* + fs-proc-task_mmu-fix-pagemap_scan-written-state-for-unpopulated-ptes.patch added to mm-hotfixes-unstable branch
@ 2026-07-06 18:06 Andrew Morton
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From: Andrew Morton @ 2026-07-06 18:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: mm-commits, vbabka, usama.anjum, surenb, stable, shuah, rppt,
pfalcato, peterx, mhocko, ljs, liam, jannh, david, kas, akpm
The patch titled
Subject: fs/proc/task_mmu: fix PAGEMAP_SCAN written state for unpopulated ptes
has been added to the -mm mm-hotfixes-unstable branch. Its filename is
fs-proc-task_mmu-fix-pagemap_scan-written-state-for-unpopulated-ptes.patch
This patch will shortly appear at
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/fs-proc-task_mmu-fix-pagemap_scan-written-state-for-unpopulated-ptes.patch
This patch will later appear in the mm-hotfixes-unstable branch at
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
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From: "Kiryl Shutsemau (Meta)" <kas@kernel.org>
Subject: fs/proc/task_mmu: fix PAGEMAP_SCAN written state for unpopulated ptes
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2026 11:43:08 +0100
PAGEMAP_SCAN reports an unpopulated pte on a uffd-wp VMA differently
depending on which path serves the request. The PAGE_IS_WRITTEN fast path
in pagemap_scan_pmd_entry() treats a pte_none (no uffd-wp marker) as
written and, under PM_SCAN_WP_MATCHING, arms a marker. The generic path
does not: pagemap_page_category() returns 0 for pte_none, so a request
that cannot use the fast path (extra category bit, category_anyof_mask or
category_inverted) reports the same pte as clean and skips arming it.
So a range that was populated and then MADV_DONTNEED'd reads as written
via one mask and clean via another, and in the latter case is not re-armed
for the next round -- an incremental-dump consumer (e.g. CRIU) using a
richer mask drops the zapped range and stops tracking writes to it.
Return PAGE_IS_WRITTEN for a pte_none on a uffd-wp VMA, mirroring the
present and swap branches just below which already report it whenever the
entry is not write-protected.
Add a pagemap_ioctl selftest that asserts the two paths agree over a
MADV_DONTNEED'd range.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260706104308.34741-1-kirill@shutemov.name
Fixes: 12f6b01a0bcb ("fs/proc/task_mmu: add fast paths to get/clear PAGE_IS_WRITTEN flag")
Signed-off-by: Kiryl Shutsemau <kas@kernel.org>
Cc: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@collabora.com>
Cc: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>
Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Cc: Liam R. Howlett <liam@infradead.org>
Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
Cc: Pedro Falcato <pfalcato@suse.de>
Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>
Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-fable-5
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---
fs/proc/task_mmu.c | 14 ++++
tools/testing/selftests/mm/pagemap_ioctl.c | 55 ++++++++++++++++++-
2 files changed, 67 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
--- a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c~fs-proc-task_mmu-fix-pagemap_scan-written-state-for-unpopulated-ptes
+++ a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
@@ -2432,8 +2432,20 @@ static unsigned long pagemap_page_catego
{
unsigned long categories;
- if (pte_none(pte))
+ if (pte_none(pte)) {
+ /*
+ * An unpopulated pte carries no uffd-wp marker, so like any
+ * other entry that is not write-protected it reads as written
+ * on a uffd-wp VMA. This matches the PAGE_IS_WRITTEN fast path
+ * in pagemap_scan_pmd_entry(); without it a scan forced onto
+ * this generic path (extra category bits, anyof or inverted
+ * masks) would report the same pte differently and, under
+ * PM_SCAN_WP_MATCHING, skip arming its marker.
+ */
+ if (userfaultfd_wp(vma))
+ return PAGE_IS_WRITTEN;
return 0;
+ }
if (pte_present(pte)) {
struct page *page;
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/pagemap_ioctl.c~fs-proc-task_mmu-fix-pagemap_scan-written-state-for-unpopulated-ptes
+++ a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/pagemap_ioctl.c
@@ -1051,6 +1051,56 @@ static void test_simple(void)
ksft_test_result(i == TEST_ITERATIONS, "Test %s\n", __func__);
}
+/*
+ * A range that was populated and then MADV_DONTNEED'd is genuine pte_none
+ * with no uffd-wp marker. Such a pte must read the same regardless of which
+ * PAGEMAP_SCAN path serves the request: the PAGE_IS_WRITTEN fast path and the
+ * generic path (reached e.g. via category_anyof_mask) must agree.
