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From: Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>
To: akpm@linux-foundation.org, david@kernel.org, hughd@google.com,
	chrisl@kernel.org
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	Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/9] mm/rmap: initialize nr_pages to 1 at loop start in try_to_unmap_one
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:01:56 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260410103204.120409-2-dev.jain@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260410103204.120409-1-dev.jain@arm.com>

Initialize nr_pages to 1 at the start of each loop iteration, like
folio_referenced_one() does.

Without this, nr_pages computed by a previous folio_unmap_pte_batch() call
can be reused on a later iteration that does not run
folio_unmap_pte_batch() again.

I don’t think this is causing a bug today, but it is fragile.

A real bug would require this sequence within the same try_to_unmap_one()
call:

1. Hit the pte_present(pteval) branch and set nr_pages > 1.
2. Later hit the else branch and do pte_clear() for device-exclusive PTE,
   and execute rest of the code with nr_pages > 1.

Executing the above would imply a lazyfree folio is mapped by a mix of
present PTEs and device-exclusive PTEs.

In practice, device-exclusive PTEs imply a GUP pin on the folio, and
lazyfree unmapping aborts try_to_unmap_one() when it detects that
condition. So today this likely does not manifest, but initializing
nr_pages per-iteration is still the correct and safer behavior.

Signed-off-by: Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>
---
 mm/rmap.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
index 78b7fb5f367ce..62a8c912fd788 100644
--- a/mm/rmap.c
+++ b/mm/rmap.c
@@ -1991,7 +1991,8 @@ static bool try_to_unmap_one(struct folio *folio, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	struct page *subpage;
 	struct mmu_notifier_range range;
 	enum ttu_flags flags = (enum ttu_flags)(long)arg;
-	unsigned long nr_pages = 1, end_addr;
+	unsigned long nr_pages;
+	unsigned long end_addr;
 	unsigned long pfn;
 	unsigned long hsz = 0;
 	int ptes = 0;
@@ -2030,6 +2031,7 @@ static bool try_to_unmap_one(struct folio *folio, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start(&range);
 
 	while (page_vma_mapped_walk(&pvmw)) {
+		nr_pages = 1;
 		/*
 		 * If the folio is in an mlock()d vma, we must not swap it out.
 		 */
-- 
2.34.1



  reply	other threads:[~2026-04-10 10:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-04-10 10:31 [PATCH v2 0/9] Optimize anonymous large folio unmapping Dev Jain
2026-04-10 10:31 ` Dev Jain [this message]
2026-04-10 10:31 ` [PATCH v2 2/9] mm/rmap: refactor hugetlb pte clearing in try_to_unmap_one Dev Jain
2026-04-10 10:31 ` [PATCH v2 3/9] mm/rmap: refactor some code around lazyfree folio unmapping Dev Jain
2026-04-10 10:31 ` [PATCH v2 4/9] mm/memory: Batch set uffd-wp markers during zapping Dev Jain
2026-04-10 10:32 ` [PATCH v2 5/9] mm/rmap: batch unmap folios belonging to uffd-wp VMAs Dev Jain
2026-04-10 10:32 ` [PATCH v2 6/9] mm/swapfile: Add batched version of folio_dup_swap Dev Jain
2026-04-10 10:32 ` [PATCH v2 7/9] mm/swapfile: Add batched version of folio_put_swap Dev Jain
2026-04-10 10:32 ` [PATCH v2 8/9] mm/rmap: Add batched version of folio_try_share_anon_rmap_pte Dev Jain
2026-04-10 10:32 ` [PATCH v2 9/9] mm/rmap: enable batch unmapping of anonymous folios Dev Jain
2026-04-10 13:53 ` [PATCH v2 0/9] Optimize anonymous large folio unmapping Lorenzo Stoakes

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