From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from kanga.kvack.org (kanga.kvack.org [205.233.56.17]) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFF77606A323 for ; Fri, 30 Oct 2026 14:35:56 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key, unprotected) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=k20260515 header.b=Zc8ZNVO6 Received: by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) id DAB336B05B2; Fri, 30 Oct 2026 10:35:55 -0400 (EDT) Received: by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix, from userid 40) id D5C386B05B3; Fri, 30 Oct 2026 10:35:55 -0400 (EDT) X-Delivered-To: int-list-linux-mm@kvack.org Received: by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix, from userid 63042) id C22DB6B05B4; Fri, 30 Oct 2026 10:35:55 -0400 (EDT) X-Delivered-To: linux-mm@kvack.org Received: from relay.hostedemail.com (smtprelay0016.hostedemail.com [216.40.44.16]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 943D46B05B2 for ; Fri, 30 Oct 2026 10:35:55 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtpin19.hostedemail.com (lb01a-stub [10.200.18.249]) by unirelay06.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B842A7DF9 for ; Fri, 30 Oct 2026 14:35:55 +0000 (UTC) X-FDA: 85379541870.19.0FEE0ED Received: from sea.source.kernel.org (sea.source.kernel.org [172.234.252.31]) by imf13.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E5922000B for ; Fri, 30 Oct 2026 14:35:53 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: imf13.hostedemail.com; dkim=pass header.d=kernel.org header.s=k20260515 header.b=Zc8ZNVO6; spf=pass (imf13.hostedemail.com: domain of david@kernel.org designates 172.234.252.31 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=david@kernel.org; dmarc=pass (policy=quarantine) header.from=kernel.org ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=hostedemail.com; s=arc-20220608; t=1793370953; h=from:from:sender:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date: message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references:dkim-signature; bh=y6XXbQ+HdgQmOTZa0aEBan+zjL/ycrb6TKGl8S7Q83w=; b=7AM/bQNhhDl1M9PBOYIfOBhKu24lMIKBYdoRNGsPS7C9+0asm6fTtngMsbt689bCbVNg4O /gE7dU7JHCm7vqyft+OeVfaQwuExaRDs3yBaVY+scE5K1jG9qENHg1ipSD7AfjkUEsovgN q0tqHkDH6QbpDxNv3rzrZ6511XGTyhE= ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; imf13.hostedemail.com; dkim=pass header.d=kernel.org header.s=k20260515 header.b=Zc8ZNVO6; spf=pass (imf13.hostedemail.com: domain of david@kernel.org designates 172.234.252.31 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=david@kernel.org; dmarc=pass (policy=quarantine) header.from=kernel.org ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=hostedemail.com; s=arc-20220608; cv=none; t=1793370953; b=tKsyE7hMuo46ZC8RXh38Jc4aTyD1vr6RxQQCSC8nFOugeze1L31YDCN9cKhjG17STlhZUe T/aTFh5hj8A85RunAeAv7gyJXSxQvlx8rzJEYq3em2EDuH+244lj7XoCEQOG925g4lQSQp Ks40FYbrOnUSCUtnbK+WyMYORGgzdWQ= Received: from smtp.kernel.org (quasi.space.kernel.org [100.103.45.18]) by sea.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65EC4419C1; Fri, 30 Oct 2026 14:35:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 697CF1F0093A; Fri, 30 Oct 2026 14:35:36 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kernel.org; s=k20260515; t=1793370952; bh=y6XXbQ+HdgQmOTZa0aEBan+zjL/ycrb6TKGl8S7Q83w=; h=Date:Subject:To:Cc:References:From:In-Reply-To; b=Zc8ZNVO6uRM/ebf2tyuqkNg2F+fe5LIUT6QCAumzzPpOuGmyXnfnNO5s9RSYLm2rE jwJf7qLnqMB1Nf2QO0gP2HzziZZK6letMz6x4Z1QebhXjhx6Lp5o3hUiQQDX2zhFLu 5wWBHnZAqJxpm4krMusfEm0ziwpBACmY2PLnP7EQIV+ROXKrDC2x0Z413kzf7TnVRa 1IzLYX7Ri/ykqtCagS6CsHGxfJq/AfR5jwjpZPHtLQClzkqVrG8JQ9OGKa/yrF53ml FKD/f6zB3W/UEBSdx5AyFtTg6EeOre5o75pbwDLQQv3rT/OAi7RJN7FszZ+57tVf4M radtUUXIQvVSg== Message-ID: <43994c77-bde2-47cc-b6bd-5b479672bad2@kernel.org> Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2026 15:35:33 +0100 X-Archived-By: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 03/47] mm/memfd: check for real shmem inodes before accessing shmem state To: Pratyush Yadav Cc: Andrew Morton , Johannes Weiner , Michal Hocko , Qi Zheng , Shakeel Butt , Lorenzo Stoakes , Kairui Song , Barry Song , Axel Rasmussen , Yuanchu Xie , Wei Xu , Baoquan He , Baolin Wang , "Liam R. 