+ */
+static void unpopulated_scan_test(void)
+{
+ int npages = 16, i;
+ long mem_size = npages * page_size;
+ struct page_region regions[16];
+ long fast = 0, slow = 0, ret;
+ char *mem;
+
+ mem = mmap(NULL, mem_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+ MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0);
+ if (mem == MAP_FAILED)
+ ksft_exit_fail_msg("%s mmap failed\n", __func__);
+
+ wp_init(mem, mem_size);
+
+ /* Populate, then drop: the ptes become pte_none without a marker. */
+ memset(mem, 1, mem_size);
+ if (madvise(mem, mem_size, MADV_DONTNEED))
+ ksft_exit_fail_msg("%s MADV_DONTNEED failed\n", __func__);
+
+ /* Fast path: category_mask == return_mask == PAGE_IS_WRITTEN. */
+ ret = pagemap_ioctl(mem, mem_size, regions, npages, 0, 0,
+ PAGE_IS_WRITTEN, 0, 0, PAGE_IS_WRITTEN);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ ksft_exit_fail_msg("%s fast scan failed\n", __func__);
+ for (i = 0; i < ret; i++)
+ fast += LEN(regions[i]);
+
+ /* Generic path: same query expressed via category_anyof_mask. */
+ ret = pagemap_ioctl(mem, mem_size, regions, npages, 0, 0,
+ 0, PAGE_IS_WRITTEN, 0, PAGE_IS_WRITTEN);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ ksft_exit_fail_msg("%s generic scan failed\n", __func__);
+ for (i = 0; i < ret; i++)
+ slow += LEN(regions[i]);
+
+ ksft_test_result(fast == slow,
+ "%s unpopulated ptes agree across scan paths (%ld vs %ld)\n",
+ __func__, fast, slow);
+
+ wp_free(mem, mem_size);
+ munmap(mem, mem_size);
+}
+
int sanity_tests(void)
{
unsigned long long mem_size, vec_size;
@@ -1559,7 +1609,7 @@ int main(int __attribute__((unused)) arg
if (!hugetlb_setup_default(4))
ksft_print_msg("HugeTLB test will be skipped\n");
- ksft_set_plan(117);
+ ksft_set_plan(118);
page_size = getpagesize();
hpage_size = read_pmd_pagesize();
@@ -1737,6 +1787,9 @@ int main(int __attribute__((unused)) arg
/* 17. ZEROPFN tests */
zeropfn_tests();
+ /* 18. Unpopulated pte scan-path consistency */
+ unpopulated_scan_test();
+
close(pagemap_fd);
ksft_finished();
}
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from kas@kernel.org are
mm-hugetlb-fix-swap-entry-corruption-when-clearing-uffd-wp-at-fork.patch
fs-proc-task_mmu-fix-pagemap_scan-written-state-for-unpopulated-ptes.patch
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* + fs-proc-task_mmu-fix-pagemap_scan-written-state-for-unpopulated-ptes.patch added to mm-hotfixes-unstable branch
@ 2026-07-07 18:40 Andrew Morton
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Andrew Morton @ 2026-07-07 18:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: mm-commits, vbabka, usama.anjum, surenb, stable, shuah, rppt,
pfalcato, peterx, mhocko, ljs, liam, jannh, david, kas, akpm
The patch titled
Subject: fs/proc/task_mmu: fix PAGEMAP_SCAN written state for unpopulated ptes
has been added to the -mm mm-hotfixes-unstable branch. Its filename is
fs-proc-task_mmu-fix-pagemap_scan-written-state-for-unpopulated-ptes.patch
This patch will shortly appear at
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/fs-proc-task_mmu-fix-pagemap_scan-written-state-for-unpopulated-ptes.patch
This patch will later appear in the mm-hotfixes-unstable branch at
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
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*** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code ***
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and is updated there most days
------------------------------------------------------
From: "Kiryl Shutsemau (Meta)" <kas@kernel.org>
Subject: fs/proc/task_mmu: fix PAGEMAP_SCAN written state for unpopulated ptes
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2026 16:13:49 +0100
PAGEMAP_SCAN reports an unpopulated pte differently depending on which
path serves the request. The PAGE_IS_WRITTEN fast path in
pagemap_scan_pmd_entry() reports a pte_none as written (and, under
PM_SCAN_WP_MATCHING, arms a marker); pagemap_page_category() returns 0 for
the same pte_none. A request that cannot take the fast path (an extra
category bit, category_anyof_mask or category_inverted) therefore reports
the pte as clean and skips arming it.
A range that was populated and then MADV_DONTNEED'd reads as written via
one mask and clean via another, and in the latter case is not re-armed for
the next round -- an incremental-dump consumer (e.g. CRIU) using a richer
mask drops the zapped range and stops tracking writes to it.
Report pte_none as written in pagemap_page_category() too. A pte_none
carries no uffd-wp marker, i.e. it is not write-protected -- the same
condition under which the present and swap cases already report
PAGE_IS_WRITTEN. The fast path applies no VMA test, so neither does this.
The hugetlb and fully-unpopulated-PMD (no page table) scans have no
PAGE_IS_WRITTEN fast path, so they do not exhibit the per-entry divergence
and are left unchanged.
