Re: [PATCH v8 03/13] mm: introduce AS_NO_DIRECT_MAP

John Hubbard
2025-12-05T18:35:42Z

On 12/5/25 8:58 AM, Kalyazin, Nikita wrote:
> From: Patrick Roy <patrick.roy@linux.dev>
>
> Add AS_NO_DIRECT_MAP for mappings where direct map entries of folios are
> set to not present. Currently, mappings that match this description are
> secretmem mappings (memfd_secret()). Later, some guest_memfd
> configurations will also fall into this category.
>
> Reject this new type of mappings in all locations that currently reject
> secretmem mappings, on the assumption that if secretmem mappings are
> rejected somewhere, it is precisely because of an inability to deal with
> folios without direct map entries, and then make memfd_secret() use
> AS_NO_DIRECT_MAP on its address_space to drop its special
> vma_is_secretmem()/secretmem_mapping() checks.
>
> This drops a optimization in gup_fast_folio_allowed() where
> secretmem_mapping() was only called if CONFIG_SECRETMEM=y. secretmem is
> enabled by default since commit b758fe6df50d ("mm/secretmem: make it on
> by default"), so the secretmem check did not actually end up elided in
> most cases anymore anyway.

The above paragraph can be part (most) of a commit description for
a separate patch for the gup aspects. Let's split it out that way,
because it is a distinct change, and the diffs can stand alone
from this patch here.

