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charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Server: rspam06 X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 8E4ED4000B X-Rspam-User: X-Stat-Signature: ka3afs7sagmnu9cd3gmmo85jhyo6qb8a X-HE-Tag: 1792079305-994136 X-HE-Meta: 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 a4jrJxyq 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 Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Precedence: bulk X-Loop: owner-majordomo@kvack.org List-ID: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: On 10/14/26 17:46, Konstantin Khorenko wrote: > Where arch_needs_pgtable_deposit() is true, every huge PMD needs a > deposited page table. ppc64 in hash mode keeps the hash slot array of > the huge page in it, so vmf_insert_pfn_pmd() deposits one for each > special PMD it maps. > > copy_huge_pmd() copies a special PMD into the child without a table. > The child then dereferences a NULL table: > > - on the first hash fault on the PMD, in __hash_page_thp(); > - on the zap at munmap() or exit, in hash__pmdp_huge_get_and_clear(). > > Allocate a table before taking the page table locks and deposit it > with the copy, as insert_pmd() does. > > Fixes: d1503aa9ab805 ("powerpc/64s: Add support for huge pfnmaps") > Reported-by: Sashiko > Closes: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20261014-b4-prep-vstor-149847-copy_huge_pmd-recheck-special-pmd-v1-1-d225c60bc316@virtuozzo.com?part=1 > Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org > Assisted-by: LLM > Signed-off-by: Konstantin Khorenko > --- > mm/huge_memory.c | 11 +++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c > index bf788bb231691..2380e4e877f82 100644 > --- a/mm/huge_memory.c > +++ b/mm/huge_memory.c > @@ -1961,6 +1961,11 @@ int copy_huge_pmd(struct mm_struct *dst_mm, struct mm_struct *src_mm, > pmd = pmdp_get_lockless(src_pmd); > if (unlikely(pmd_present(pmd) && pmd_special(pmd) && > !is_huge_zero_pmd(pmd))) { > + if (arch_needs_pgtable_deposit()) { > + pgtable = pte_alloc_one(dst_mm); > + if (unlikely(!pgtable)) > + goto out; > + } > dst_ptl = pmd_lock(dst_mm, dst_pmd); > src_ptl = pmd_lockptr(src_mm, src_pmd); > spin_lock_nested(src_ptl, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING); > @@ -1974,6 +1979,8 @@ int copy_huge_pmd(struct mm_struct *dst_mm, struct mm_struct *src_mm, > if (unlikely(pmd_none(pmd))) { > spin_unlock(src_ptl); > spin_unlock(dst_ptl); > + if (pgtable) > + pte_free(dst_mm, pgtable); > return -EAGAIN; > } > /* > @@ -1983,6 +1990,10 @@ int copy_huge_pmd(struct mm_struct *dst_mm, struct mm_struct *src_mm, > * wrongly write to the backend MMIO. > */ > VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(vma_is_cow_mapping(src_vma) && pmd_write(pmd)); > + if (pgtable) { > + mm_inc_nr_ptes(dst_mm); > + pgtable_trans_huge_deposit(dst_mm, dst_pmd, pgtable); > + } > goto set_pmd; It's another sign that the pmd_special() is just entirely misplaced. Let's get that sorted and it will just naturally fix the other case. -- Cheers, David