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From:   Ganesh Mahendran <opensource.ganesh@gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 29 Mar 2018 11:06:03 +0800
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 22/24] mm: Speculative page fault handler return VMA
To:     Laurent Dufour <ldufour@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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2018-03-29 10:26 GMT+08:00 Ganesh Mahendran <opensource.ganesh@gmail.com>:
> Hi, Laurent
>
> 2018-02-16 23:25 GMT+08:00 Laurent Dufour <ldufour@linux.vnet.ibm.com>:
>> When the speculative page fault handler is returning VM_RETRY, there is a
>> chance that VMA fetched without grabbing the mmap_sem can be reused by the
>> legacy page fault handler.  By reusing it, we avoid calling find_vma()
>> again. To achieve, that we must ensure that the VMA structure will not be
>> freed in our back. This is done by getting the reference on it (get_vma())
>> and by assuming that the caller will call the new service
>> can_reuse_spf_vma() once it has grabbed the mmap_sem.
>>
>> can_reuse_spf_vma() is first checking that the VMA is still in the RB tree
>> , and then that the VMA's boundaries matched the passed address and release
>> the reference on the VMA so that it can be freed if needed.
>>
>> In the case the VMA is freed, can_reuse_spf_vma() will have returned false
>> as the VMA is no more in the RB tree.
>
> when I applied this patch to arm64, I got a crash:
>
> [    6.088296] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at
> virtual address 00000000
> [    6.088307] pgd = ffffff9d67735000
> [    6.088313] [00000000] *pgd=00000001795e3003,
> *pud=00000001795e3003, *pmd=0000000000000000
> [    6.088372] ------------[ cut here ]------------
> [    6.088377] Kernel BUG at ffffff9d64f65960 [verbose debug info unavailable]
> [    6.088384] Internal error: Oops - BUG: 96000045 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
> [    6.088389] BUG: Bad rss-counter state mm:ffffffe8f3861040 idx:0 val:90
> [    6.088393] BUG: Bad rss-counter state mm:ffffffe8f3861040 idx:1 val:58
> [    6.088398] Modules linked in:
> [    6.088408] CPU: 1 PID: 621 Comm: qseecomd Not tainted 4.4.78-perf+ #88
> [    6.088413] Hardware name: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. SDM 636
> PM660 + PM660L MTP E7S (DT)
> [    6.088419] task: ffffffe8f6208000 ti: ffffffe872a8c000 task.ti:
> ffffffe872a8c000
> [    6.088432] PC is at __rb_erase_color+0x108/0x240
> [    6.088441] LR is at vma_interval_tree_remove+0x244/0x24c
> [    6.088447] pc : [<ffffff9d64f65960>] lr : [<ffffff9d64d9c2d8>]
> pstate: 604001c5
> [    6.088451] sp : ffffffe872a8fa50
> [    6.088455] x29: ffffffe872a8fa50 x28: 0000000000000008
> [    6.088462] x27: 0000000000000009 x26: 0000000000000000
> [    6.088470] x25: ffffffe8f458fb80 x24: 000000768ff87000
> [    6.088477] x23: 0000000000000000 x22: 0000000000000000
> [    6.088484] x21: ffffff9d64d9be7c x20: ffffffe8f3ff0680
> [    6.088492] x19: ffffffe8f212e9b0 x18: 0000000000000074
> [    6.088499] x17: 0000000000000007 x16: 000000000000000e
> [    6.088507] x15: ffffff9d65c88000 x14: 0000000000000001
> [    6.088514] x13: 0000000000192d76 x12: 0000000000989680
> [    6.088521] x11: 00000000001fffff x10: ffffff9d661ded1b
> [    6.088528] x9 : 0000007691759000 x8 : 0000000007691759
> [    6.088535] x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : ffffffe871ebada8
> [    6.088541] x5 : 00000000000000e1 x4 : ffffffe8f212e958
> [    6.088548] x3 : 00000000000000e9 x2 : 0000000000000000
