From: Hajime Tazaki <thehajime@gmail.com>
To: linux-mm@kvack.org
Cc: geert@linux-m68k.org, daniel@thingy.jp,
Hajime Tazaki <thehajime@gmail.com>,
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
"Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@infradead.org>,
Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
"Liam R. Howlett" <liam@infradead.org>,
Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>,
Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>, Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>,
Pedro Falcato <pfalcato@suse.de>,
linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [RFC PATCH 3/6] mm: nommu: fix an issue on map request to /dev/zero
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2026 15:33:58 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260813063401.1786548-4-thehajime@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260813063401.1786548-1-thehajime@gmail.com>
Upon a private file mapping request to /dev/zero, it calls
kernel_read() in do_mmap_private(), getting a failure with the message
like: "kernel reads not supported for file /dev/zero", which is because
zero_fops defined in drivers/char/mem.c has both .read and .read_iter
definitions.
Even fixing this issue, the map request to /dev/zero works fine without
errors but the allocated vma isn't marked with anonymous because
mmap_zero_prepare() isn't called under nommu platform, resulting
vma_desc_set_anonymous() isn't called either.
This commit fixes those issues by:
1) use vfs_iter_read() instead to avoid failure at kernel_read()
2) calls .mmap_prepare on private mapping in do_mmap() so that required
preparations are done even in private mapping.
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@infradead.org>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: "Liam R. Howlett" <liam@infradead.org>
Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>
Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Cc: Pedro Falcato <pfalcato@suse.de>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org (open list:PAGE CACHE)
Fixes: 4d03e3cc5982 ("fs: don't allow kernel reads and writes without iter ops")
Assisted-by: cubic.dev:unspecified
Signed-off-by: Hajime Tazaki <thehajime@gmail.com>
---
drivers/char/mem.c | 5 ++-
mm/filemap.c | 6 ++--
mm/nommu.c | 84 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
3 files changed, 87 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/char/mem.c b/drivers/char/mem.c
index 63253d1de5d7..dba24d0a7b33 100644
--- a/drivers/char/mem.c
+++ b/drivers/char/mem.c
@@ -500,11 +500,10 @@ static ssize_t read_zero(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
static int mmap_zero_prepare(struct vm_area_desc *desc)
{
-#ifndef CONFIG_MMU
- return -ENOSYS;
-#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
if (vma_desc_test(desc, VMA_SHARED_BIT))
return shmem_zero_setup_desc(desc);
+#endif
/*
* This is a highly unique situation where we mark a MAP_PRIVATE mapping
diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index d721986d5f46..cf02faad86aa 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -4077,7 +4077,7 @@ int generic_file_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
}
int generic_file_mmap_prepare(struct vm_area_desc *desc)
{
- return -ENOSYS;
+ return 0;
}
int generic_file_readonly_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
{
@@ -4085,7 +4085,9 @@ int generic_file_readonly_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
}
int generic_file_readonly_mmap_prepare(struct vm_area_desc *desc)
{
- return -ENOSYS;
+ if (is_shared_maywrite(&desc->vma_flags))
+ return -EINVAL;
+ return generic_file_mmap_prepare(desc);
}
#endif /* CONFIG_MMU */
diff --git a/mm/nommu.c b/mm/nommu.c
index e40990e15831..a29a53c1c80a 100644
--- a/mm/nommu.c
+++ b/mm/nommu.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
#include <linux/uaccess.h>
#include <linux/uio.h>
+#include <linux/major.h>
#include <asm/tlb.h>
#include <asm/tlbflush.h>
#include <asm/mmu_context.h>
@@ -856,6 +857,22 @@ static int validate_mmap_request(struct file *file,
return 0;
}
+static int is_file_anonymous(struct file *file)
+{
+ if (!file)
+ return 1;
+
+ if (file->f_path.dentry && file->f_path.dentry->d_inode) {
+ struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+ /* if the device is /dev/zero */
+ if (S_ISCHR(inode->i_mode) &&
+ imajor(inode) == MEM_MAJOR && iminor(inode) == 5)
+ return 1;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
/*
* we've determined that we can make the mapping, now translate what we
* now know into VMA flags
@@ -869,7 +886,11 @@ static vm_flags_t determine_vm_flags(struct file *file,
vm_flags = calc_vm_prot_bits(prot, 0) | calc_vm_flag_bits(file, flags);
- if (!file) {
+ /* private and file mapping will be marked anonymous later (do_mmap_private()).
+ * and /dev/zero is marked by them at .mmap_prepare,
+ * which should be _before_ this point.
+ */
+ if (is_file_anonymous(file)) {
/*
* MAP_ANONYMOUS. MAP_SHARED is mapped to MAP_PRIVATE, because
* there is no fork().
