The quilt patch titled Subject: mm/mmap/vma_merge: always check invariants has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was mm-mmap-vma_merge-always-check-invariants.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into the mm-hotfixes-stable branch of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm ------------------------------------------------------ From: Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: mm/mmap/vma_merge: always check invariants Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2023 21:19:17 +0100 We may still have inconsistent input parameters even if we choose not to merge and the vma_merge() invariant checks are useful for checking this with no production runtime cost (these are only relevant when CONFIG_DEBUG_VM is specified). Therefore, perform these checks regardless of whether we merge. This is relevant, as a recent issue (addressed in commit "mm/mempolicy: Correctly update prev when policy is equal on mbind") in the mbind logic was only picked up in the 6.2.y stable branch where these assertions are performed prior to determining mergeability. Had this remained the same in mainline this issue may have been picked up faster, so moving forward let's always check them. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/df548a6ae3fa135eec3b446eb3dae8eb4227da97.1682885809.git.lstoakes@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@xxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/mmap.c | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) --- a/mm/mmap.c~mm-mmap-vma_merge-always-check-invariants +++ a/mm/mmap.c @@ -960,17 +960,17 @@ struct vm_area_struct *vma_merge(struct merge_next = true; } + /* Verify some invariant that must be enforced by the caller. */ + VM_WARN_ON(prev && addr <= prev->vm_start); + VM_WARN_ON(curr && (addr != curr->vm_start || end > curr->vm_end)); + VM_WARN_ON(addr >= end); + if (!merge_prev && !merge_next) return NULL; /* Not mergeable. */ res = vma = prev; remove = remove2 = adjust = NULL; - /* Verify some invariant that must be enforced by the caller. */ - VM_WARN_ON(prev && addr <= prev->vm_start); - VM_WARN_ON(curr && (addr != curr->vm_start || end > curr->vm_end)); - VM_WARN_ON(addr >= end); - /* Can we merge both the predecessor and the successor? */ if (merge_prev && merge_next && is_mergeable_anon_vma(prev->anon_vma, next->anon_vma, NULL)) { _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from lstoakes@xxxxxxxxx are mm-mmap-separate-writenotify-and-dirty-tracking-logic.patch mm-gup-disallow-foll_longterm-gup-nonfast-writing-to-file-backed-mappings.patch mm-gup-disallow-foll_longterm-gup-fast-writing-to-file-backed-mappings.patch