Re: [PATCH v3 17/35] mm/mmap: write-lock VMA before shrinking or expanding it

From: Liam R. Howlett
Date: Thu Feb 23 2023 - 15:29:48 EST



Wait, I figured a better place to do this.

init_multi_vma_prep() should vma_start_write() on any VMA that is passed
in.. that we we catch any modifications here & in vma_merge(), which I
think is missed in this patch set?


* Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx> [230223 15:20]:
> Reviewed-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> * Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@xxxxxxxxxx> [230216 00:18]:
> > vma_expand and vma_shrink change VMA boundaries. Expansion might also
> > result in freeing of an adjacent VMA. Write-lock affected VMAs to prevent
> > concurrent page faults.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > mm/mmap.c | 5 +++++
> > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
> > index ec2f8d0af280..f079e5bbcd57 100644
> > --- a/mm/mmap.c
> > +++ b/mm/mmap.c
> > @@ -674,6 +674,9 @@ int vma_expand(struct vma_iterator *vmi, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> > ret = dup_anon_vma(vma, next);
> > if (ret)
> > return ret;
> > +
> > + /* Lock the VMA before removing it */
> > + vma_start_write(next);
> > }
> >
> > init_multi_vma_prep(&vp, vma, NULL, remove_next ? next : NULL, NULL);
> > @@ -686,6 +689,7 @@ int vma_expand(struct vma_iterator *vmi, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> > if (vma_iter_prealloc(vmi))
> > goto nomem;
> >
> > + vma_start_write(vma);
> > vma_adjust_trans_huge(vma, start, end, 0);
> > /* VMA iterator points to previous, so set to start if necessary */
> > if (vma_iter_addr(vmi) != start)
> > @@ -725,6 +729,7 @@ int vma_shrink(struct vma_iterator *vmi, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> > if (vma_iter_prealloc(vmi))
> > return -ENOMEM;
> >
> > + vma_start_write(vma);
> > init_vma_prep(&vp, vma);
> > vma_adjust_trans_huge(vma, start, end, 0);
> > vma_prepare(&vp);
> > --
> > 2.39.1
> >