[merged mm-stable] mm-do-not-assume-file-==-vma-vm_file-in-compat_vma_mmap_prepare.patch removed from -mm tree

[merged mm-stable] mm-do-not-assume-file-==-vma-vm_file-in-compat_vma_mmap_prepare.patch removed from -mm tree

[Andrew Morton]

The quilt patch titled
     Subject: mm: do not assume file == vma->vm_file in compat_vma_mmap_prepare()
has been removed from the -mm tree.  Its filename was
     mm-do-not-assume-file-==-vma-vm_file-in-compat_vma_mmap_prepare.patch

This patch was dropped because it was merged into the mm-stable branch
of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

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From: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
Subject: mm: do not assume file == vma->vm_file in compat_vma_mmap_prepare()
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2025 18:48:42 +0100

In commit bb666b7c2707 ("mm: add mmap_prepare() compatibility layer for
nested file systems") we introduced the ability for stacked drivers and
file systems to correctly invoke the f_op->mmap_prepare() handler from an
f_op->mmap() handler via a compatibility layer implemented in
compat_vma_mmap_prepare().

This populates vm_area_desc fields according to those found in the (not
yet fully initialised) VMA passed to f_op->mmap().

However this function implicitly assumes that the struct file which we are
operating upon is equal to vma->vm_file.  This is not a safe assumption in
all cases.

The only really sane situation in which this matters would be something
like e.g.  i915_gem_dmabuf_mmap() which invokes vfs_mmap() against
obj->base.filp:

	ret = vfs_mmap(obj->base.filp, vma);
	if (ret)
		return ret;

And then sets the VMA's file to this, should the mmap operation succeed:

	vma_set_file(vma, obj->base.filp);

That is - it is the file that is intended to back the VMA mapping.

This is not an issue currently, as so far we have only implemented
f_op->mmap_prepare() handlers for some file systems and internal mm uses,
and the only stacked f_op->mmap() operations that can be performed upon
these are those in backing_file_mmap() and coda_file_mmap(), both of which
use vma->vm_file.

However, moving forward, as we convert drivers to using
f_op->mmap_prepare(), this will become a problem.

Resolve this issue by explicitly setting desc->file to the provided file
parameter and update callers accordingly.

Callers are expected to read desc->file and update desc->vm_file - the
former will be the file provided by the caller (if stacked, this may
differ from vma->vm_file).

If the caller needs to differentiate between the two they therefore now
can.

While we are here, also provide a variant of compat_vma_mmap_prepare()
that operates against a pointer to any file_operations struct and does not
assume that the file_operations struct we are interested in is file->f_op.

This function is __compat_vma_mmap_prepare() and we invoke it from
compat_vma_mmap_prepare() so that we share code between the two functions.

This is important, because some drivers provide hooks in a separate
struct, for instance struct drm_device provides an fops field for this
purpose.

Also update the VMA selftests accordingly.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/dd0c72df8a33e8ffaa243eeb9b01010b670610e9.1756920635.git.lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Pedro Falcato <pfalcato@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 include/linux/fs.h               |    2 
 mm/util.c                        |   62 ++++++++++++++++++-----------
 tools/testing/vma/vma_internal.h |   12 ++++-
 3 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

--- a/include/linux/fs.h~mm-do-not-assume-file-==-vma-vm_file-in-compat_vma_mmap_prepare
+++ a/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2279,6 +2279,8 @@ static inline bool can_mmap_file(struct
 	return true;
 }
 
+int __compat_vma_mmap_prepare(const struct file_operations *f_op,
+		struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma);
 int compat_vma_mmap_prepare(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma);
 
 static inline int vfs_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
--- a/mm/util.c~mm-do-not-assume-file-==-vma-vm_file-in-compat_vma_mmap_prepare
+++ a/mm/util.c
@@ -1134,16 +1134,50 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(flush_dcache_folio);
 #endif
 
