Re: [PATCH v2] thp: use is_zero_pfn only after pte_present check

[Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>]

On 10/13/2015 04:38 AM, Minchan Kim wrote:
> Use is_zero_pfn on pteval only after pte_present check on pteval
> (It might be better idea to introduce is_zero_pte where checks
> pte_present first). Otherwise, it could work with swap or
> migration entry and if pte_pfn's result is equal to zero_pfn
> by chance, we lose user's data in __collapse_huge_page_copy.
> So if you're luck, the application is segfaulted and finally you
> could see below message when the application is exit.
>
> BUG: Bad rss-counter state mm:ffff88007f099300 idx:2 val:3
>
> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>

More specific:
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 4.1+
Fixes: ca0984caa823 ("mm: incorporate zero pages into transparent huge 
pages")

> Acked-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>

Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>

> Reviewed-by: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org>
> ---
> Hello Greg,
>
> This patch should go to -stable but when you will apply it
> after merging of linus tree, it will be surely conflicted due
> to userfaultfd part.
>
> I want to know how to handle it.
>
> Thanks.
>
>   mm/huge_memory.c | 3 ++-
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
> index 4b06b8db9df2..bbac913f96bc 100644
> --- a/mm/huge_memory.c
> +++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
> @@ -2206,7 +2206,8 @@ static int __collapse_huge_page_isolate(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>   	for (_pte = pte; _pte < pte+HPAGE_PMD_NR;
>   	     _pte++, address += PAGE_SIZE) {
>   		pte_t pteval = *_pte;
> -		if (pte_none(pteval) || is_zero_pfn(pte_pfn(pteval))) {
> +		if (pte_none(pteval) || (pte_present(pteval) &&
> +				is_zero_pfn(pte_pfn(pteval)))) {
>   			if (!userfaultfd_armed(vma) &&
>   			    ++none_or_zero <= khugepaged_max_ptes_none)
>   				continue;
>

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