This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
khugepaged: khugepaged_test_exit() check mmget_still_valid()
to the 5.8-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
khugepaged-khugepaged_test_exit-check-mmget_still_valid.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.8 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From bbe98f9cadff58cdd6a4acaeba0efa8565dabe65 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2020 23:26:25 -0700
Subject: khugepaged: khugepaged_test_exit() check mmget_still_valid()
From: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx>
commit bbe98f9cadff58cdd6a4acaeba0efa8565dabe65 upstream.
Move collapse_huge_page()'s mmget_still_valid() check into
khugepaged_test_exit() itself. collapse_huge_page() is used for anon THP
only, and earned its mmget_still_valid() check because it inserts a huge
pmd entry in place of the page table's pmd entry; whereas
collapse_file()'s retract_page_tables() or collapse_pte_mapped_thp()
merely clears the page table's pmd entry. But core dumping without mmap
lock must have been as open to mistaking a racily cleared pmd entry for a
page table at physical page 0, as exit_mmap() was. And we certainly have
no interest in mapping as a THP once dumping core.
Fixes: 59ea6d06cfa9 ("coredump: fix race condition between collapse_huge_page() and core dumping")
Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Song Liu <songliubraving@xxxxxx>
Cc: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [4.8+]
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/alpine.LSU.2.11.2008021217020.27773@eggly.anvils
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/khugepaged.c | 5 +----
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)
--- a/mm/khugepaged.c
+++ b/mm/khugepaged.c
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ static void insert_to_mm_slots_hash(stru
static inline int khugepaged_test_exit(struct mm_struct *mm)
{
- return atomic_read(&mm->mm_users) == 0;
+ return atomic_read(&mm->mm_users) == 0 || !mmget_still_valid(mm);
}
static bool hugepage_vma_check(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
@@ -1100,9 +1100,6 @@ static void collapse_huge_page(struct mm
* handled by the anon_vma lock + PG_lock.
*/
mmap_write_lock(mm);
- result = SCAN_ANY_PROCESS;
- if (!mmget_still_valid(mm))
- goto out;
result = hugepage_vma_revalidate(mm, address, &vma);
if (result)
goto out;
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from hughd@xxxxxxxxxx are
queue-5.8/khugepaged-collapse_pte_mapped_thp-flush-the-right-range.patch
queue-5.8/hugetlbfs-remove-call-to-huge_pte_alloc-without-i_mmap_rwsem.patch
queue-5.8/khugepaged-khugepaged_test_exit-check-mmget_still_valid.patch
queue-5.8/khugepaged-retract_page_tables-remember-to-test-exit.patch
queue-5.8/khugepaged-collapse_pte_mapped_thp-protect-the-pmd-lock.patch
