+ mm-shmem-fix-potential-dead-loop-in-shmem_unuse.patch added to mm-new branch

+ mm-shmem-fix-potential-dead-loop-in-shmem_unuse.patch added to mm-new branch

[Andrew Morton]

The patch titled
     Subject: mm/shmem: Fix potential dead loop in shmem_unuse()
has been added to the -mm mm-new branch.  Its filename is
     mm-shmem-fix-potential-dead-loop-in-shmem_unuse.patch

This patch will shortly appear at
     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-shmem-fix-potential-dead-loop-in-shmem_unuse.patch

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    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

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From: Kemeng Shi <shikemeng@huaweicloud.com>
Subject: mm/shmem: Fix potential dead loop in shmem_unuse()
Date: Sat, 17 May 2025 01:09:37 +0800

If multi shmem_unuse() for different swap type is called concurrently, a
dead loop could occur as following:

shmem_unuse(typeA)               shmem_unuse(typeB)
 mutex_lock(&shmem_swaplist_mutex)
 list_for_each_entry_safe(info, next, ...)
  ...
  mutex_unlock(&shmem_swaplist_mutex)
  /* info->swapped may drop to 0 */
  shmem_unuse_inode(&info->vfs_inode, type)

                                  mutex_lock(&shmem_swaplist_mutex)
                                  list_for_each_entry(info, next, ...)
                                   if (!info->swapped)
                                    list_del_init(&info->swaplist)

                                  ...
                                  mutex_unlock(&shmem_swaplist_mutex)

  mutex_lock(&shmem_swaplist_mutex)
  /* iterate with offlist entry and encounter a dead loop */
  next = list_next_entry(info, swaplist);
  ...

Restart the iteration if the inode is already off shmem_swaplist list to
fix the issue.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250516170939.965736-4-shikemeng@huaweicloud.com
Fixes: b56a2d8af9147 ("mm: rid swapoff of quadratic complexity")
Signed-off-by: Kemeng Shi <shikemeng@huaweicloud.com>
Reviewed-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
Cc: Kairui Song <kasong@tencent.com>
Cc: kernel test robot <oliver.sang@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 mm/shmem.c |    9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/mm/shmem.c~mm-shmem-fix-potential-dead-loop-in-shmem_unuse
+++ a/mm/shmem.c
@@ -1505,6 +1505,7 @@ int shmem_unuse(unsigned int type)
 		return 0;
 
 	mutex_lock(&shmem_swaplist_mutex);
+start_over:
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(info, next, &shmem_swaplist, swaplist) {
 		if (!info->swapped) {
 			list_del_init(&info->swaplist);
@@ -1523,13 +1524,15 @@ int shmem_unuse(unsigned int type)
 		cond_resched();
 
 		mutex_lock(&shmem_swaplist_mutex);
-		next = list_next_entry(info, swaplist);
-		if (!info->swapped)
-			list_del_init(&info->swaplist);
 		if (atomic_dec_and_test(&info->stop_eviction))
 			wake_up_var(&info->stop_eviction);
 		if (error)
 			break;
+		if (list_empty(&info->swaplist))
+			goto start_over;
+		next = list_next_entry(info, swaplist);
+		if (!info->swapped)
+			list_del_init(&info->swaplist);
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&shmem_swaplist_mutex);
 
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from shikemeng@huaweicloud.com are

mm-shmem-avoid-unpaired-folio_unlock-in-shmem_swapin_folio.patch
mm-shmem-add-missing-shmem_unacct_size-in-__shmem_file_setup.patch
mm-shmem-fix-potential-dead-loop-in-shmem_unuse.patch
mm-shmem-only-remove-inode-from-swaplist-when-its-swapped-page-count-is-0.patch
mm-shmem-remove-unneeded-xa_is_value-check-in-shmem_unuse_swap_entries.patch