The patch titled
Subject: mm/hugetlb: make walk_hugetlb_range() safe to pmd unshare
has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is
mm-hugetlb-make-walk_hugetlb_range-safe-to-pmd-unshare.patch
This patch will shortly appear at
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-hugetlb-make-walk_hugetlb_range-safe-to-pmd-unshare.patch
This patch will later appear in the mm-unstable branch at
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
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From: Peter Xu <peterx@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: mm/hugetlb: make walk_hugetlb_range() safe to pmd unshare
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2022 14:35:24 -0500
Since walk_hugetlb_range() walks the pgtable, it needs the vma lock
to make sure the pgtable page will not be freed concurrently.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20221129193526.3588187-9-peterx@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Peter Xu <peterx@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: James Houghton <jthoughton@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Muchun Song <songmuchun@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/pagewalk.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
--- a/mm/pagewalk.c~mm-hugetlb-make-walk_hugetlb_range-safe-to-pmd-unshare
+++ a/mm/pagewalk.c
@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@ static int walk_hugetlb_range(unsigned l
const struct mm_walk_ops *ops = walk->ops;
int err = 0;
+ hugetlb_vma_lock_read(vma);
do {
next = hugetlb_entry_end(h, addr, end);
pte = huge_pte_offset(walk->mm, addr & hmask, sz);
@@ -314,6 +315,7 @@ static int walk_hugetlb_range(unsigned l
if (err)
break;
} while (addr = next, addr != end);
+ hugetlb_vma_unlock_read(vma);
return err;
}
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from peterx@xxxxxxxxxx are
mm-migrate-fix-read-only-page-got-writable-when-recover-pte.patch
mm-always-compile-in-pte-markers.patch
mm-use-pte-markers-for-swap-errors.patch
mm-uffd-sanity-check-write-bit-for-uffd-wp-protected-ptes.patch
selftests-vm-use-memfd-for-hugepage-mmap-test.patch
mm-thp-re-apply-mkdirty-for-small-pages-after-split.patch
mm-hugetlb-let-vma_offset_start-to-return-start.patch
mm-hugetlb-dont-wait-for-migration-entry-during-follow-page.patch
mm-hugetlb-document-huge_pte_offset-usage.patch
mm-hugetlb-move-swap-entry-handling-into-vma-lock-when-faulted.patch
mm-hugetlb-make-userfaultfd_huge_must_wait-safe-to-pmd-unshare.patch
mm-hugetlb-make-hugetlb_follow_page_mask-safe-to-pmd-unshare.patch
mm-hugetlb-make-follow_hugetlb_page-safe-to-pmd-unshare.patch
mm-hugetlb-make-walk_hugetlb_range-safe-to-pmd-unshare.patch
mm-hugetlb-make-page_vma_mapped_walk-safe-to-pmd-unshare.patch
mm-hugetlb-introduce-hugetlb_walk.patch
