[PATCH v2 0/1] mm: shift VM_GROWS* check from mmap_region() todo_mmap_pgoff()

[Oleg Nesterov]

Andrew,

This patch replaces the buggy

	mm-shift-vm_grows-check-from-mmap_region-to-do_mmap_pgoff.patch

I do not send the *-fix.patch because I'd like to update the changelog.

However it needs the explicit ack from Hugh.

On 07/19, Hugh Dickins wrote:
>
> On Tue, 16 Jul 2013, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > On Sun, 14 Jul 2013 18:54:51 +0200 Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > mmap() doesn't allow the non-anonymous mappings with VM_GROWS* bit set.
> > > In particular this means that mmap_region()->vma_merge(file, vm_flags)
> > > must always fail if vm_flags & VM_GROWS.
>
> I didn't understand that sentence: if file is non-NULL perhaps?

Yes, this looks confusing, sorry.

I meant, vma_merge() must fail if "vm_flags & VM_GROWS" is set incorrectly.
is_mergeable_vma() compares both vm_file and vm_flags.

Even if file == NULL (at this stage), "VM_SHARED | VM_GROWS" is not correct
too, and vma_merge() can't succeed.

And, to clarify, I only mentioned this because I tried to convince myself
that this change (if correct) can't make any difference except "avoid the
not-really-correct do_munmap".

> > > So it does not make sense to
> > > check VM_GROWS* after we already allocated the new vma, the only caller,
> > > do_mmap_pgoff(), which can pass this flag can do the check itself.
> > >
> > > And this looks a bit more correct, mmap_region() already unmapped the
> > > old mapping at this stage. But if mmap() is going to fail, it should
> > > avoid do_munmap() if possible.
>
> I agree with the sentiment, but the patch looks wrong to me.

Heh. You are right of course.

> It did need staring, yes, but it looks NOK to me: this change permits
> mmap(addr, len, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_GROWSDOWN, fd, off)
> where fd is for a real file:

And note that "Only MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS can use MAP_GROWS" even
tries to document that "MAP_PRIVATE && file" is not allowed too.

I have no idea how I managed to forget that MAP_PRIVATE never sets
VM_MAYSHARE.

Thanks a lot Hugh.

Oleg.

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