> [    6.088555] x1 : ffffffe8f212f110 x0 : ffffffe8f212e9b1
> [    6.088564]
> [    6.088564] PC: 0xffffff9d64f65920:
> [    6.088568] 5920  f9000002 aa0103e0 aa1603e1 d63f02a0 aa1603e1
> f9400822 f9000662 f9000833
> [    6.088590] 5940  1400003b f9400a61 f9400020 370002c0 f9400436
> b2400260 f9000a76 f9000433
> [    6.088610] 5960  f90002c0 f9400260 f9000020 f9000261 f27ef400
> 54000100 f9400802 eb13005f
> [    6.088630] 5980  54000061 f9000801 14000004 f9000401 14000002
> f9000281 aa1303e0 d63f02a0
> [    6.088652]
> [    6.088652] LR: 0xffffff9d64d9c298:
> [    6.088656] c298  f9403083 b4000083 f9400c63 eb03005f 9a832042
> f9403883 eb02007f 540000a0
> [    6.088676] c2b8  f9003882 f9402c82 927ef442 b5fffd22 b4000080
> f0ffffe2 9139f042 94072561
> [    6.088695] c2d8  a8c17bfd d65f03c0 a9bf7bfd 910003fd f9400003
> d2800000 b40000e3 f9400c65
> [    6.088715] c2f8  d1016063 eb0100bf 54000063 aa0303e0 97fffef2
> a8c17bfd d65f03c0 a9bf7bfd
> [    6.088735]
> [    6.088735] SP: 0xffffffe872a8fa10:
> [    6.088740] fa10  64d9c2d8 ffffff9d 72a8fa50 ffffffe8 64f65960
> ffffff9d 604001c5 00000000
> [    6.088759] fa30  71d67d70 ffffffe8 71c281e8 ffffffe8 00000000
> 00000080 64daa90c ffffff9d
> [    6.088779] fa50  72a8fa90 ffffffe8 64d9c2d8 ffffff9d 71ebada8
> ffffffe8 f3ff0678 ffffffe8
> [    6.088799] fa70  72a8fb80 ffffffe8 00000000 00000000 00000000
> 00000000 00000001 00000000
> [    6.088818]
> [    6.088823] Process qseecomd (pid: 621, stack limit = 0xffffffe872a8c028)
> [    6.088828] Call trace:
> [    6.088834] Exception stack(0xffffffe872a8f860 to 0xffffffe872a8f990)
> [    6.088841] f860: ffffffe8f212e9b0 0000008000000000
> 0000000082b37000 ffffff9d64f65960
> [    6.088848] f880: 00000000604001c5 ffffff9d672c8680
> ffffff9d672c9c00 ffffff9d672d3ab7
> [    6.088855] f8a0: ffffffe872a8f8f0 ffffff9d64db9bfc
> 0000000000000000 ffffffe8f9402c00
> [    6.088861] f8c0: ffffffe872a8c000 0000000000000000
> ffffffe872a8f920 ffffff9d64db9bfc
> [    6.088867] f8e0: 0000000000000000 ffffffe8f9402b00
> ffffffe872a8fa10 ffffff9d64dba568
> [    6.088874] f900: ffffffbe61c759c0 ffffffe871d67d70
> ffffffe8f9402c00 1de56fb006cba396
> [    6.088881] f920: ffffffe8f212e9b1 ffffffe8f212f110
> 0000000000000000 00000000000000e9
> [    6.088888] f940: ffffffe8f212e958 00000000000000e1
> ffffffe871ebada8 0000000000000000
> [    6.088895] f960: 0000000007691759 0000007691759000
> ffffff9d661ded1b 00000000001fffff
> [    6.088901] f980: 0000000000989680 0000000000192d76
> [    6.088908] [<ffffff9d64f65960>] __rb_erase_color+0x108/0x240
> [    6.088915] [<ffffff9d64d9c2d8>] vma_interval_tree_remove+0x244/0x24c
> [    6.088924] [<ffffff9d64da4b5c>] __remove_shared_vm_struct+0x74/0x88
> [    6.088930] [<ffffff9d64da52b8>] unlink_file_vma+0x40/0x54
> [    6.088937] [<ffffff9d64d9f928>] free_pgtables+0xb8/0xfc
> [    6.088945] [<ffffff9d64da6b84>] exit_mmap+0x78/0x13c
> [    6.088953] [<ffffff9d64c9f5f4>] mmput+0x40/0xe8
> [    6.088961] [<ffffff9d64ca5af0>] do_exit+0x3ac/0x8d8
> [    6.088966] [<ffffff9d64ca6090>] do_group_exit+0x44/0x9c
> [    6.088974] [<ffffff9d64cb10d0>] get_signal+0x4e8/0x524
> [    6.088981] [<ffffff9d64c87ea0>] do_signal+0xac/0x93c
> [    6.088989] [<ffffff9d64c88a0c>] do_notify_resume+0x18/0x58
> [    6.088995] [<ffffff9d64c83038>] work_pending+0x10/0x14
> [    6.089003] Code: f9400436 b2400260 f9000a76 f9000433 (f90002c0)
> [    6.089009] ---[ end trace 224ce5f97841b6a5 ]---
> [    6.110819] Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception
>
> Thanks.

