From: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@linux.dev>
To: linux-mm@kvack.org
Cc: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@shopee.com>,
Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@linux.dev>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Chris Li <chrisl@kernel.org>, Kairui Song <kasong@tencent.com>,
Kemeng Shi <shikemeng@huaweicloud.com>,
Nhat Pham <nphamcs@gmail.com>, Baoquan He <baoquan.he@linux.dev>,
Barry Song <baohua@kernel.org>,
Youngjun Park <youngjun.park@lge.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] mm/swap: fix swap_cache_get_folio() returning a folio that left the swap cache
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2026 14:05:27 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261015060528.302634-1-jiayuan.chen@linux.dev> (raw)
From: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@shopee.com>
swap_cache_get_folio() reads the folio from the swap table and takes a
reference with folio_try_get(), without any lock. If the folio is
removed from the swap cache and freed in between, and its memory gets
reused, folio_try_get() still succeeds and we return a page that has
nothing to do with the swap entry:
CPU 0 CPU 1
do_swap_page()
swap_cache_get_folio()
swp_tb = swap_table_get()
folio = swp_tb_to_folio(swp_tb)
madvise(MADV_DONTNEED)
zap_nonpresent_ptes()
swap_put_entries_direct()
swap_put_entries_cluster()
__try_to_reclaim_swap()
swap_cache_del_folio()
folio_put() <- freed
page reused, e.g. as an anon
folio of another task
folio_try_get(folio) <- succeeds
return folio
swap_update_readahead() <- may clear PG_readahead on it
folio_lock_or_retry() <- locks it
folio_matches_swap_entry() fails, unlock and put
filemap_get_entry() does the same lockless lookup for the page cache,
and after folio_try_get() it rechecks the xarray, because the folio may
have been freed and reused in between. swap_cache_get_folio() lost
that recheck when the swap cache moved to the swap table.
So CPU 0 writes to a folio it doesn't own: it may clear PG_readahead and
takes the folio lock of someone else's page, before
folio_matches_swap_entry() finds out the folio is not ours.
Recheck the slot after folio_try_get() and retry if it no longer holds
this folio.
Fixes: 8578e0c00dcf ("mm, swap: use the swap table for the swap cache and switch API")
Cc: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@linux.dev>
Signed-off-by: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@shopee.com>
---
https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20261014090821.227366-1-jiayuan.chen@linux.dev
---
mm/swap_state.c | 16 +++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/swap_state.c b/mm/swap_state.c
index ebef568cd62e..d9e36c505398 100644
--- a/mm/swap_state.c
+++ b/mm/swap_state.c
@@ -92,17 +92,27 @@ void show_swap_cache_info(void)
*/
struct folio *swap_cache_get_folio(swp_entry_t entry)
{
+ struct swap_cluster_info *ci = __swap_entry_to_cluster(entry);
+ unsigned int ci_off = swp_cluster_offset(entry);
unsigned long swp_tb;
struct folio *folio;
for (;;) {
- swp_tb = swap_table_get(__swap_entry_to_cluster(entry),
- swp_cluster_offset(entry));
+ swp_tb = swap_table_get(ci, ci_off);
if (!swp_tb_is_folio(swp_tb))
return NULL;
folio = swp_tb_to_folio(swp_tb);
- if (likely(folio_try_get(folio)))
+ if (!folio_try_get(folio))
+ continue;
+ /*
+ * The folio may have been freed and its memory reused before
+ * we got the reference. Make sure it is still in the slot.
+ */
+ swp_tb = swap_table_get(ci, ci_off);
+ if (likely(swp_tb_is_folio(swp_tb) &&
+ swp_tb_to_folio(swp_tb) == folio))
return folio;
+ folio_put(folio);
}
return NULL;
--
2.43.0
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