From: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>,
Andrei Vagin <avagin@google.com>,
Axel Rasmussen <axelrasmussen@google.com>,
Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>,
David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>,
Harry Yoo <harry.yoo@oracle.com>, Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>,
James Houghton <jthoughton@google.com>,
"Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>,
"Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)" <ljs@kernel.org>,
"Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@infradead.org>,
Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>, Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>,
Muchun Song <muchun.song@linux.dev>,
Nikita Kalyazin <kalyazin@amazon.com>,
Oscar Salvador <osalvador@suse.de>,
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Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>,
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Subject: [PATCH v3 01/15] userfaultfd: introduce mfill_copy_folio_locked() helper
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 13:11:02 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260330101116.1117699-2-rppt@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260330101116.1117699-1-rppt@kernel.org>
From: "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@kernel.org>
Split copying of data when locks held from mfill_atomic_pte_copy() into a
helper function mfill_copy_folio_locked().
This makes improves code readability and makes complex
mfill_atomic_pte_copy() function easier to comprehend.
No functional change.
Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@kernel.org>
---
mm/userfaultfd.c | 59 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/userfaultfd.c b/mm/userfaultfd.c
index 927086bb4a3c..32637d557c95 100644
--- a/mm/userfaultfd.c
+++ b/mm/userfaultfd.c
@@ -238,6 +238,40 @@ int mfill_atomic_install_pte(pmd_t *dst_pmd,
return ret;
}
+static int mfill_copy_folio_locked(struct folio *folio, unsigned long src_addr)
+{
+ void *kaddr;
+ int ret;
+
+ kaddr = kmap_local_folio(folio, 0);
+ /*
+ * The read mmap_lock is held here. Despite the
+ * mmap_lock being read recursive a deadlock is still
+ * possible if a writer has taken a lock. For example:
+ *
+ * process A thread 1 takes read lock on own mmap_lock
+ * process A thread 2 calls mmap, blocks taking write lock
+ * process B thread 1 takes page fault, read lock on own mmap lock
+ * process B thread 2 calls mmap, blocks taking write lock
+ * process A thread 1 blocks taking read lock on process B
+ * process B thread 1 blocks taking read lock on process A
+ *
+ * Disable page faults to prevent potential deadlock
+ * and retry the copy outside the mmap_lock.
+ */
+ pagefault_disable();
+ ret = copy_from_user(kaddr, (const void __user *) src_addr,
+ PAGE_SIZE);
+ pagefault_enable();
+ kunmap_local(kaddr);
+
+ if (ret)
+ return -EFAULT;
+
+ flush_dcache_folio(folio);
+ return ret;
+}
+
static int mfill_atomic_pte_copy(pmd_t *dst_pmd,
struct vm_area_struct *dst_vma,
unsigned long dst_addr,
@@ -245,7 +279,6 @@ static int mfill_atomic_pte_copy(pmd_t *dst_pmd,
uffd_flags_t flags,
struct folio **foliop)
{
- void *kaddr;
int ret;
struct folio *folio;
@@ -256,27 +289,7 @@ static int mfill_atomic_pte_copy(pmd_t *dst_pmd,
if (!folio)
goto out;
- kaddr = kmap_local_folio(folio, 0);
- /*
- * The read mmap_lock is held here. Despite the
- * mmap_lock being read recursive a deadlock is still
- * possible if a writer has taken a lock. For example:
- *
- * process A thread 1 takes read lock on own mmap_lock
- * process A thread 2 calls mmap, blocks taking write lock
- * process B thread 1 takes page fault, read lock on own mmap lock
- * process B thread 2 calls mmap, blocks taking write lock
- * process A thread 1 blocks taking read lock on process B
- * process B thread 1 blocks taking read lock on process A
- *
- * Disable page faults to prevent potential deadlock
- * and retry the copy outside the mmap_lock.
- */
- pagefault_disable();
- ret = copy_from_user(kaddr, (const void __user *) src_addr,
- PAGE_SIZE);
- pagefault_enable();
- kunmap_local(kaddr);
+ ret = mfill_copy_folio_locked(folio, src_addr);
/* fallback to copy_from_user outside mmap_lock */
if (unlikely(ret)) {
@@ -285,8 +298,6 @@ static int mfill_atomic_pte_copy(pmd_t *dst_pmd,
/* don't free the page */
goto out;
}
-
- flush_dcache_folio(folio);
} else {
folio = *foliop;
*foliop = NULL;
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-30 10:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-30 10:11 [PATCH v3 00/15] mm, kvm: allow uffd support in guest_memfd Mike Rapoport
2026-03-30 10:11 ` Mike Rapoport [this message]
2026-03-31 3:33 ` [PATCH v3 01/15] userfaultfd: introduce mfill_copy_folio_locked() helper Harry Yoo (Oracle)
2026-03-30 10:11 ` [PATCH v3 02/15] userfaultfd: introduce struct mfill_state Mike Rapoport
2026-03-31 7:03 ` Harry Yoo (Oracle)
2026-03-31 14:32 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-03-31 15:24 ` Harry Yoo (Oracle)
2026-04-01 7:36 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-04-01 17:37 ` Andrew Morton
2026-04-01 17:44 ` Andrew Morton
2026-04-02 4:36 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-03-30 10:11 ` [PATCH v3 03/15] userfaultfd: introduce mfill_establish_pmd() helper Mike Rapoport
2026-03-31 7:50 ` Harry Yoo (Oracle)
2026-03-30 10:11 ` [PATCH v3 04/15] userfaultfd: introduce mfill_get_vma() and mfill_put_vma() Mike Rapoport
2026-03-30 10:11 ` [PATCH v3 05/15] userfaultfd: retry copying with locks dropped in mfill_atomic_pte_copy() Mike Rapoport
2026-03-30 10:11 ` [PATCH v3 06/15] userfaultfd: move vma_can_userfault out of line Mike Rapoport
2026-03-30 10:11 ` [PATCH v3 07/15] userfaultfd: introduce vm_uffd_ops Mike Rapoport
2026-03-30 16:58 ` Matthew Wilcox
2026-03-31 11:42 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-03-30 10:11 ` [PATCH v3 08/15] shmem, userfaultfd: use a VMA callback to handle UFFDIO_CONTINUE Mike Rapoport
2026-03-30 10:11 ` [PATCH v3 09/15] userfaultfd: introduce vm_uffd_ops->alloc_folio() Mike Rapoport
2026-03-30 10:11 ` [PATCH v3 10/15] shmem, userfaultfd: implement shmem uffd operations using vm_uffd_ops Mike Rapoport
2026-03-30 10:11 ` [PATCH v3 11/15] userfaultfd: mfill_atomic(): remove retry logic Mike Rapoport
2026-03-30 10:11 ` [PATCH v3 12/15] mm: generalize handling of userfaults in __do_fault() Mike Rapoport
2026-03-30 10:11 ` [PATCH v3 13/15] KVM: guest_memfd: implement userfaultfd operations Mike Rapoport
2026-03-30 10:11 ` [PATCH v3 14/15] KVM: selftests: test userfaultfd minor for guest_memfd Mike Rapoport
2026-03-30 10:11 ` [PATCH v3 15/15] KVM: selftests: test userfaultfd missing " Mike Rapoport
2026-03-30 19:54 ` [PATCH v3 00/15] mm, kvm: allow uffd support in guest_memfd Andrew Morton
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