From: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Jane Chu <jane.chu@oracle.com>,
linux-mm@kvack.org
Cc: Muchun Song <muchun.song@linux.dev>,
Oscar Salvador <osalvador@suse.de>,
David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>,
Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@huawei.com>,
Naoya Horiguchi <nao.horiguchi@gmail.com>,
Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>,
linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
Christian Brauner <christian@brauner.io>,
Jiaqi Yan <jiaqiyan@google.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 05/12] hugetlb: Use the has_hwpoisoned flag
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2026 16:19:41 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <amd3DRf6vOQjeFEN@casper.infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260725160042.1557264-6-willy@infradead.org>
Sashiko:
> --- Patch [5]: [PATCH v5 05/12] hugetlb: Use the has_hwpoisoned flag ---
> commit cca87d250a7a597186556cb9d897807edae0b82f
> Author: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org>
>
> hugetlb: Use the has_hwpoisoned flag
>
> This commit converts hugetlb to use the has_hwpoisoned flag to match
> other large folios. It introduces folio_test_huge_poison() for lockless
> checks to close a gap where a poisoned hugetlb folio could be observed
> without the hwpoison bit set during teardown.
>
> > diff --git a/include/linux/page-flags.h b/include/linux/page-flags.h
> > --- a/include/linux/page-flags.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/page-flags.h
> [ ... ]
> > @@ -1041,8 +1046,29 @@ PAGE_TYPE_OPS(Slab, slab, slab)
> >
> > #ifdef CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE
> > FOLIO_TYPE_OPS(hugetlb, hugetlb)
> > +
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_FAILURE
> > +static inline bool folio_test_huge_poison(const struct folio *folio)
> > +{
> > + return (READ_ONCE(folio->page.page_type) >> 23) ==
> > + ((PGTY_hugetlb << 1) | 1);
> > +}
>
> This is a pre-existing issue, but does this logic fully close the race
> window?
>
> The folio_test_huge_poison() function assumes the PGTY_hugetlb bits
> remain intact during teardown. However, __ClearPagehugetlb()
> unconditionally sets the entire page_type to UINT_MAX.
>
> When __ClearPagehugetlb() is called, folio_test_huge_poison() will evaluate
> to false at the exact same moment folio_test_hugetlb() evaluates to false.
> Would this allow a concurrent is_page_hwpoison() check to miss the poison
> state?
Um, no? Here's how is_page_hwpoison() looks:
static inline bool is_page_hwpoison(const struct page *page)
{
const struct folio *folio;
if (PageHWPoison(page))
return true;
folio = page_folio(page);
if (folio_test_huge_poison(folio))
return true;
/* In case we raced with hugetlb transferring flags */
return PageHWPoison(page);
}
We're relying on ordering; if we see a false folio_test_huge_poison(),
we recheck that the flag hasn't already been moved to the page. Since
we always move the poison to the pages before clearing the page type,
I don't see how we can miss anything.
> > +static inline void folio_set_huge_poison(struct folio *folio)
> > +{
> > + folio->page.page_type |= (1 << 23);
> > +}
> > +
> > +static inline void folio_clear_huge_poison(struct folio *folio)
> > +{
> > + folio->page.page_type &= ~(1 << 23);
> > +}
>
> Can this cause a data race on the page_type field?
>
> In folio_clear_huge_poison(), the bitwise operation modifies the page_type
> field non-atomically. If unpoison_memory() calls this on a free hugetlb
> folio while a concurrent sysfs pool shrink calls __ClearPagehugetlb()
> under the hugetlb_lock, the UINT_MAX value could be overwritten with
> 0xFF7FFFFF.
>
> Since unpoison_memory() relies on mf_mutex rather than hugetlb_lock,
> would this corrupted page_type trigger a VM_BUG_ON_PAGE in the buddy
> allocator when the page reaches free_pages_prepare()?
Hmm ... if we just move the hugetlb_clear_poison() call before the call
to folio_put(), that'll take care of this race, right? Oh, but there's
two calls to folio_free_raw_hwp(), and the other one is when (ugh), we
don't have a reference to the folio. So I think we wrap the whole thing
in hugetlb_lock to prevent this?
ghp = get_hwpoison_page(p, MF_UNPOISON);
if (!ghp) {
spin_lock_irq(&hugetlb_lock);
if (folio_test_hugetlb(folio)) {
huge = true;
count = folio_free_raw_hwp(folio, false);
if (count == 0)
goto unlock_mutex;
ret = hugetlb_clear_poison(folio);
} else {
ret = TestClearPageHWPoison(p) ? 0 : -EBUSY;
}
spin_unlock_irq(&hugetlb_lock);
(this also includes the fix to the problem discussed below)
> > diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
> > --- a/mm/hugetlb.c
> > +++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
> [ ... ]
> > @@ -1498,10 +1498,10 @@ static void __update_and_free_hugetlb_folio(struct hstate *h,
> > }
> >
> > /*
> > - * Move PageHWPoison flag from head page to the raw error pages,
> > - * which makes any healthy subpages reusable.
