Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] fs: stable_page_flags(): use snapshot_page()

[David Hildenbrand]

On 14.07.25 15:16, Luiz Capitulino wrote:
> A race condition is possible in stable_page_flags() where user-space is
> reading /proc/kpageflags concurrently to a folio split. This may lead to
> oopses or BUG_ON()s being triggered.
>
> To fix this, this commit uses snapshot_page() in stable_page_flags() so
> that stable_page_flags() works with a stable page and folio snapshots
> instead.
>
> Note that stable_page_flags() makes use of some functions that require
> the original page or folio pointer to work properly (eg.
> is_free_budy_page() and folio_test_idle()). Since those functions can't
> be used on the page snapshot, we replace their usage with flags that
> were set by snapshot_page() for this purpose.
>
> Signed-off-by: Luiz Capitulino <luizcap@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   fs/proc/page.c | 29 +++++++++++++----------------
>   1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/proc/page.c b/fs/proc/page.c
> index 936f8bbe5a6f..52e4f49c0638 100644
> --- a/fs/proc/page.c
> +++ b/fs/proc/page.c
> @@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ static inline u64 kpf_copy_bit(u64 kflags, int ubit, int kbit)
>   u64 stable_page_flags(const struct page *page)
>   {
>   	const struct folio *folio;
> +	struct page_snapshot ps;
>   	unsigned long k;
>   	unsigned long mapping;
>   	bool is_anon;
> @@ -158,7 +159,9 @@ u64 stable_page_flags(const struct page *page)
>   	 */
>   	if (!page)
>   		return 1 << KPF_NOPAGE;
> -	folio = page_folio(page);
> +
> +	snapshot_page(&ps, page);
> +	folio = &ps.folio_snapshot;

Not sure what to do here if the snapshot is not faithful. Fortunately, 
it shouldn't happen often :)

Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Cheers,

David / dhildenb