2024-03-13 09:22:54

by David Hildenbrand

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] filemap: replace pte_offset_map() with pte_offset_map_nolock()

On 13.03.24 02:29, Peng Zhang wrote:
> From: ZhangPeng <[email protected]>
>
> The vmf->ptl in filemap_fault_recheck_pte_none() is still set from
> handle_pte_fault(). But at the same time, we did a pte_unmap(vmf->pte).
> After a pte_unmap(vmf->pte) unmap and rcu_read_unlock(), the page table
> may be racily changed and vmf->ptl maybe fails to protect the actual
> page table.
> Fix this by replacing pte_offset_map() with pte_offset_map_nolock().
>
> Fixes: 58f327f2ce80 ("filemap: avoid unnecessary major faults in filemap_fault()")
> Suggested-by: David Hildenbrand <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: ZhangPeng <[email protected]>
> ---
> mm/filemap.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
> index 31ab455c4537..222adac7c9c5 100644
> --- a/mm/filemap.c
> +++ b/mm/filemap.c
> @@ -3207,7 +3207,8 @@ static vm_fault_t filemap_fault_recheck_pte_none(struct vm_fault *vmf)
> if (!(vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_ORIG_PTE_VALID))
> return 0;
>
> - ptep = pte_offset_map(vmf->pmd, vmf->address);
> + ptep = pte_offset_map_nolock(vma->vm_mm, vmf->pmd, vmf->address,
> + &vmf->ptl);
> if (unlikely(!ptep))
> return VM_FAULT_NOPAGE;
>

Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <[email protected]>

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Cheers,

David / dhildenb