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From: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>,
	"# 5 . 15 . x" <stable@vger.kernel.org>,
	Fernand Sieber <sieberf@amazon.com>,
	Leonard Foerster <foersleo@amazon.de>,
	Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@linux.dev>,
	damon@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: [PATCH] mm/damon/ops-common: call folio_test_lru() after folio_get()
Date: Mon, 25 May 2026 09:22:55 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260525162256.8317-1-sj@kernel.org> (raw)

damon_get_folio() speculatively calls folio_test_lru() before
folio_try_get().  The folio can get freed and reallocated to a tail
page.  In the case, VM_BUG_ON_PGFLAGS() in const_folio_flags() can be
triggered.  Remove the speculative call.

Also mark folio_test_lru() check right after folio_try_get() success as
no more unlikely.

The race should be rare.  Also the problem can happen only if the kernel
has enabled CONFIG_DEBUG_VM_PGFLAGS.  No real world report of this issue
has been made so far.  This fix is based on only theoretical analysis.
That said, a bug is a bug.  A similar issue was also fixed via commit
3203b3ab0fcf ("mm/filemap: don't call folio_test_locked() without a
reference in next_uptodate_folio()").  I don't expect this change will
make a meaningful impact to DAMON performance in the real world, though
I will be happy to be corrected from the real world reports.

The issue was discovered [1] by Sashiko.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/20260517234112.89245-1-sj@kernel.org

Fixes: 3f49584b262c ("mm/damon: implement primitives for the virtual memory address spaces")
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 5.15.x
Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
---
Changes from RFC v1.1
- RFC v1.1: https://lore.kernel.org/20260524174608.81112-1-sj@kernel.org
- Drop RFC tag.
Changes from RFC v1
- RFC v1: https://lore.kernel.org/20260523194145.93122-1-sj@kernel.org
- Do not change post-folio_try_get() validation order.

 mm/damon/ops-common.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/damon/ops-common.c b/mm/damon/ops-common.c
index 3a0ddc3ac7196..5c93ef2bb8a97 100644
--- a/mm/damon/ops-common.c
+++ b/mm/damon/ops-common.c
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ struct folio *damon_get_folio(unsigned long pfn)
 		return NULL;
 
 	folio = page_folio(page);
-	if (!folio_test_lru(folio) || !folio_try_get(folio))
+	if (!folio_try_get(folio))
 		return NULL;
-	if (unlikely(page_folio(page) != folio || !folio_test_lru(folio))) {
+	if (unlikely(page_folio(page) != folio) || !folio_test_lru(folio)) {
 		folio_put(folio);
 		folio = NULL;
 	}

base-commit: 4901db133abb670b369af93cba9af99c5be0eb0a
-- 
2.47.3

                 reply	other threads:[~2026-05-25 16:23 UTC|newest]

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