Re: [PATCH v2] fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c: Ensure generic_hugetlb_get_unmapped_area() returns higher address than mmap_min_addr

[Donet Tom <donettom@linux.ibm.com>]

On 7/9/24 16:04, Kirill A . Shutemov wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 09, 2024 at 04:21:22AM -0500, Donet Tom wrote:
>> generic_hugetlb_get_unmapped_area() was returning an address less
>> than mmap_min_addr if the mmap argument addr, after alignment, was
>> less than mmap_min_addr, causing mmap to fail.
>>
>> This is because current generic_hugetlb_get_unmapped_area() code does
>> not take into account mmap_min_addr.
>>
>> This patch ensures that generic_hugetlb_get_unmapped_area() always returns
>> an address that is greater than mmap_min_addr. Additionally, similar to
>> generic_get_unmapped_area(), vm_end_gap() checks are included to ensure
>> that the address is within the limit.
> checks are included to maintain stack gap.
Thank you. I will update and send  V3.

-Donet
>> How to reproduce
>> ================
>>
>>   #include <stdio.h>
>>   #include <stdlib.h>
>>   #include <sys/mman.h>
>>   #include <unistd.h>
>>
>>   #define HUGEPAGE_SIZE (16 * 1024 * 1024)
>>
>>   int main() {
>>
>>      void *addr = mmap((void *)-1, HUGEPAGE_SIZE,
>>                   PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
>>                   MAP_SHARED | MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_HUGETLB, -1, 0);
>>      if (addr == MAP_FAILED) {
>>          perror("mmap");
>>          exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
>>      }
>>
>>      snprintf((char *)addr, HUGEPAGE_SIZE, "Hello, Huge Pages!");
>>
>>      printf("%s\n", (char *)addr);
>>
>>      if (munmap(addr, HUGEPAGE_SIZE) == -1) {
>>          perror("munmap");
>>          exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
>>      }
>>
>>      return 0;
>>   }
>>
>> Result without fix
>> ==================
>>   # cat /proc/meminfo |grep -i HugePages_Free
>>   HugePages_Free:       20
>>   # ./test
>>   mmap: Permission denied
>>   #
>>
>> Result with fix
>> ===============
>>   # cat /proc/meminfo |grep -i HugePages_Free
>>   HugePages_Free:       20
>>   # ./test
>>   Hello, Huge Pages!
>>   #
>>
>> V2:
>> Added vm_end_gap() check.
>>
>> V1:
>> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240705071150.84972-1-donettom@linux.ibm.com/
>>
>> Reported-by Pavithra Prakash <pavrampu@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Donet Tom <donettom@linux.ibm.com>
> Please use "hugetlbfs:" as subject prefix. No need to spell out full path.
>
> Otherwise,
>
> Acked-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
>