[PATCH mm-unstable v1 08/20] mm: extend FAULT_FLAG_UNSHARE support to anything in a COW mapping

David Hildenbrand
2022-11-16T10:37:20Z

Extend FAULT_FLAG_UNSHARE to break COW on anything mapped into a
COW (i.e., private writable) mapping and adjust the documentation
accordingly.

FAULT_FLAG_UNSHARE will now also break COW when encountering the shared
zeropage, a pagecache page, a PFNMAP, ... inside a COW mapping, by
properly replacing the mapped page/pfn by a private copy (an exclusive
anonymous page).

Note that only do_wp_page() needs care: hugetlb_wp() already handles
FAULT_FLAG_UNSHARE correctly. wp_huge_pmd()/wp_huge_pud() also handles it
correctly, for example, splitting the huge zeropage on FAULT_FLAG_UNSHARE
such that we can handle FAULT_FLAG_UNSHARE on the PTE level.

This change is a requirement for reliable long-term R/O pinning in
COW mappings.

Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
---
include/linux/mm_types.h | 8 ++++----
mm/memory.c | 4 ----
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/mm_types.h b/include/linux/mm_types.h
index 5e7f4fac1e78..5e9aaad8c7b2 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm_types.h
@@ -1037,9 +1037,9 @@ typedef struct {
* @FAULT_FLAG_REMOTE: The fault is not for current task/mm.
* @FAULT_FLAG_INSTRUCTION: The fault was during an instruction fetch.
* @FAULT_FLAG_INTERRUPTIBLE: The fault can be interrupted by non-fatal signals.
- * @FAULT_FLAG_UNSHARE: The fault is an unsharing request to unshare (and mark
- * exclusive) a possibly shared anonymous page that is
- * mapped R/O.
+ * @FAULT_FLAG_UNSHARE: The fault is an unsharing request to break COW in a
+ * COW mapping, making sure that an exclusive anon page is
+ * mapped after the fault.
* @FAULT_FLAG_ORIG_PTE_VALID: whether the fault has vmf->orig_pte cached.
* We should only access orig_pte if this flag set.
*
@@ -1064,7 +1064,7 @@ typedef struct {
*
* The combination FAULT_FLAG_WRITE|FAULT_FLAG_UNSHARE is illegal.
* FAULT_FLAG_UNSHARE is ignored and treated like an ordinary read fault when
- * no existing R/O-mapped anonymous page is encountered.
+ * applied to mappings that are not COW mappings.
*/
enum fault_flag {
FAULT_FLAG_WRITE = 1 << 0,
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index d47ad33c6487..56b21ab1e4d2 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -3432,10 +3432,6 @@ static vm_fault_t do_wp_page(struct vm_fault *vmf)
}
wp_page_reuse(vmf);
return 0;
- } else if (unshare) {
- /* No anonymous page -> nothing to do. */
- pte_unmap_unlock(vmf->pte, vmf->ptl);
- return 0;
}
copy:
/*
--
2.38.1