The patch titled Subject: mm/huge_memory: access vm_page_prot with READ_ONCE in remove_migration_pmd has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is mm-huge_memory-access-vm_page_prot-with-read_once-in-remove_migration_pmd.patch This patch will shortly appear at https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-huge_memory-access-vm_page_prot-with-read_once-in-remove_migration_pmd.patch This patch will later appear in the mm-unstable branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm 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 via the mm-everything branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm and is updated there every 2-3 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: mm/huge_memory: access vm_page_prot with READ_ONCE in remove_migration_pmd Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2022 21:21:47 +0800 vma->vm_page_prot is read lockless from the rmap_walk, it may be updated concurrently. Using READ_ONCE to prevent the risk of reading intermediate values. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220704132201.14611-3-linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Muchun Song <songmuchun@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Yang Shi <shy828301@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Zach O'Keefe <zokeefe@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/huge_memory.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/mm/huge_memory.c~mm-huge_memory-access-vm_page_prot-with-read_once-in-remove_migration_pmd +++ a/mm/huge_memory.c @@ -3304,7 +3304,7 @@ void remove_migration_pmd(struct page_vm entry = pmd_to_swp_entry(*pvmw->pmd); get_page(new); - pmde = pmd_mkold(mk_huge_pmd(new, vma->vm_page_prot)); + pmde = pmd_mkold(mk_huge_pmd(new, READ_ONCE(vma->vm_page_prot))); if (pmd_swp_soft_dirty(*pvmw->pmd)) pmde = pmd_mksoft_dirty(pmde); if (is_writable_migration_entry(entry)) _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx are mm-page_alloc-minor-clean-up-for-memmap_init_compound.patch mm-mmapc-fix-missing-call-to-vm_unacct_memory-in-mmap_region.patch filemap-minor-cleanup-for-filemap_write_and_wait_range.patch mm-huge_memory-use-flush_pmd_tlb_range-in-move_huge_pmd.patch mm-huge_memory-access-vm_page_prot-with-read_once-in-remove_migration_pmd.patch mm-huge_memory-fix-comment-of-__pud_trans_huge_lock.patch mm-huge_memory-use-helper-touch_pud-in-huge_pud_set_accessed.patch mm-huge_memory-use-helper-touch_pmd-in-huge_pmd_set_accessed.patch mm-huge_memory-rename-mmun_start-to-haddr-in-remove_migration_pmd.patch mm-huge_memory-use-helper-function-vma_lookup-in-split_huge_pages_pid.patch mm-huge_memory-use-helper-macro-__attr_rw.patch mm-huge_memory-fix-comment-in-zap_huge_pud.patch mm-huge_memory-check-pmd_present-first-in-is_huge_zero_pmd.patch mm-huge_memory-try-to-free-subpage-in-swapcache-when-possible.patch mm-huge_memory-minor-cleanup-for-split_huge_pages_all.patch mm-huge_memory-fix-comment-of-page_deferred_list.patch mm-huge_memory-correct-comment-of-prep_transhuge_page.patch mm-huge_memory-comment-the-subtly-logic-in-__split_huge_pmd.patch mm-huge_memory-use-helper-macro-is_err_or_null-in-split_huge_pages_pid.patch