7 +3487,7 @@ vm_fault_t do_swap_page(struct vm_fault vm_fault_t ret = 0; void *shadow = NULL; - if (!pte_unmap_same(vma->vm_mm, vmf->pmd, vmf->pte, vmf->orig_pte)) + if (!pte_unmap_same(vmf)) goto out; entry = pte_to_swp_entry(vmf->orig_pte); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from peterx@xxxxxxxxxx are mm-shmem-unconditionally-set-pte-dirty-in-mfill_atomic_install_pte.patch mm-clear-vmf-pte-after-pte_unmap_same-returns.patch mm-drop-first_index-last_index-in-zap_details.patch mm-add-zap_skip_check_mapping-helper.patch