Fixed by below patch:

diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c b/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
index f6838c0..9c61b0e 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
@@ -240,18 +240,18 @@

 static int __do_page_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
    unsigned int mm_flags, unsigned long vm_flags,
-   struct task_struct *tsk, struct vm_area_struct *spf_vma)
+   struct task_struct *tsk, struct vm_area_struct **spf_vma)
 {
  struct vm_area_struct *vma;
  int fault;

 #ifdef CONFIG_SPECULATIVE_PAGE_FAULT
- if (spf_vma) {
- if (can_reuse_spf_vma(spf_vma, addr))
- vma = spf_vma;
+ if (*spf_vma) {
+ if (can_reuse_spf_vma(*spf_vma, addr))
+ vma = *spf_vma;
  else
  vma =  find_vma(mm, addr);
- spf_vma = NULL;
+ *spf_vma = NULL;
  } else
 #endif
  vma = find_vma(mm, addr);
@@ -393,7 +389,7 @@
 #endif
  }

- fault = __do_page_fault(mm, addr, mm_flags, vm_flags, tsk, spf_vma);
+ fault = __do_page_fault(mm, addr, mm_flags, vm_flags, tsk, &spf_vma);

  /*
  * If we need to retry but a fatal signal is pending, handle the
@@ -480,6 +476,11 @@
  return 0;

 no_context:
+ if (spf_vma) {
+ put_vma(spf_vma);
+ spf_vma = NULL;
+ }
+
  __do_kernel_fault(mm, addr, esr, regs);
  return 0;
 }


>
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Laurent Dufour <ldufour@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>> ---
>>  include/linux/mm.h |   5 +-
>>  mm/memory.c        | 136 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
>>  2 files changed, 88 insertions(+), 53 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
>> index c383a4e2ceb3..0cd31a37bb3d 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/mm.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/mm.h
>> @@ -1355,7 +1355,10 @@ extern int handle_mm_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
>>                 unsigned int flags);
>>  #ifdef CONFIG_SPECULATIVE_PAGE_FAULT
>>  extern int handle_speculative_fault(struct mm_struct *mm,
>> -                                   unsigned long address, unsigned int flags);
>> +                                   unsigned long address, unsigned int flags,
>> +                                   struct vm_area_struct **vma);
>> +extern bool can_reuse_spf_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>> +                             unsigned long address);
>>  #endif /* CONFIG_SPECULATIVE_PAGE_FAULT */
>>  extern int fixup_user_fault(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
>>                             unsigned long address, unsigned int fault_flags,
>> diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
>> index 2ef686405154..1f5ce5ff79af 100644
>> --- a/mm/memory.c
>> +++ b/mm/memory.c
>> @@ -4307,13 +4307,22 @@ static int __handle_mm_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
>>  /* This is required by vm_normal_page() */
>>  #error "Speculative page fault handler requires __HAVE_ARCH_PTE_SPECIAL"
>>  #endif
>> -
>>  /*
>>   * vm_normal_page() adds some processing which should be done while
>>   * hodling the mmap_sem.
>>   */
>> +
>> +/*
>> + * Tries to handle the page fault in a speculative way, without grabbing the
>> + * mmap_sem.
>> + * When VM_FAULT_RETRY is returned, the vma pointer is valid and this vma must
>> + * be checked later when the mmap_sem has been grabbed by calling
>> + * can_reuse_spf_vma().
>> + * This is needed as the returned vma is kept in memory until the call to
>> + * can_reuse_spf_vma() is made.
