From: Gregory Price <gourry@gourry.net>
To: linux-mm@kvack.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel-team@meta.com,
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Subject: [PATCH 1/2] mm/mempolicy: use vm_normal_folio_pmd() in queue_folios_pmd()
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2026 10:49:46 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260821144947.167382-2-gourry@gourry.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260821144947.167382-1-gourry@gourry.net>
mmap a VM_PFNMAP region whose ->huge_fault installs a PMD through
vmf_insert_pfn_pmd() - a vfio-pci MMIO BAR does this - then
mbind(p, len, MPOL_BIND, &mask, maxnode, MPOL_MF_STRICT);
With a stand-in module for the driver:
BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: fffff96dc0000008
RIP: 0010:queue_folios_pte_range+0xaf/0x440
walk_pgd_range+0x52b/0xaf0
__walk_page_range+0x6a/0x1d0
walk_page_range_mm_unsafe+0x193/0x230
queue_pages_range+0x64/0xa0
do_mbind+0x25e/0x640
queue_folios_pmd(), inlined above, calls pmd_folio() on that PMD. The pfn
is raw MMIO with no memmap entry, so the folio lands in unpopulated
vmemmap. Neither guard stops the walk:
walk_page_test() skips VM_PFNMAP, but queue_pages_walk_ops
supplies ->test_walk, so it never runs
queue_pages_test_walk() honours vma_migratable(), but only while
MPOL_MF_STRICT is clear
A VM_MIXEDMAP vma needs neither flag, being vma_migratable(), so plain
mbind(MPOL_MF_MOVE) reaches this too - and there the bad folio carries on
into migrate_folio_add() and folio_isolate_lru(). mshv_vtl_low is such a
mapping.
Use vm_normal_folio_pmd() and skip on NULL, as the PTE loop in
queue_folios_pte_range() already does with vm_normal_folio(). The huge
zero PMD moves ahead of the lookup, since vm_normal_folio_pmd() returns
NULL for it and its ACTION_CONTINUE would be lost.
mbind(MPOL_MF_STRICT) over a PMD mapped VM_PFNMAP region now returns 0
rather than -EIO. The PTE loop already returned 0 there.
Fixes: 3c8e44c9b369 ("mm: mark special bits for huge pfn mappings when inject")
Reported-by: sashiko-bot <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>
Closes: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260817220810.1175596-1-gourry%40gourry.net
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-5
Signed-off-by: Gregory Price (Meta) <gourry@gourry.net>
---
mm/mempolicy.c | 15 +++++++++------
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index f1aba551f9f1..85803c845965 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -650,7 +650,8 @@ static inline bool queue_folio_required(struct folio *folio,
return node_isset(nid, *qp->nmask) == !(flags & MPOL_MF_INVERT);
}
-static void queue_folios_pmd(pmd_t *pmd, struct mm_walk *walk)
+static void queue_folios_pmd(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr,
+ struct mm_walk *walk)
{
struct folio *folio;
struct queue_pages *qp = walk->private;
@@ -661,13 +662,15 @@ static void queue_folios_pmd(pmd_t *pmd, struct mm_walk *walk)
qp->nr_failed++;
return;
}
- folio = pmd_folio(pmdval);
- if (folio_is_zone_device(folio))
- return;
- if (is_huge_zero_folio(folio)) {
+ if (is_huge_zero_pmd(pmdval)) {
walk->action = ACTION_CONTINUE;
return;
}
+ folio = vm_normal_folio_pmd(walk->vma, addr, pmdval);
+ if (!folio)
+ return;
+ if (folio_is_zone_device(folio))
+ return;
if (!queue_folio_required(folio, qp))
return;
if (!(qp->flags & (MPOL_MF_MOVE | MPOL_MF_MOVE_ALL)) ||
@@ -700,7 +703,7 @@ static int queue_folios_pte_range(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr,
ptl = pmd_trans_huge_lock(pmd, vma);
if (ptl) {
- queue_folios_pmd(pmd, walk);
+ queue_folios_pmd(pmd, addr, walk);
spin_unlock(ptl);
goto out;
}
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-21 14:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-21 14:49 [PATCH 0/2] mm: stop calling pmd_folio() on special PMDs Gregory Price
2026-08-21 14:49 ` Gregory Price [this message]
2026-08-27 17:05 ` [PATCH 1/2] mm/mempolicy: use vm_normal_folio_pmd() in queue_folios_pmd() David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-08-27 18:48 ` Gregory Price
2026-08-21 14:49 ` [PATCH 2/2] mm/madvise: use vm_normal_folio_pmd() in cold/pageout PMD range Gregory Price
2026-08-27 17:07 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-08-27 18:50 ` Gregory Price
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