From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: mm-commits@vger.kernel.org,stable@vger.kernel.org,baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com,sj@kernel.org,akpm@linux-foundation.org
Subject: [merged mm-hotfixes-stable] mm-damon-vaddr-avoid-hw-driven-pte-updates-during-damon_hugetlb_mkold.patch removed from -mm tree
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2026 22:43:53 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260918054353.BDB601F00893@smtp.kernel.org> (raw)
The quilt patch titled
Subject: mm/damon/vaddr: avoid hw-driven pte updates during damon_hugetlb_mkold()
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
mm-damon-vaddr-avoid-hw-driven-pte-updates-during-damon_hugetlb_mkold.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into the mm-hotfixes-stable branch
of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
------------------------------------------------------
From: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org>
Subject: mm/damon/vaddr: avoid hw-driven pte updates during damon_hugetlb_mkold()
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2026 10:03:56 -0700
damon_hugetlb_mkold() reads the page table entry into a local variable,
unsets the accessed bit in the variable, and updates the page table entry
with the updated variable value. If hardware updates the same page table
entry in parallel, the hw updates could be lost. For example,
hardware-updated dirty bits might be lost.
Avoid the parallel updates by clearing the page table entry when reading
it together, using huge_ptep_get_and_clear(). If a parallel write to the
memory is made after the clearing, the hw will see the page table entry is
cleared, trigger page fault and wait until it is handled. The page fault
handling will wait for damon_hugetlb_mkold() due to the page table lock.
Because hugetlbfs is an in-memory file system and hugetlb pages cannot be
reclaimed, no critical issue is expected to my best knowledge. But
definitely this is a nasty bug that should be fixed sooner rather than
later.
The issue was discovered [1] by Sashiko.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260907170358.100168-1-sj@kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260830160545.98969-1-sj@kernel.org [1]
Fixes: 49f4203aae06 ("mm/damon: add access checking for hugetlb pages")
Signed-off-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 5.17.x
---
mm/damon/vaddr.c | 21 ++++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
--- a/mm/damon/vaddr.c~mm-damon-vaddr-avoid-hw-driven-pte-updates-during-damon_hugetlb_mkold
+++ a/mm/damon/vaddr.c
@@ -293,22 +293,29 @@ out:
}
#ifdef CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE
+static bool damon_hugetlb_ptep_mkold(pte_t *pte, struct mm_struct *mm,
+ struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr, pte_t *entry)
+{
+ unsigned long psize = huge_page_size(hstate_vma(vma));
+
+ if (!pte_young(*entry))
+ return false;
+ *entry = huge_ptep_get_and_clear(mm, addr, pte, psize);
+ *entry = pte_mkold(*entry);
+ set_huge_pte_at(mm, addr, pte, *entry, psize);
+ return true;
+}
+
static void damon_hugetlb_mkold(pte_t *pte, struct mm_struct *mm,
struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr)
{
bool referenced = false;
pte_t entry = huge_ptep_get(mm, addr, pte);
struct folio *folio = pfn_folio(pte_pfn(entry));