>> + */
>>  int handle_speculative_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
>> -                            unsigned int flags)
>> +                            unsigned int flags, struct vm_area_struct **vma)
>>  {
>>         struct vm_fault vmf = {
>>                 .address = address,
>> @@ -4322,7 +4331,6 @@ int handle_speculative_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
>>         p4d_t *p4d, p4dval;
>>         pud_t pudval;
>>         int seq, ret = VM_FAULT_RETRY;
>> -       struct vm_area_struct *vma;
>>  #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
>>         struct mempolicy *pol;
>>  #endif
>> @@ -4331,14 +4339,16 @@ int handle_speculative_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
>>         flags &= ~(FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY|FAULT_FLAG_KILLABLE);
>>         flags |= FAULT_FLAG_SPECULATIVE;
>>
>> -       vma = get_vma(mm, address);
>> -       if (!vma)
>> +       *vma = get_vma(mm, address);
>> +       if (!*vma)
>>                 return ret;
>> +       vmf.vma = *vma;
>>
>> -       seq = raw_read_seqcount(&vma->vm_sequence); /* rmb <-> seqlock,vma_rb_erase() */
>> +       /* rmb <-> seqlock,vma_rb_erase() */
>> +       seq = raw_read_seqcount(&vmf.vma->vm_sequence);
>>         if (seq & 1) {
>> -               trace_spf_vma_changed(_RET_IP_, vma, address);
>> -               goto out_put;
>> +               trace_spf_vma_changed(_RET_IP_, vmf.vma, address);
>> +               return ret;
>>         }
>>
>>         /*
>> @@ -4346,9 +4356,9 @@ int handle_speculative_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
>>          * with the VMA.
>>          * This include huge page from hugetlbfs.
>>          */
>> -       if (vma->vm_ops) {
>> -               trace_spf_vma_notsup(_RET_IP_, vma, address);
>> -               goto out_put;
>> +       if (vmf.vma->vm_ops) {
>> +               trace_spf_vma_notsup(_RET_IP_, vmf.vma, address);
>> +               return ret;
>>         }
>>
>>         /*
>> @@ -4356,18 +4366,18 @@ int handle_speculative_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
>>          * because vm_next and vm_prev must be safe. This can't be guaranteed
>>          * in the speculative path.
>>          */
>> -       if (unlikely(!vma->anon_vma)) {
>> -               trace_spf_vma_notsup(_RET_IP_, vma, address);
>> -               goto out_put;
>> +       if (unlikely(!vmf.vma->anon_vma)) {
>> +               trace_spf_vma_notsup(_RET_IP_, vmf.vma, address);
>> +               return ret;
>>         }
>>
>> -       vmf.vma_flags = READ_ONCE(vma->vm_flags);
>> -       vmf.vma_page_prot = READ_ONCE(vma->vm_page_prot);
>> +       vmf.vma_flags = READ_ONCE(vmf.vma->vm_flags);
>> +       vmf.vma_page_prot = READ_ONCE(vmf.vma->vm_page_prot);
>>
>>         /* Can't call userland page fault handler in the speculative path */
>>         if (unlikely(vmf.vma_flags & VM_UFFD_MISSING)) {
>> -               trace_spf_vma_notsup(_RET_IP_, vma, address);
>> -               goto out_put;
>> +               trace_spf_vma_notsup(_RET_IP_, vmf.vma, address);
>> +               return ret;
>>         }
>>
>>         if (vmf.vma_flags & VM_GROWSDOWN || vmf.vma_flags & VM_GROWSUP) {
>> @@ -4376,48 +4386,39 @@ int handle_speculative_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
>>                  * boundaries but we want to trace it as not supported instead
>>                  * of changed.
>>                  */
>> -               trace_spf_vma_notsup(_RET_IP_, vma, address);
>> -               goto out_put;
>> +               trace_spf_vma_notsup(_RET_IP_, vmf.vma, address);
>> +               return ret;
>>         }
>>
>> -       if (address < READ_ONCE(vma->vm_start)
>> -           || READ_ONCE(vma->vm_end) <= address) {
>> -               trace_spf_vma_changed(_RET_IP_, vma, address);
>> -               goto out_put;
>> +       if (address < READ_ONCE(vmf.vma->vm_start)
>> +           || READ_ONCE(vmf.vma->vm_end) <= address) {
>> +               trace_spf_vma_changed(_RET_IP_, vmf.vma, address);
>> +               return ret;
>>         }
>>
>> -       if (!arch_vma_access_permitted(vma, flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE,
>> +       if (!arch_vma_access_permitted(vmf.vma, flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE,
>>                                        flags & FAULT_FLAG_INSTRUCTION,
>> -                                      flags & FAULT_FLAG_REMOTE)) {
>> -               trace_spf_vma_access(_RET_IP_, vma, address);
>> -               ret = VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV;
>> -               goto out_put;
>> -       }
>> +                                      flags & FAULT_FLAG_REMOTE))
>> +               goto out_segv;
>>
>>         /* This is one is required to check that the VMA has write access set */
>>         if (flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE) {
>> -               if (unlikely(!(vmf.vma_flags & VM_WRITE))) {
>> -                       trace_spf_vma_access(_RET_IP_, vma, address);
>> -                       ret = VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV;
>> -                       goto out_put;
>> -               }
>> -       } else if (unlikely(!(vmf.vma_flags & (VM_READ|VM_EXEC|VM_WRITE)))) {
>> -               trace_spf_vma_access(_RET_IP_, vma, address);
>> -               ret = VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV;
>> -               goto out_put;
>> -       }
>> +               if (unlikely(!(vmf.vma_flags & VM_WRITE)))
>> +                       goto out_segv;
>> +       } else if (unlikely(!(vmf.vma_flags & (VM_READ|VM_EXEC|VM_WRITE))))
>> +               goto out_segv;
>>
>>  #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
>>         /*
>>          * MPOL_INTERLEAVE implies additional check in mpol_misplaced() which
>>          * are not compatible with the speculative page fault processing.
