The patch titled Subject: mm/gup: cache *pudp in follow_pud_mask() has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is mm-gup-cache-pudp-in-follow_pud_mask.patch This patch will shortly appear at https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-gup-cache-pudp-in-follow_pud_mask.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: Peter Xu <peterx@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: mm/gup: cache *pudp in follow_pud_mask() Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2024 18:07:58 -0400 Introduce "pud_t pud" in the function, so the code won't dereference *pudp multiple time. Not only because that looks less straightforward, but also because if the dereference really happened, it's not clear whether there can be race to see different *pudp values if it's being modified at the same time. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240321220802.679544-9-peterx@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Peter Xu <peterx@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: James Houghton <jthoughton@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andrew Jones <andrew.jones@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Axel Rasmussen <axelrasmussen@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: John Hubbard <jhubbard@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mike Rapoport (IBM) <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Muchun Song <muchun.song@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx> Cc: Yang Shi <shy828301@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/gup.c | 17 +++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) --- a/mm/gup.c~mm-gup-cache-pudp-in-follow_pud_mask +++ a/mm/gup.c @@ -753,26 +753,27 @@ static struct page *follow_pud_mask(stru unsigned int flags, struct follow_page_context *ctx) { - pud_t *pud; + pud_t *pudp, pud; spinlock_t *ptl; struct page *page; struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm; - pud = pud_offset(p4dp, address); - if (pud_none(*pud)) + pudp = pud_offset(p4dp, address); + pud = READ_ONCE(*pudp); + if (pud_none(pud)) return no_page_table(vma, flags, address); - if (pud_devmap(*pud)) { - ptl = pud_lock(mm, pud); - page = follow_devmap_pud(vma, address, pud, flags, &ctx->pgmap); + if (pud_devmap(pud)) { + ptl = pud_lock(mm, pudp); + page = follow_devmap_pud(vma, address, pudp, flags, &ctx->pgmap); spin_unlock(ptl); if (page) return page; return no_page_table(vma, flags, address); } - if (unlikely(pud_bad(*pud))) + if (unlikely(pud_bad(pud))) return no_page_table(vma, flags, address); - return follow_pmd_mask(vma, address, pud, flags, ctx); + return follow_pmd_mask(vma, address, pudp, flags, ctx); } static struct page *follow_p4d_mask(struct vm_area_struct *vma, _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from peterx@xxxxxxxxxx are mm-memory-fix-missing-pte-marker-for-page-on-pte-zaps.patch mm-hmm-process-pud-swap-entry-without-pud_huge.patch mm-gup-cache-p4d-in-follow_p4d_mask.patch mm-gup-check-p4d-presence-before-going-on.patch mm-x86-change-pxd_huge-behavior-to-exclude-swap-entries.patch mm-sparc-change-pxd_huge-behavior-to-exclude-swap-entries.patch mm-arm-use-macros-to-define-pmd-pud-helpers.patch mm-arm-redefine-pmd_huge-with-pmd_leaf.patch mm-arm64-merge-pxd_huge-and-pxd_leaf-definitions.patch mm-powerpc-redefine-pxd_huge-with-pxd_leaf.patch mm-gup-merge-pxd-huge-mapping-checks.patch mm-treewide-replace-pxd_huge-with-pxd_leaf.patch mm-treewide-remove-pxd_huge.patch mm-arm-remove-pmd_thp_or_huge.patch mm-document-pxd_leaf-api.patch mm-kconfig-config_pgtable_has_huge_leaves.patch mm-hugetlb-declare-hugetlbfs_pagecache_present-non-static.patch mm-make-hpage_pxd_-macros-even-if-thp.patch mm-introduce-vma_pgtable_walk_beginend.patch mm-gup-drop-folio_fast_pin_allowed-in-hugepd-processing.patch mm-gup-refactor-record_subpages-to-find-1st-small-page.patch mm-gup-handle-hugetlb-for-no_page_table.patch mm-gup-cache-pudp-in-follow_pud_mask.patch mm-gup-handle-huge-pud-for-follow_pud_mask.patch mm-gup-handle-huge-pmd-for-follow_pmd_mask.patch mm-gup-handle-hugepd-for-follow_page.patch mm-gup-handle-hugetlb-in-the-generic-follow_page_mask-code.patch