From: Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>
To: akpm@linux-foundation.org, david@kernel.org, ljs@kernel.org,
hughd@google.com, chrisl@kernel.org, kasong@tencent.com
Cc: Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>,
riel@surriel.com, liam@infradead.org, vbabka@kernel.org,
harry@kernel.org, jannh@google.com, linux-mm@kvack.org,
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anshuman.khandual@arm.com
Subject: [PATCH v3 1/9] mm/rmap: initialize nr_pages to 1 at loop start in try_to_unmap_one
Date: Wed, 6 May 2026 15:14:56 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260506094504.2588857-2-dev.jain@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260506094504.2588857-1-dev.jain@arm.com>
Initialize nr_pages to 1 at the start of each loop iteration, like
folio_referenced_one() does.
Without this, nr_pages computed by a previous folio_unmap_pte_batch() call
can be reused on a later iteration that does not run
folio_unmap_pte_batch() again.
I don’t think this is causing a bug today, but it is fragile.
A real bug would require this sequence within the same try_to_unmap_one()
call:
1. Hit the pte_present(pteval) branch and set nr_pages > 1.
2. Later hit the else branch and do pte_clear() for device-exclusive PTE,
and execute rest of the code with nr_pages > 1.
Executing the above would imply a lazyfree folio is mapped by a mix of
present PTEs and device-exclusive PTEs.
In practice, device-exclusive PTEs imply a GUP pin on the folio, and
lazyfree unmapping aborts try_to_unmap_one() when it detects that
condition. So today this likely does not manifest, but initializing
nr_pages per-iteration is still the correct and safer behavior.
Signed-off-by: Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>
Acked-by: Barry Song <baohua@kernel.org>
---
mm/rmap.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
index fb3c351f8c458..a5f067a09de0f 100644
--- a/mm/rmap.c
+++ b/mm/rmap.c
@@ -1991,7 +1991,8 @@ static bool try_to_unmap_one(struct folio *folio, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
struct page *subpage;
struct mmu_notifier_range range;
enum ttu_flags flags = (enum ttu_flags)(long)arg;
- unsigned long nr_pages = 1, end_addr;
+ unsigned long nr_pages;
+ unsigned long end_addr;
unsigned long pfn;
unsigned long hsz = 0;
int ptes = 0;
@@ -2030,6 +2031,7 @@ static bool try_to_unmap_one(struct folio *folio, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start(&range);
while (page_vma_mapped_walk(&pvmw)) {
+ nr_pages = 1;
/*
* If the folio is in an mlock()d vma, we must not swap it out.
*/
--
2.34.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-06 9:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-06 9:44 [PATCH v3 0/9] Optimize anonymous large folio unmapping Dev Jain
2026-05-06 9:44 ` Dev Jain [this message]
2026-05-11 6:48 ` [PATCH v3 1/9] mm/rmap: initialize nr_pages to 1 at loop start in try_to_unmap_one David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-05-11 8:18 ` Dev Jain
2026-05-11 8:32 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-05-12 8:14 ` Dev Jain
2026-05-12 8:17 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-05-12 10:49 ` Dev Jain
2026-05-12 11:01 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-05-12 11:16 ` Dev Jain
2026-05-06 9:44 ` [PATCH v3 2/9] mm/rmap: refactor hugetlb pte clearing " Dev Jain
2026-05-11 7:10 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-05-11 8:53 ` Dev Jain
2026-05-11 8:59 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-05-11 22:20 ` Barry Song
2026-05-12 5:16 ` Dev Jain
2026-05-06 9:44 ` [PATCH v3 3/9] mm/rmap: refactor some code around lazyfree folio unmapping Dev Jain
2026-05-11 7:28 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-05-12 5:19 ` Dev Jain
2026-05-06 9:44 ` [PATCH v3 4/9] mm/memory: Batch set uffd-wp markers during zapping Dev Jain
2026-05-11 7:37 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-05-12 5:59 ` Dev Jain
2026-05-12 6:04 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-05-06 9:45 ` [PATCH v3 5/9] mm/rmap: batch unmap folios belonging to uffd-wp VMAs Dev Jain
2026-05-11 7:41 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-05-06 9:45 ` [PATCH v3 6/9] mm/swapfile: Add batched version of folio_dup_swap Dev Jain
2026-05-11 7:45 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-05-12 6:07 ` Dev Jain
2026-05-12 6:36 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-05-06 9:45 ` [PATCH v3 7/9] mm/swapfile: Add batched version of folio_put_swap Dev Jain
2026-05-11 8:07 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-05-06 9:45 ` [PATCH v3 8/9] mm/rmap: Add batched version of folio_try_share_anon_rmap_pte Dev Jain
2026-05-11 8:13 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-05-11 8:14 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-05-12 8:57 ` Dev Jain
2026-05-06 9:45 ` [PATCH v3 9/9] mm/rmap: enable batch unmapping of anonymous folios Dev Jain
2026-05-11 8:16 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-05-12 8:59 ` Dev Jain
2026-05-08 23:38 ` [PATCH v3 0/9] Optimize anonymous large folio unmapping Andrew Morton
2026-05-11 6:21 ` Dev Jain
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