[PATCH v3] mm/hmm: bypass devmap pte when all pfn requested flags are fulfilled

From: Li Zhijian
Date: Mon Aug 30 2021 - 05:37:57 EST


Previously, we noticed the one rpma example was failed[1] since 36f30e486d,
where it will use ODP feature to do RDMA WRITE between fsdax files.

After digging into the code, we found hmm_vma_handle_pte() will still
return EFAULT even though all the its requesting flags has been
fulfilled. That's because a DAX page will be marked as
(_PAGE_SPECIAL | PAGE_DEVMAP) by pte_mkdevmap().

[1]: https://github.com/pmem/rpma/issues/1142

CC: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 405506274922 ("mm/hmm: add missing call to hmm_pte_need_fault in HMM_PFN_SPECIAL handling")
Signed-off-by: Li Zhijian <lizhijian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
V3: adjust the checking order
---
mm/hmm.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mm/hmm.c b/mm/hmm.c
index fad6be2bf072..842e26599238 100644
--- a/mm/hmm.c
+++ b/mm/hmm.c
@@ -295,10 +295,13 @@ static int hmm_vma_handle_pte(struct mm_walk *walk, unsigned long addr,
goto fault;

/*
+ * Bypass devmap pte such as DAX page when all pfn requested
+ * flags(pfn_req_flags) are fulfilled.
* Since each architecture defines a struct page for the zero page, just
* fall through and treat it like a normal page.
*/
- if (pte_special(pte) && !is_zero_pfn(pte_pfn(pte))) {
+ if (pte_special(pte) && !pte_devmap(pte) &&
+ !is_zero_pfn(pte_pfn(pte))) {
if (hmm_pte_need_fault(hmm_vma_walk, pfn_req_flags, 0)) {
pte_unmap(ptep);
return -EFAULT;
--
2.31.1