Add a pagemap_ioctl selftest that populates a range, drops it with
MADV_DONTNEED, and checks that the fast path and the generic
(category_anyof_mask) path both report every page written.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260707151349.92143-1-kirill@shutemov.name
Fixes: 12f6b01a0bcb ("fs/proc/task_mmu: add fast paths to get/clear PAGE_IS_WRITTEN flag")
Signed-off-by: Kiryl Shutsemau <kas@kernel.org>
Cc: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@collabora.com>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>
Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Cc: Liam R. Howlett <liam@infradead.org>
Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
Cc: Pedro Falcato <pfalcato@suse.de>
Cc: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>
Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-fable-5
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---
fs/proc/task_mmu.c | 14 ++++
tools/testing/selftests/mm/pagemap_ioctl.c | 56 ++++++++++++++++++-
2 files changed, 67 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
--- a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c~fs-proc-task_mmu-fix-pagemap_scan-written-state-for-unpopulated-ptes
+++ a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
@@ -2432,8 +2432,18 @@ static unsigned long pagemap_page_catego
{
unsigned long categories;
- if (pte_none(pte))
- return 0;
+ if (pte_none(pte)) {
+ /*
+ * An unpopulated pte carries no uffd-wp marker, i.e. it is not
+ * write-protected, the same condition under which the present
+ * and swap cases below report PAGE_IS_WRITTEN. Report it here
+ * too so this generic path agrees with the PAGE_IS_WRITTEN fast
+ * path in pagemap_scan_pmd_entry(), which reports pte_none as
+ * written and, under PM_SCAN_WP_MATCHING, arms a marker. The
+ * fast path applies no VMA test, so neither does this.
+ */
+ return PAGE_IS_WRITTEN;
+ }
if (pte_present(pte)) {
struct page *page;
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/pagemap_ioctl.c~fs-proc-task_mmu-fix-pagemap_scan-written-state-for-unpopulated-ptes
+++ a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/pagemap_ioctl.c
@@ -1051,6 +1051,57 @@ static void test_simple(void)
ksft_test_result(i == TEST_ITERATIONS, "Test %s\n", __func__);
}
+/*
+ * A range that was populated and then MADV_DONTNEED'd is genuine pte_none
+ * with no uffd-wp marker. Such a pte must read the same regardless of which
+ * PAGEMAP_SCAN path serves the request: both the PAGE_IS_WRITTEN fast path and
+ * the generic path (reached e.g. via category_anyof_mask) must report every
+ * page written.
+ */
+static void unpopulated_scan_test(void)
+{
+ int npages = 16, i;
+ long mem_size = npages * page_size;
+ struct page_region regions[16];
+ long fast = 0, slow = 0, ret;
+ char *mem;
+
+ mem = mmap(NULL, mem_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+ MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0);
+ if (mem == MAP_FAILED)
+ ksft_exit_fail_msg("%s mmap failed\n", __func__);
+
+ wp_init(mem, mem_size);
+
+ /* Populate, then drop: the ptes become pte_none without a marker. */
+ memset(mem, 1, mem_size);
+ if (madvise(mem, mem_size, MADV_DONTNEED))
+ ksft_exit_fail_msg("%s MADV_DONTNEED failed\n", __func__);
+
+ /* Fast path: category_mask == return_mask == PAGE_IS_WRITTEN. */
+ ret = pagemap_ioctl(mem, mem_size, regions, npages, 0, 0,
+ PAGE_IS_WRITTEN, 0, 0, PAGE_IS_WRITTEN);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ ksft_exit_fail_msg("%s fast scan failed\n", __func__);
+ for (i = 0; i < ret; i++)
+ fast += LEN(regions[i]);
+
+ /* Generic path: same query expressed via category_anyof_mask. */
+ ret = pagemap_ioctl(mem, mem_size, regions, npages, 0, 0,
+ 0, PAGE_IS_WRITTEN, 0, PAGE_IS_WRITTEN);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ ksft_exit_fail_msg("%s generic scan failed\n", __func__);
+ for (i = 0; i < ret; i++)
+ slow += LEN(regions[i]);
+
+ ksft_test_result(fast == npages && slow == npages,
+ "%s unpopulated ptes reported written by both paths (%ld, %ld of %d)\n",
+ __func__, fast, slow, npages);
+
+ wp_free(mem, mem_size);
+ munmap(mem, mem_size);
+}
+
int sanity_tests(void)
{
unsigned long long mem_size, vec_size;
@@ -1559,7 +1610,7 @@ int main(int __attribute__((unused)) arg
if (!hugetlb_setup_default(4))
ksft_print_msg("HugeTLB test will be skipped\n");
- ksft_set_plan(117);
+ ksft_set_plan(118);
page_size = getpagesize();
hpage_size = read_pmd_pagesize();
@@ -1737,6 +1788,9 @@ int main(int __attribute__((unused)) arg
/* 17. ZEROPFN tests */
zeropfn_tests();
+ /* 18. Unpopulated pte scan-path consistency */
+ unpopulated_scan_test();
+
close(pagemap_fd);
ksft_finished();
}
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from kas@kernel.org are
mm-hugetlb-fix-swap-entry-corruption-when-clearing-uffd-wp-at-fork.patch
fs-proc-task_mmu-fix-pagemap_scan-written-state-for-unpopulated-ptes.patch
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