 /**
+ * __compat_vma_mmap_prepare() - See description for compat_vma_mmap_prepare()
+ * for details. This is the same operation, only with a specific file operations
+ * struct which may or may not be the same as vma->vm_file->f_op.
+ * @f_op: The file operations whose .mmap_prepare() hook is specified.
+ * @file: The file which backs or will back the mapping.
+ * @vma: The VMA to apply the .mmap_prepare() hook to.
+ * Returns: 0 on success or error.
+ */
+int __compat_vma_mmap_prepare(const struct file_operations *f_op,
+		struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+	struct vm_area_desc desc = {
+		.mm = vma->vm_mm,
+		.file = file,
+		.start = vma->vm_start,
+		.end = vma->vm_end,
+
+		.pgoff = vma->vm_pgoff,
+		.vm_file = vma->vm_file,
+		.vm_flags = vma->vm_flags,
+		.page_prot = vma->vm_page_prot,
+	};
+	int err;
+
+	err = f_op->mmap_prepare(&desc);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+	set_vma_from_desc(vma, &desc);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__compat_vma_mmap_prepare);
+
+/**
  * compat_vma_mmap_prepare() - Apply the file's .mmap_prepare() hook to an
- * existing VMA
- * @file: The file which possesss an f_op->mmap_prepare() hook
+ * existing VMA.
+ * @file: The file which possesss an f_op->mmap_prepare() hook.
  * @vma: The VMA to apply the .mmap_prepare() hook to.
  *
  * Ordinarily, .mmap_prepare() is invoked directly upon mmap(). However, certain
- * 'wrapper' file systems invoke a nested mmap hook of an underlying file.
+ * stacked filesystems invoke a nested mmap hook of an underlying file.
  *
  * Until all filesystems are converted to use .mmap_prepare(), we must be
- * conservative and continue to invoke these 'wrapper' filesystems using the
+ * conservative and continue to invoke these stacked filesystems using the
  * deprecated .mmap() hook.
  *
  * However we have a problem if the underlying file system possesses an
@@ -1161,25 +1195,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(flush_dcache_folio);
  */
 int compat_vma_mmap_prepare(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
-	struct vm_area_desc desc = {
-		.mm = vma->vm_mm,
-		.file = vma->vm_file,
-		.start = vma->vm_start,
-		.end = vma->vm_end,
-
-		.pgoff = vma->vm_pgoff,
-		.vm_file = vma->vm_file,
-		.vm_flags = vma->vm_flags,
-		.page_prot = vma->vm_page_prot,
-	};
-	int err;
-
-	err = file->f_op->mmap_prepare(&desc);
-	if (err)
-		return err;
-	set_vma_from_desc(vma, &desc);
-
-	return 0;
+	return __compat_vma_mmap_prepare(file->f_op, file, vma);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(compat_vma_mmap_prepare);
 
--- a/tools/testing/vma/vma_internal.h~mm-do-not-assume-file-==-vma-vm_file-in-compat_vma_mmap_prepare
+++ a/tools/testing/vma/vma_internal.h
@@ -1466,8 +1466,8 @@ static inline void free_anon_vma_name(st
 static inline void set_vma_from_desc(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		struct vm_area_desc *desc);
 
-static inline int compat_vma_mmap_prepare(struct file *file,
-		struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+static inline int __compat_vma_mmap_prepare(const struct file_operations *f_op,
+		struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
 	struct vm_area_desc desc = {
 		.mm = vma->vm_mm,
@@ -1482,7 +1482,7 @@ static inline int compat_vma_mmap_prepar
 	};
 	int err;
 
-	err = file->f_op->mmap_prepare(&desc);
+	err = f_op->mmap_prepare(&desc);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 	set_vma_from_desc(vma, &desc);
@@ -1490,6 +1490,12 @@ static inline int compat_vma_mmap_prepar
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static inline int compat_vma_mmap_prepare(struct file *file,
+		struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+	return __compat_vma_mmap_prepare(file->f_op, file, vma);
+}
+
 /* Did the driver provide valid mmap hook configuration? */
 static inline bool can_mmap_file(struct file *file)
 {
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com are