FAILED: patch "[PATCH] mm/madvise: use vm_normal_folio_pmd() in cold/pageout PMD range" failed to apply to 6.12-stable tree

FAILED: patch "[PATCH] mm/madvise: use vm_normal_folio_pmd() in cold/pageout PMD range" failed to apply to 6.12-stable tree

[Sasha Levin]

The patch below does not apply to the 6.12-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-6.12.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 0bd719cb607ef14bcd554e044bbd80dd901b9996
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '20261107052039-failed-6.12-0bd719cb607e@kernel.org' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.12.y' 'HEAD^..'

Thanks,
Sasha

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 0bd719cb607ef14bcd554e044bbd80dd901b9996 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gregory Price <gourry@gourry.net>
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2026 06:51:10 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] mm/madvise: use vm_normal_folio_pmd() in cold/pageout PMD
 range

mmap a VM_MIXEDMAP region whose ->huge_fault installs a PMD through
vmf_insert_pfn_pmd() - mshv_vtl_low does this, and needs CAP_SYS_ADMIN
to open - then:

  madvise(p, PMD_SIZE, MADV_PAGEOUT);

With a stand-in module for the driver:

  BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: fffff587c0000008
  RIP: 0010:madvise_cold_or_pageout_pte_range+0x410/0x9b0
   walk_pgd_range+0x52b/0xaf0
   __walk_page_range+0x6a/0x1d0
   walk_page_range_vma_unsafe+0x8e/0x120
   madvise_pageout+0xb2/0x180
   madvise_vma_behavior+0x46b/0xa90
   do_madvise+0x108/0x190
   __x64_sys_madvise+0x26/0x30

Nothing validates the pfn on the way in:

  can_madv_lru_vma()     rejects VM_PFNMAP, but not VM_MIXEDMAP
  can_fault()            *pfn = vmf->pgoff & ~(mask >> PAGE_SHIFT);
  vmf_insert_pfn_pmd()   no pfn_valid() check
  pmd_folio()            pfn_to_page() -> unpopulated vmemmap

Even with a valid pfn the path is wrong.  The mapping carries no rmap, so
folio_maybe_mapped_shared() sees mapcount 0, and the walker goes on to
folio_deactivate(), or folio_isolate_lru() plus reclaim_pages(), against a
folio this mapping does not own.

Use vm_normal_folio_pmd() and skip on NULL, as the PTE half of this same
walker already does with vm_normal_folio().  This also filters the huge
zero PMD, so its separate check is no longer needed.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260926105110.2156652-3-gourry@gourry.net
Fixes: 3c8e44c9b369 ("mm: mark special bits for huge pfn mappings when inject")
Signed-off-by: Gregory Price (Meta) <gourry@gourry.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Reported-by: sashiko-bot <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>
Closes: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260817220810.1175596-1-gourry%40gourry.net
Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org>
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
Assisted-by: LLM
Cc: Liam R. Howlett <liam@infradead.org>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>
Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Cc: Joshua Hahn <joshua.hahnjy@gmail.com>
Cc: Rakie Kim <rakie.kim@sk.com>
Cc: Ying Huang <ying.huang@linux.alibaba.com>
Cc: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # v6.19+
---
 mm/madvise.c | 7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c
index 963337f93a7a1..6c52f699222b2 100644
--- a/mm/madvise.c
+++ b/mm/madvise.c
@@ -394,16 +394,15 @@ static int madvise_cold_or_pageout_pte_range(pmd_t *pmd,
 			return 0;
 
 		orig_pmd = *pmd;
-		if (is_huge_zero_pmd(orig_pmd))
-			goto huge_unlock;
-
 		if (unlikely(!pmd_present(orig_pmd))) {
 			VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(!pmd_is_migration_entry(orig_pmd) &&
 					!pmd_is_device_private_entry(orig_pmd));
 			goto huge_unlock;
 		}
 
-		folio = pmd_folio(orig_pmd);
+		folio = vm_normal_folio_pmd(vma, addr, orig_pmd);
+		if (!folio)
+			goto huge_unlock;
 
 		if (folio_is_zone_device(folio))
 			goto huge_unlock;
-- 
2.53.0