- unsigned long psize = huge_page_size(hstate_vma(vma));
folio_get(folio);
- if (pte_young(entry)) {
- referenced = true;
- entry = pte_mkold(entry);
- set_huge_pte_at(mm, addr, pte, entry, psize);
- }
-
+ referenced = damon_hugetlb_ptep_mkold(pte, mm, vma, addr, &entry);
if (mmu_notifier_clear_young(mm, addr,
addr + huge_page_size(hstate_vma(vma))))
referenced = true;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from sj@kernel.org are
mm-damon-core-dont-skip-damos_adjust_quota-while-esz-is-not-zero.patch
mm-damon-core-skip-applying-scheme-if-region-split-for-quota-fails.patch
mm-damon-paddr-respect-folio-end-for-damos_stat.patch
mm-damon-paddr-respect-folio-end-for-damos-actions-except-stat.patch
mm-damon-vaddr-respect-folio-end-for-damos_stat.patch
mm-damon-vaddr-respect-folio-end-for-damos_migrate_hotcold.patch
mm-damon-core-handle-extreme-memory-state-in-damon_get_node_mem_bp.patch
mm-damon-core-handle-extreme-memory-state-in-get_node_memcg_used_bp.patch
mm-damon-core-handle-extreme-memory-state-in-get_in_active_mem_bp.patch
mm-damon-core-introduce-damon_filter_type_pgidle_unset.patch
mm-damon-paddr-support-pgidle_unset-probe-filter-type.patch
mm-damon-sysfs-support-pgidle_unset-probe-filter-type.patch
docs-mm-damon-design-document-pgidle_unset-probe-filter-type.patch
mm-damon-core-introduce-damon_prep-struct.patch
mm-damon-core-commit-preps.patch
mm-damon-core-introduce-damon_operations-prep_probes.patch
mm-damon-paddr-support-damon_prep.patch
mm-damon-sysfs-implement-preps-directory.patch
mm-damon-sysfs-implement-preps-nr_preps-file.patch
mm-damon-sysfs-create-directories-for-nr_preps-writes.patch
mm-damon-sysfs-implement-prep_action-file.patch
mm-damon-sysfs-pass-preps-to-damon-core.patch
selftests-damon-sysfssh-test-probe-prep-sysfs-files.patch
docs-mm-damon-design-document-probe-preps.patch
docs-admin-guide-mm-damon-usage-document-probe-preps-sysfs-files.patch
docs-abi-damon-document-probe-prep-sysfs-files.patch
mm-damon-tests-core-kunit-test-committing-psi-goal-to-psi-goal.patch
mm-damon-core-handle-uninitialized-damos_quota_goal-last_psi_total.patch
mm-damon-core-copy-nid-for-eligible_mem_bp-damos-quota-goal-commit.patch
mm-damon-sysfs-set-next-refresh-jiffies-per-sysfs-context.patch
mm-damon-tests-core-kunit-test-damon_commit_filter.patch
mm-damon-tests-core-kunit-add-damon_commit_probes-test.patch
selftests-damon-_damon_sysfs-implement-damonprobes.patch
selftests-damon-drgn_dump_damon_status-dump-probes.patch
selftests-damon-sysfspy-extend-commit-assertion-function-for-probes.patch
selftests-damon-sysfspy-test-damon-probes.patch
mm-damon-core-use-damon_nr_samples_per_aggr-for-max-merge-threshold.patch
mm-damon-core-remove-debug-messages.patch
mm-damon-core-remove-debug-messages-fix.patch
mm-damon-vaddr-remove-a-debug-message.patch
mm-damon-core-validate-number-of-probes-in-valid_probe_params.patch
mm-damon-sysfs-remove-probes-number-validation.patch
mm-damon-tests-core-kunit-extend-set_regions-test-for-error-case.patch
mm-damon-tests-core-kunit-test-=0-size-damon_set_regions-inputs.patch
mm-damon-tests-core-kunit-test-overlapping-ranges-for-set_regions.patch
mm-damon-tests-core-kunit-test-damon_nr_samples_per_aggr.patch
selftests-damon-sysfssh-test-hugepage_mem_bp-quota-goal.patch
docs-mm-damon-maintainer-profile-update-ai-review-for-sashiko-replies.patch
docs-abi-damon-recommend-subsystem-doc-instead-of-admin-guide.patch
