[PATCH v3 09/14] mm: mremap: move_ptes() use pte_offset_map_rw_nolock()

Qi Zheng zhengqi.arch at bytedance.com
Thu Sep 5 20:56:14 AEST 2024



On 2024/9/5 17:25, Muchun Song wrote:
> 
> 
> On 2024/9/4 16:40, Qi Zheng wrote:
>> In move_ptes(), we may modify the new_pte after acquiring the new_ptl, so
>> convert it to using pte_offset_map_rw_nolock(). Since we may free the PTE
>> page in retract_page_tables() without holding the read lock of mmap_lock,
>> so we still need to do a pmd_same() check after holding the PTL.
> 
> retract_page_tables() and move_ptes() are synchronized with
> i_mmap_lock, right?

Right, will remove the pmd_same() check in v4. Thanks!

> 
> Muchun,
> Thanks.
> 
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch at bytedance.com>
>> ---
>>   mm/mremap.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++--
>>   1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/mm/mremap.c b/mm/mremap.c
>> index 24712f8dbb6b5..16e54151395ad 100644
>> --- a/mm/mremap.c
>> +++ b/mm/mremap.c
>> @@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ static int move_ptes(struct vm_area_struct *vma, 
>> pmd_t *old_pmd,
>>       spinlock_t *old_ptl, *new_ptl;
>>       bool force_flush = false;
>>       unsigned long len = old_end - old_addr;
>> +    pmd_t pmdval;
>>       int err = 0;
>>       /*
>> @@ -175,14 +176,29 @@ static int move_ptes(struct vm_area_struct *vma, 
>> pmd_t *old_pmd,
>>           err = -EAGAIN;
>>           goto out;
>>       }
>> -    new_pte = pte_offset_map_nolock(mm, new_pmd, new_addr, &new_ptl);
>> +    /*
>> +     * Since we may free the PTE page in retract_page_tables() without
>> +     * holding the read lock of mmap_lock, so we still need to do a
>> +     * pmd_same() check after holding the PTL.
>> +     */
>> +    new_pte = pte_offset_map_rw_nolock(mm, new_pmd, new_addr, &pmdval,
>> +                       &new_ptl);
>>       if (!new_pte) {
>>           pte_unmap_unlock(old_pte, old_ptl);
>>           err = -EAGAIN;
>>           goto out;
>>       }
>> -    if (new_ptl != old_ptl)
>> +    if (new_ptl != old_ptl) {
>>           spin_lock_nested(new_ptl, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
>> +
>> +        if (unlikely(!pmd_same(pmdval, pmdp_get_lockless(new_pmd)))) {
>> +            pte_unmap_unlock(new_pte, new_ptl);
>> +            pte_unmap_unlock(old_pte, old_ptl);
>> +            err = -EAGAIN;
>> +            goto out;
>> +        }
>> +    }
>> +
>>       flush_tlb_batched_pending(vma->vm_mm);
>>       arch_enter_lazy_mmu_mode();
> 


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