From: Hyunwoo Kim <imv4bel@gmail.com>
To: akpm@linux-foundation.org, david@kernel.org, ljs@kernel.org,
liam@infradead.org, vbabka@kernel.org, rppt@kernel.org,
surenb@google.com, mhocko@suse.com
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, imv4bel@gmail.com
Subject: [PATCH v2 0/2] mm/pagewalk: fix stale walk->action escaping walk_pmd_range()
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 01:18:56 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260811161949.3879321-1-imv4bel@gmail.com> (raw)
walk_pmd_range() could return with walk->action left at ACTION_AGAIN,
which causes walk_pud_range() to retry the PUD walk and invoke the walk
callbacks twice over the same range.
Patch 1 is the fix. Patch 2 adds a regression test for it.
Changes in v2:
- 1/2: reworked the changelog along the lines Lorenzo suggested and said
how the bug was found; the fix itself is unchanged (Lorenzo)
- 2/2: new, races smaps against MADV_DONTNEED and checks that Rss does not
come out twice as large as what was faulted in (Lorenzo)
- v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/anmdrYGVqM-U4vlo@v4bel
Hyunwoo Kim (2):
mm/pagewalk: fix stale walk->action escaping walk_pmd_range()
selftests/mm: add stale walk->action race test
mm/pagewalk.c | 6 +-
tools/testing/selftests/mm/.gitignore | 1 +
tools/testing/selftests/mm/Makefile | 2 +
tools/testing/selftests/mm/ksft_pagewalk.sh | 4 +
.../testing/selftests/mm/pagewalk_race_test.c | 138 ++++++++++++++++++
tools/testing/selftests/mm/run_vmtests.sh | 2 +
tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.h | 1 +
7 files changed, 150 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
create mode 100755 tools/testing/selftests/mm/ksft_pagewalk.sh
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/mm/pagewalk_race_test.c
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2.43.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-08-11 16:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-11 16:18 Hyunwoo Kim [this message]
2026-08-11 16:18 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] mm/pagewalk: fix stale walk->action escaping walk_pmd_range() Hyunwoo Kim
2026-08-11 16:23 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-08-11 17:10 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-08-11 19:37 ` Andrew Morton
2026-08-11 20:17 ` Hyunwoo Kim
2026-08-11 16:18 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] selftests/mm: add stale walk->action race test Hyunwoo Kim
2026-08-11 16:33 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-08-11 17:11 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-08-11 18:23 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-08-11 18:49 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
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