mm-damon-core-error-damos_commit_quota_goal-for-zero-target_value.patch
revert-mm-damon-lru_sort-error-out-for-10000-active_mem_bp.patch
revert-samples-damon-mtier-error-out-for-zero-quota-goal-target-values.patch
mm-damon-core-handle-null-ctx-parameter-in-damon_call.patch
mm-damon-core-set-ctx-call_controls_obsolete-in-damon_new_ctx.patch
mm-damon-reclaim-remove-unnecessary-damon_call-param-validation.patch
mm-damon-lru_sort-remove-unnecessary-damon_call-param-validation.patch
mm-damon-vaddr-support-prep_probes.patch
mm-damon-paddr-move-probe-filter-handling-to-ops-common.patch
mm-damon-vaddr-support-apply_probe.patch
mm-damon-vaddr-extend-apply_probes-for-hugetlb.patch
mm-damon-vaddr-support-pgidle_unset-probe-filter-type.patch
mm-damon-api-introduce-damon_filter_type_pgidle_set.patch
mm-damon-paddr-support-damon_filter_type_pgidle_set.patch
mm-damon-vaddr-support-damon_filter_type_pgidle_set.patch
mm-damon-sysfs-support-damon_filter_type_pgidle_set.patch
docs-mm-damon-design-update-for-pgidle_set-probe-filter.patch
mm-damon-api-introduce-damos_filter_type_probe_hits_wsum.patch
mm-damon-api-introduce-damos_filter_type_probe_hits_wsum-fix.patch
mm-damon-core-extend-probe_hits_wsum-for-moving-sum-based-calculation.patch
mm-damon-core-support-probe_hits_wsum-damos-core-filter.patch
mm-damon-sysfs-schemes-rename-sysfs_filter-sz_range-to-range_minmax.patch
mm-damon-sysfs-schemes-support-probe_hits_wsum-damos-core-filter.patch
docs-mm-damon-design-update-for-probe_hits_wsum-damos-core-filter.patch
docs-admin-guide-mm-damon-usage-update-for-probe_hits_wsum-damos-filter.patch
mm-damon-sysfs-schemes-read-sysfs_filter-addr_range-only-once.patch
mm-damon-sysfs-schemes-read-sysfs_filter-sz_range-only-once.patch
mm-damon-core-return-an-error-from-damos_commit_filter_arg.patch
mm-damon-core-disallow-max-min-damos-filter-range-arguments-commit.patch
mm-damon-sysfs-schemes-drop-centralized-filter-range-arg-validations.patch
mm-damon-sysfs-schemes-use-switch-case-in-add_scheme_filters.patch
mm-damon-core-kunit-extend-damos_commit_filter_for-for-wrong-input.patch
mm-damon-core-kunit-test-invalid-damos-filter-commits.patch
mm-damon-api-introduce-damon_filter_type_hugepage_size.patch
mm-damon-core-commit-hugepage_size-type-damon-filter.patch
mm-damon-ops-common-support-hugepage_size-damon-filter-matching.patch
mm-damon-sysfs-add-minmax-files-under-probe-filter-directory.patch
mm-damon-sysfs-support-hugepage_size-probe-filter.patch
docs-mm-damon-design-update-for-hugepage_size-probe-filter.patch
docs-admin-guide-mm-damon-usage-update-for-hugepage_size.patch
docs-abi-damon-update-for-hugepage_size-probe-filter.patch
mm-damon-api-remove-nr_damos_filter_types.patch
mm-damon-core-use-abs_diff-in-damon_feed_loop_next_input.patch
mm-damon-core-use-mult_frac-in-damon_feed_loop_next_input.patch
mm-damon-core-set-damon_ctx-walk_control_obsolete-in-damon_new_ctx.patch
mm-damon-core-document-damon_call-damon_start-race-hang-issue.patch
mm-damon-paddr-remove-pa-parameter-from-damon_pa_filter_pass.patch
mm-damon-tests-core-kunit-test-eligible_mem_bp-commitment.patch
mm-damon-tests-core-kunit-add-probe_hits_wsum-damos-filter-commit-test.patch
selftests-damon-sysfs_memcg_path_leak-fail-only-for-real-damon-leak.patch
docs-mm-damon-design-clarify-bp-is-basis-point.patch
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