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Diffstat (limited to 'mm/huge_memory.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/huge_memory.c | 34 |
1 files changed, 33 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c index a513861a9037..26769465af63 100644 --- a/mm/huge_memory.c +++ b/mm/huge_memory.c @@ -1746,7 +1746,39 @@ int change_huge_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd, if (prot_numa && pmd_protnone(*pmd)) goto unlock; - entry = pmdp_huge_get_and_clear_notify(mm, addr, pmd); + /* + * In case prot_numa, we are under down_read(mmap_sem). It's critical + * to not clear pmd intermittently to avoid race with MADV_DONTNEED + * which is also under down_read(mmap_sem): + * + * CPU0: CPU1: + * change_huge_pmd(prot_numa=1) + * pmdp_huge_get_and_clear_notify() + * madvise_dontneed() + * zap_pmd_range() + * pmd_trans_huge(*pmd) == 0 (without ptl) + * // skip the pmd + * set_pmd_at(); + * // pmd is re-established + * + * The race makes MADV_DONTNEED miss the huge pmd and don't clear it + * which may break userspace. + * + * pmdp_invalidate() is required to make sure we don't miss + * dirty/young flags set by hardware. + */ + entry = *pmd; + pmdp_invalidate(vma, addr, pmd); + + /* + * Recover dirty/young flags. It relies on pmdp_invalidate to not + * corrupt them. + */ + if (pmd_dirty(*pmd)) + entry = pmd_mkdirty(entry); + if (pmd_young(*pmd)) + entry = pmd_mkyoung(entry); + entry = pmd_modify(entry, newprot); if (preserve_write) entry = pmd_mk_savedwrite(entry); |