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charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Server: rspam05 X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 3E5922000B X-Stat-Signature: 7dcuqnanbc8coessgmdngzry4pb8hbe5 X-Rspam-User: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-12.3 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, INCLUDES_CR_TRAILER,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.1 X-HE-Tag: 1793370953-564 X-HE-Meta: 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 eWrBpuBH +WG47xFcvrbVCLKjSWQi0O9Xo2Iy1DmlJySOpJFHTD5d5zr9Uc4IuidHKttCSQ0S64oQ2bJNLsZ9wdTkypB0ZT2L43DPMyVPxmCyh5V8mZYzbC63jYafAFgHc8hQg5Hr91EoJCOcBoHEfkfzHSlUtc+6I+uFfPCCpHYUQ1DNQzRb6YpKu4VN2rYrlAO0UFGwuce6Gvo7SlBnDoUb4QXJSargetbycXBuyulp/dAPPWvt/JU2NubnB9cOhEoKvsUUK/gJMvnyxOnjCQEiRcODdlkdBZq5e3Wxc3knh5nC/X1zpHIo8oGJgha4ArTNvGC2Tqaj2mbcj2xspVEGvqSjZR0MLYO9dJtAGBYD6p6wAyOqEC3mX6o9Sv6yG357h/xjy3L+2moL0SHWXn2I= Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Precedence: bulk X-Loop: owner-majordomo@kvack.org List-ID: List-Subscribe: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.1 (2024-03-26) on aws-us-west-2-korg-listserv-alma10-1 On 10/30/26 13:29, Pratyush Yadav wrote: > On Fri, Oct 30 2026, David Hildenbrand (Arm) wrote: > >> On 10/30/26 12:33, Pratyush Yadav wrote: >>> Hi David, >>> > [...] >>> Both want to only look at "proper" shmem >>> files, and should not do any work on a Coda file with a shmem mapping. >>> Plus, someone later down the line might use shmem_file() without knowing >>> this subtle problem, and we probably would miss it in review. >>> >>> For callers that only care about the mapping should then use >>> shmem_mapping(). I am not sure if there are any. Perhaps that would be >>> collapse_file()? But TBH I don't really understand khugepaged all that >>> much. All other callers of shmem_file() seem to care about the actual >>> inode. >> >> Looks like collapse_file() would then use shmem_mapping() for the time >> being. God this is confusing. > > Yes... > >> >> What about the following replacement: >> >> >> From 6e3c4f92a651e36ed1ae8d7659d2ca08543fa430 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 >> From: "David Hildenbrand (Arm)" >> Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2026 21:08:33 +0200 >> Subject: [PATCH] mm/shmem: make shmem_file() check the file's inode >> >> shmem_file() only checks if file->f_mapping is a shmem mapping. This >> mapping can belong to another file, however, as with a Coda file backed >> by a tmpfs container after mmap(). >> >> So it does not guarantee that the file inode is an actual shmem inode. >> >> Seal handling and memfd preservation use this check before accessing >> shmem inode state, so they can access an inode of the wrong type. >> >> Let's make shmem_file() check the inode's file operations instead, to >> identify shmem inodes reliably. This will identify regular shmem inodes, >> including memfds and ordinary tmpfs files, independently of wrapper file >> operations. >> >> Use shmem_mapping() in collapse_file() instead to not change the behavior >> of collapse_file(): it operates on the page cache and uses mapping->host >> for shmem inode operations. Focusing on the file does not seem relevant. >> >> Fixes: c49fcfcda8b5 ("mm/shmem: update file sealing comments and file checking") >> Fixes: b3749f174d68 ("mm: memfd_luo: allow preserving memfd") >> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org >> Reported-by: Chris Mason >> Suggested-by: Pratyush Yadav >> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) > > Looks great, thanks! > > Reviewed-by: Pratyush Yadav (Google) Thanks! @Mike, @Rik, Ill drop your RB, so please re-review. -- Cheers, David