@@ -923,6 +944,29 @@ static int do_mmap_shared_file(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
return -ENODEV;
}
+static ssize_t nommu_read_iter(struct file *file, void *buf,
+ size_t count, loff_t *pos)
+{
+ struct iov_iter iter;
+ ssize_t ret;
+ size_t done = 0;
+
+ while (done < count) {
+ struct kvec iov = {
+ .iov_base = buf + done,
+ .iov_len = min_t(size_t, count - done, MAX_RW_COUNT),
+ };
+
+ iov_iter_kvec(&iter, ITER_DEST, &iov, 1, iov.iov_len);
+ ret = vfs_iter_read(file, &iter, pos, 0);
+ if (ret <= 0)
+ return done ? done : ret;
+ done += ret;
+ }
+
+ return done;
+}
+
/*
* set up a private mapping or an anonymous shared mapping
*/
@@ -993,7 +1037,7 @@ static int do_mmap_private(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
fpos = vma->vm_pgoff;
fpos <<= PAGE_SHIFT;
- ret = kernel_read(vma->vm_file, base, len, &fpos);
+ ret = nommu_read_iter(vma->vm_file, base, len, &fpos);
if (ret < 0)
goto error_free;
@@ -1080,6 +1124,28 @@ unsigned long do_mmap(struct file *file,
vma->vm_file = get_file(file);
}
+ /* call mmap_prepare function if any */
+ if (!(flags & MAP_SHARED) && !(capabilities & NOMMU_MAP_DIRECT) &&
+ (vma->vm_file && vma->vm_file->f_op->mmap_prepare)) {
+ struct vm_area_desc desc;
+
+ vma->vm_start = addr;
+ vma->vm_end = addr + len;
+
+ compat_set_desc_from_vma(&desc, vma->vm_file, vma);
+ ret = vma->vm_file->f_op->mmap_prepare(&desc);
+ /* private ramfs/romfs mappings fails with -ENOSYS so,
+ * fall back to copied mapping.
+ */
+ if (ret && ret != -ENOSYS)
+ goto error_mmap_prepare;
+
+ ret = __compat_vma_mmap(&desc, vma);
+ if (ret)
+ goto error_mmap_prepare;
+ }
+
+
down_write(&nommu_region_sem);
/* if we want to share, we need to check for regions created by other
@@ -1196,7 +1262,7 @@ unsigned long do_mmap(struct file *file,
add_nommu_region(region);
/* clear anonymous mappings that don't ask for uninitialized data */
- if (vma_is_anonymous(vma) &&
+ if (is_file_anonymous(vma->vm_file) &&
(!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MMAP_ALLOW_UNINITIALIZED) ||
!(flags & MAP_UNINITIALIZED)))
memset((void *)region->vm_start, 0,
@@ -1247,6 +1313,18 @@ unsigned long do_mmap(struct file *file,
ret = -EINVAL;
goto error;
+error_mmap_prepare:
+ if (region->vm_file)
+ fput(region->vm_file);
+ kmem_cache_free(vm_region_jar, region);
+ if (vma->vm_file)
+ fput(vma->vm_file);
+ vm_area_free(vma);
+
+ pr_warn("mmap_prepare failed for %lu byte allocation from process %d\n",
+ len, current->pid);
+ return ret;
+
error_getting_vma:
kmem_cache_free(vm_region_jar, region);
pr_warn("Allocation of vma for %lu byte allocation from process %d failed\n",
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-13 6:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-13 6:33 [RFC PATCH 0/6] fix nommu mmap and add nommu kselftests Hajime Tazaki
2026-08-13 6:33 ` [RFC PATCH 1/6] mm: nommu: fix do_mremap() to correctly update internal states Hajime Tazaki
2026-08-13 6:33 ` [RFC PATCH 2/6] mm: nommu: use vma_is_anonymous() to check if vmas are anonymous Hajime Tazaki
2026-08-13 6:33 ` Hajime Tazaki [this message]
2026-08-13 12:19 ` [RFC PATCH 3/6] mm: nommu: fix an issue on map request to /dev/zero Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-08-13 12:43 ` Daniel Palmer
2026-08-13 13:29 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-08-13 13:51 ` Daniel Palmer
2026-08-13 13:58 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-08-13 14:06 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-08-13 14:02 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-08-13 14:10 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-08-13 13:22 ` Matthew Wilcox
2026-08-13 13:32 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-08-13 13:43 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-08-13 14:04 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-08-13 6:33 ` [RFC PATCH 4/6] selftests: fix build errors on alpine linux Hajime Tazaki
2026-08-13 6:34 ` [RFC PATCH 5/6] selftests: run tests on nommu architecture Hajime Tazaki
2026-08-13 6:34 ` [RFC PATCH 6/6] selftests/mm: add nommu mmap and mremap behavior tests Hajime Tazaki
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