thanks,
--
John Hubbard

>
> Use a new flag instead of overloading AS_INACCESSIBLE (which is already
> set by guest_memfd) because not all guest_memfd mappings will end up
> being direct map removed (e.g. in pKVM setups, parts of guest_memfd that
> can be mapped to userspace should also be GUP-able, and generally not
> have restrictions on who can access it).
>
> Acked-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
> Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)" <david@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Patrick Roy <patrick.roy@linux.dev>
> Signed-off-by: Nikita Kalyazin <kalyazin@amazon.com>
> ---
> include/linux/pagemap.h | 16 ++++++++++++++++
> include/linux/secretmem.h | 18 ------------------
> lib/buildid.c | 4 ++--
> mm/gup.c | 19 +++++--------------
> mm/mlock.c | 2 +-
> mm/secretmem.c | 8 ++------
> 6 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/pagemap.h b/include/linux/pagemap.h
> index a17fabbc0269..d51e0c0404e2 100644
> --- a/include/linux/pagemap.h
> +++ b/include/linux/pagemap.h
> @@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ enum mapping_flags {
> AS_WRITEBACK_MAY_DEADLOCK_ON_RECLAIM = 9,
> AS_KERNEL_FILE = 10, /* mapping for a fake kernel file that shouldn't
> account usage to user cgroups */
> + AS_NO_DIRECT_MAP = 11, /* Folios in the mapping are not in the direct map */
> /* Bits 16-25 are used for FOLIO_ORDER */
> AS_FOLIO_ORDER_BITS = 5,
> AS_FOLIO_ORDER_MIN = 16,
> @@ -348,6 +349,21 @@ static inline bool mapping_writeback_may_deadlock_on_reclaim(const struct addres
> return test_bit(AS_WRITEBACK_MAY_DEADLOCK_ON_RECLAIM, &mapping->flags);
> }
>
> +static inline void mapping_set_no_direct_map(struct address_space *mapping)
> +{
> + set_bit(AS_NO_DIRECT_MAP, &mapping->flags);
> +}
> +
> +static inline bool mapping_no_direct_map(const struct address_space *mapping)
> +{
> + return test_bit(AS_NO_DIRECT_MAP, &mapping->flags);
> +}
> +
> +static inline bool vma_has_no_direct_map(const struct vm_area_struct *vma)
> +{
> + return vma->vm_file && mapping_no_direct_map(vma->vm_file->f_mapping);
> +}
> +
> static inline gfp_t mapping_gfp_mask(const struct address_space *mapping)
> {
> return mapping->gfp_mask;
> diff --git a/include/linux/secretmem.h b/include/linux/secretmem.h
> index e918f96881f5..0ae1fb057b3d 100644
> --- a/include/linux/secretmem.h
> +++ b/include/linux/secretmem.h
> @@ -4,28 +4,10 @@
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_SECRETMEM
>
> -extern const struct address_space_operations secretmem_aops;
> -
> -static inline bool secretmem_mapping(struct address_space *mapping)
> -{
> - return mapping->a_ops == &secretmem_aops;
> -}
> -
> -bool vma_is_secretmem(struct vm_area_struct *vma);
> bool secretmem_active(void);
>
> #else
>
> -static inline bool vma_is_secretmem(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
> -{
> - return false;
> -}
> -
> -static inline bool secretmem_mapping(struct address_space *mapping)
> -{
> - return false;
> -}
> -
> static inline bool secretmem_active(void)
> {
> return false;
> diff --git a/lib/buildid.c b/lib/buildid.c
> index c4b0f376fb34..89e567954284 100644
> --- a/lib/buildid.c
> +++ b/lib/buildid.c
> @@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ static int freader_get_folio(struct freader *r, loff_t file_off)
>
> freader_put_folio(r);
>
> - /* reject secretmem folios created with memfd_secret() */
> - if (secretmem_mapping(r->file->f_mapping))
> + /* reject folios without direct map entries (e.g. from memfd_secret() or guest_memfd()) */
> + if (mapping_no_direct_map(r->file->f_mapping))
> return -EFAULT;
>
> r->folio = filemap_get_folio(r->file->f_mapping, file_off >> PAGE_SHIFT);
> diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
> index a8ba5112e4d0..719e4dbecc09 100644
> --- a/mm/gup.c
> +++ b/mm/gup.c
> @@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
> #include <linux/rmap.h>
> #include <linux/swap.h>
> #include <linux/swapops.h>
> -#include <linux/secretmem.h>
>
> #include <linux/sched/signal.h>
> #include <linux/rwsem.h>
> @@ -1216,7 +1215,7 @@ static int check_vma_flags(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long gup_flags)
> if ((gup_flags & FOLL_SPLIT_PMD) && is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma))
> return -EOPNOTSUPP;
>
> - if (vma_is_secretmem(vma))
> + if (vma_has_no_direct_map(vma))
> return -EFAULT;
>
> if (write) {
> @@ -2724,7 +2723,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_user_pages_unlocked);
> * This call assumes the caller has pinned the folio, that the lowest page table
> * level still points to this folio, and that interrupts have been disabled.
> *
> - * GUP-fast must reject all secretmem folios.
> + * GUP-fast must reject all folios without direct map entries (such as secretmem).
> *
> * Writing to pinned file-backed dirty tracked folios is inherently problematic
> * (see comment describing the writable_file_mapping_allowed() function). We
> @@ -2739,7 +2738,6 @@ static bool gup_fast_folio_allowed(struct folio *folio, unsigned int flags)
> {
> bool reject_file_backed = false;
> struct address_space *mapping;
> - bool check_secretmem = false;
> unsigned long mapping_flags;
>
> /*
> @@ -2751,18 +2749,10 @@ static bool gup_fast_folio_allowed(struct folio *folio, unsigned int flags)
> reject_file_backed = true;
>
> /* We hold a folio reference, so we can safely access folio fields. */
> -
> - /* secretmem folios are always order-0 folios. */
> - if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SECRETMEM) && !folio_test_large(folio))
> - check_secretmem = true;
> -
> - if (!reject_file_backed && !check_secretmem)
> - return true;
> -
> if (WARN_ON_ONCE(folio_test_slab(folio)))
> return false;
>
> - /* hugetlb neither requires dirty-tracking nor can be secretmem. */
> + /* hugetlb neither requires dirty-tracking nor can be without direct map. */
> if (folio_test_hugetlb(folio))
> return true;
>
> @@ -2800,8 +2790,9 @@ static bool gup_fast_folio_allowed(struct folio *folio, unsigned int flags)
> * At this point, we know the mapping is non-null and points to an
> * address_space object.
> */
> - if (check_secretmem && secretmem_mapping(mapping))
> + if (mapping_no_direct_map(mapping))
> return false;
> +
> /* The only remaining allowed file system is shmem. */
> return !reject_file_backed || shmem_mapping(mapping);
> }
> diff --git a/mm/mlock.c b/mm/mlock.c
> index bb0776f5ef7c..506452ee8cad 100644
> --- a/mm/mlock.c
> +++ b/mm/mlock.c
> @@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ static int mlock_fixup(struct vma_iterator *vmi, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>
> if (newflags == oldflags || (oldflags & VM_SPECIAL) ||
> is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma) || vma == get_gate_vma(current->mm) ||
> - vma_is_dax(vma) || vma_is_secretmem(vma) || (oldflags & VM_DROPPABLE))
> + vma_is_dax(vma) || vma_has_no_direct_map(vma) || (oldflags & VM_DROPPABLE))
> /* don't set VM_LOCKED or VM_LOCKONFAULT and don't count */
> goto out;
>
> diff --git a/mm/secretmem.c b/mm/secretmem.c
> index b59350daffe3..c1eafe29c3e8 100644
> --- a/mm/secretmem.c
> +++ b/mm/secretmem.c
> @@ -134,11 +134,6 @@ static int secretmem_mmap_prepare(struct vm_area_desc *desc)
> return 0;
> }
>
> -bool vma_is_secretmem(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
> -{
> - return vma->vm_ops == &secretmem_vm_ops;
> -}
> -
> static const struct file_operations secretmem_fops = {
> .release = secretmem_release,
> .mmap_prepare = secretmem_mmap_prepare,
> @@ -156,7 +151,7 @@ static void secretmem_free_folio(struct folio *folio)
> folio_zero_segment(folio, 0, folio_size(folio));
> }
>
> -const struct address_space_operations secretmem_aops = {
> +static const struct address_space_operations secretmem_aops = {
> .dirty_folio = noop_dirty_folio,
> .free_folio = secretmem_free_folio,
> .migrate_folio = secretmem_migrate_folio,
> @@ -205,6 +200,7 @@ static struct file *secretmem_file_create(unsigned long flags)
>
> mapping_set_gfp_mask(inode->i_mapping, GFP_HIGHUSER);
> mapping_set_unevictable(inode->i_mapping);
> + mapping_set_no_direct_map(inode->i_mapping);
>
> inode->i_op = &secretmem_iops;
> inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &secretmem_aops;