>>          */
>> -       pol = __get_vma_policy(vma, address);
>> +       pol = __get_vma_policy(vmf.vma, address);
>>         if (!pol)
>>                 pol = get_task_policy(current);
>>         if (pol && pol->mode == MPOL_INTERLEAVE) {
>> -               trace_spf_vma_notsup(_RET_IP_, vma, address);
>> -               goto out_put;
>> +               trace_spf_vma_notsup(_RET_IP_, vmf.vma, address);
>> +               return ret;
>>         }
>>  #endif
>>
>> @@ -4479,9 +4480,8 @@ int handle_speculative_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
>>                 vmf.pte = NULL;
>>         }
>>
>> -       vmf.vma = vma;
>> -       vmf.pgoff = linear_page_index(vma, address);
>> -       vmf.gfp_mask = __get_fault_gfp_mask(vma);
>> +       vmf.pgoff = linear_page_index(vmf.vma, address);
>> +       vmf.gfp_mask = __get_fault_gfp_mask(vmf.vma);
>>         vmf.sequence = seq;
>>         vmf.flags = flags;
>>
>> @@ -4491,16 +4491,22 @@ int handle_speculative_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
>>          * We need to re-validate the VMA after checking the bounds, otherwise
>>          * we might have a false positive on the bounds.
>>          */
>> -       if (read_seqcount_retry(&vma->vm_sequence, seq)) {
>> -               trace_spf_vma_changed(_RET_IP_, vma, address);
>> -               goto out_put;
>> +       if (read_seqcount_retry(&vmf.vma->vm_sequence, seq)) {
>> +               trace_spf_vma_changed(_RET_IP_, vmf.vma, address);
>> +               return ret;
>>         }
>>
>>         mem_cgroup_oom_enable();
>>         ret = handle_pte_fault(&vmf);
>>         mem_cgroup_oom_disable();
>>
>> -       put_vma(vma);
>> +       /*
>> +        * If there is no need to retry, don't return the vma to the caller.
>> +        */
>> +       if (!(ret & VM_FAULT_RETRY)) {
>> +               put_vma(vmf.vma);
>> +               *vma = NULL;
>> +       }
>>
>>         /*
>>          * The task may have entered a memcg OOM situation but
>> @@ -4513,9 +4519,35 @@ int handle_speculative_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
>>         return ret;
>>
>>  out_walk:
>> -       trace_spf_vma_notsup(_RET_IP_, vma, address);
>> +       trace_spf_vma_notsup(_RET_IP_, vmf.vma, address);
>>         local_irq_enable();
>> -out_put:
>> +       return ret;
>> +
>> +out_segv:
>> +       trace_spf_vma_access(_RET_IP_, vmf.vma, address);
>> +       /*
>> +        * We don't return VM_FAULT_RETRY so the caller is not expected to
>> +        * retrieve the fetched VMA.
>> +        */
>> +       put_vma(vmf.vma);
>> +       *vma = NULL;
>> +       return VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV;
>> +}
>> +
>> +/*
>> + * This is used to know if the vma fetch in the speculative page fault handler
>> + * is still valid when trying the regular fault path while holding the
>> + * mmap_sem.
>> + * The call to put_vma(vma) must be made after checking the vma's fields, as
>> + * the vma may be freed by put_vma(). In such a case it is expected that false
>> + * is returned.
>> + */
>> +bool can_reuse_spf_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address)
>> +{
>> +       bool ret;
>> +
>> +       ret = !RB_EMPTY_NODE(&vma->vm_rb) &&
>> +               vma->vm_start <= address && address < vma->vm_end;
>>         put_vma(vma);
>>         return ret;
>>  }
>> --
>> 2.7.4
>>