The patch titled Subject: mm/ksm: fix ksm exec support for prctl has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is mm-ksm-fix-ksm-exec-support-for-prctl.patch This patch will shortly appear at https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-ksm-fix-ksm-exec-support-for-prctl.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: Jinjiang Tu <tujinjiang@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: mm/ksm: fix ksm exec support for prctl Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2024 19:10:08 +0800 Patch series "mm/ksm: fix ksm exec support for prctl", v4. commit 3c6f33b7273a ("mm/ksm: support fork/exec for prctl") inherits MMF_VM_MERGE_ANY flag when a task calls execve(). However, it doesn't create the mm_slot, so ksmd will not try to scan this task. The first patch fixes the issue. The second patch refactors to prepare for the third patch. The third patch extends the selftests of ksm to verfity the deduplication really happens after fork/exec inherits ths KSM setting. This patch (of 3): commit 3c6f33b7273a ("mm/ksm: support fork/exec for prctl") inherits MMF_VM_MERGE_ANY flag when a task calls execve(). Howerver, it doesn't create the mm_slot, so ksmd will not try to scan this task. To fix it, allocate and add the mm_slot to ksm_mm_head in __bprm_mm_init() when the mm has MMF_VM_MERGE_ANY flag. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240328111010.1502191-1-tujinjiang@xxxxxxxxxx Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240328111010.1502191-2-tujinjiang@xxxxxxxxxx Fixes: 3c6f33b7273a ("mm/ksm: support fork/exec for prctl") Signed-off-by: Jinjiang Tu <tujinjiang@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Nanyong Sun <sunnanyong@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Stefan Roesch <shr@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/exec.c | 11 +++++++++++ include/linux/ksm.h | 13 +++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+) --- a/fs/exec.c~mm-ksm-fix-ksm-exec-support-for-prctl +++ a/fs/exec.c @@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ #include <linux/time_namespace.h> #include <linux/user_events.h> #include <linux/rseq.h> +#include <linux/ksm.h> #include <linux/uaccess.h> #include <asm/mmu_context.h> @@ -268,6 +269,14 @@ static int __bprm_mm_init(struct linux_b } /* + * Need to be called with mmap write lock + * held, to avoid race with ksmd. + */ + err = ksm_execve(mm); + if (err) + goto err_ksm; + + /* * Place the stack at the largest stack address the architecture * supports. Later, we'll move this to an appropriate place. We don't * use STACK_TOP because that can depend on attributes which aren't @@ -288,6 +297,8 @@ static int __bprm_mm_init(struct linux_b bprm->p = vma->vm_end - sizeof(void *); return 0; err: + ksm_exit(mm); +err_ksm: mmap_write_unlock(mm); err_free: bprm->vma = NULL; --- a/include/linux/ksm.h~mm-ksm-fix-ksm-exec-support-for-prctl +++ a/include/linux/ksm.h @@ -59,6 +59,14 @@ static inline int ksm_fork(struct mm_str return 0; } +static inline int ksm_execve(struct mm_struct *mm) +{ + if (test_bit(MMF_VM_MERGE_ANY, &mm->flags)) + return __ksm_enter(mm); + + return 0; +} + static inline void ksm_exit(struct mm_struct *mm) { if (test_bit(MMF_VM_MERGEABLE, &mm->flags)) @@ -106,6 +114,11 @@ static inline int ksm_fork(struct mm_str { return 0; } + +static inline int ksm_execve(struct mm_struct *mm) +{ + return 0; +} static inline void ksm_exit(struct mm_struct *mm) { _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from tujinjiang@xxxxxxxxxx are mm-ksm-fix-ksm-exec-support-for-prctl.patch selftest-mm-ksm_functional_tests-refactor-mmap_and_merge_range.patch selftest-mm-ksm_functional_tests-extend-test-case-for-ksm-fork-exec.patch