> > + * Move HWPoison flag to each error page
> > + * which makes any healthy pages reusable.
> > */
> > - if (unlikely(folio_test_hwpoison(folio)))
> > + if (unlikely(folio_test_has_hwpoisoned(folio)))
> > folio_clear_hugetlb_hwpoison(folio);
> >
> > VM_BUG_ON_FOLIO(folio_ref_count(folio), folio);
>
> This is a pre-existing issue, but is there a risk of a double free in the
> hwpoison list teardown?
>
> Both __update_and_free_hugetlb_folio() (via folio_clear_hugetlb_hwpoison())
> and unpoison_memory() can invoke __folio_free_raw_hwp() on the same folio
> concurrently.
>
> Looking at __folio_free_raw_hwp() in mm/memory-failure.c, it reads
> folio->hugetlb_hwpoison and sets it to NULL without any synchronization
> locks. If both threads read the pointer before either sets it to NULL,
> wouldn't they concurrently iterate the linked list and call kfree() on the
> same hwp_page elements?
I think that's right, but I also think it goes away later in this series
when hwp_page_lock serialises the calls to __folio_free_raw_hwp().
> > diff --git a/mm/memory-failure.c b/mm/memory-failure.c
> > --- a/mm/memory-failure.c
> > +++ b/mm/memory-failure.c
> [ ... ]
> > @@ -2730,8 +2753,8 @@ int unpoison_memory(unsigned long pfn)
> > count = folio_free_raw_hwp(folio, false);
> > if (count == 0)
> > goto unlock_mutex;
> > + ret = hugetlb_clear_poison(folio);
> > }
> > - ret = folio_test_clear_hwpoison(folio) ? 0 : -EBUSY;
> > } else if (ghp < 0) {
> > if (ghp == -EHWPOISON) {
> > ret = put_page_back_buddy(p) ? 0 : -EBUSY;
> > @@ -2740,17 +2763,18 @@ int unpoison_memory(unsigned long pfn)
> > unpoison_pr_info("%#lx: failed to grab page\n",
> > pfn, &unpoison_rs);
> > }
>
> Does this logic change drop the ability to unpoison free non-hugetlb pages?
>
> The refactoring of the if (!ghp) block removed the fallback logic that
> handled non-hugetlb pages. If get_hwpoison_page() returns 0 for a free
> buddy page, execution enters the if (!ghp) block.
>
> Because folio_test_hugetlb(folio) is false, it does nothing, drops through
> the entire if/else chain, and returns -EBUSY. Could this leave free buddy
> pages permanently poisoned?
Oh, I see. I hadn't realised that case was also being handled here.
I'll rework it.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-27 15:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-25 16:00 [PATCH v5 00/12] Use generic_file_read_iter() in hugetlbfs Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)
2026-07-25 16:00 ` [PATCH v5 01/12] memory-failure: Fix hardware poison check in unpoison_memory() again Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)
2026-07-27 14:43 ` Matthew Wilcox
2026-07-27 19:40 ` Andrew Morton
2026-07-25 16:00 ` [PATCH v5 02/12] mm: Rename folio_contain_hwpoison_page() to folio_has_hwpoison_page() Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)
2026-07-27 14:51 ` Matthew Wilcox
2026-07-25 16:00 ` [PATCH v5 03/12] hugetlb: Mark some function arguments as const Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)
2026-07-25 16:00 ` [PATCH v5 04/12] guest_memfd: Use folio_has_hwpoisoned_page() Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)
2026-07-25 16:00 ` [PATCH v5 05/12] hugetlb: Use the has_hwpoisoned flag Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)
2026-07-27 15:19 ` Matthew Wilcox [this message]
2026-07-25 16:00 ` [PATCH v5 06/12] mm: Remove locking mf_mutex in is_raw_hwpoison_page_in_hugepage() Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)
2026-07-27 15:32 ` Matthew Wilcox
2026-07-25 16:00 ` [PATCH v5 07/12] mm: Check individual hugetlb pages for poison Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)
2026-07-25 16:00 ` [PATCH v5 08/12] filemap: Add hwpoison handling to filemap_read() Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)
2026-07-25 16:00 ` [PATCH v5 09/12] filemap: Remove checks in mapping_set_folio_order_range() Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)
2026-07-25 16:00 ` [PATCH v5 10/12] hugetlb: Set mapping folio order Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)
2026-07-25 16:00 ` [PATCH v5 11/12] filemap: Add support for authoritative mappings Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)
2026-07-27 15:55 ` Matthew Wilcox
2026-07-25 16:00 ` [PATCH v5 12/12] hugetlb: replace hugetlbfs_read_iter() with generic_file_read_iter() Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)
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