[PATCH] mm: zswap: fix data loss on SWP_SYNCHRONOUS_IO devices

Johannes Weiner
2024-03-24T21:04:55Z

Zhongkun He reports data corruption when combining zswap with zram.

The issue is the exclusive loads we're doing in zswap. They assume
that all reads are going into the swapcache, which can assume
authoritative ownership of the data and so the zswap copy can go.

However, zram files are marked SWP_SYNCHRONOUS_IO, and faults will try
to bypass the swapcache. This results in an optimistic read of the
swap data into a page that will be dismissed if the fault fails due to
races. In this case, zswap mustn't drop its authoritative copy.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CACSyD1N+dUvsu8=zV9P691B9bVq33erwOXNTmEaUbi9DrDeJzw@mail.gmail.com/
Reported-by: Zhongkun He <hezhongkun.hzk@bytedance.com>
Fixes: b9c91c43412f ("mm: zswap: support exclusive loads")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org [6.5+]
Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Tested-by: Zhongkun He <hezhongkun.hzk@bytedance.com>
---
mm/zswap.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/zswap.c b/mm/zswap.c
index 535c907345e0..41a1170f7cfe 100644
--- a/mm/zswap.c
+++ b/mm/zswap.c
@@ -1622,6 +1622,7 @@ bool zswap_load(struct folio *folio)
swp_entry_t swp = folio->swap;
pgoff_t offset = swp_offset(swp);
struct page *page = &folio->page;
+ bool swapcache = folio_test_swapcache(folio);
struct zswap_tree *tree = swap_zswap_tree(swp);
struct zswap_entry *entry;
u8 *dst;
@@ -1634,7 +1635,20 @@ bool zswap_load(struct folio *folio)
spin_unlock(&tree->lock);
return false;
}
- zswap_rb_erase(&tree->rbroot, entry);
+ /*
+ * When reading into the swapcache, invalidate our entry. The
+ * swapcache can be the authoritative owner of the page and
+ * its mappings, and the pressure that results from having two
+ * in-memory copies outweighs any benefits of caching the
+ * compression work.
+ *
+ * (Most swapins go through the swapcache. The notable
+ * exception is the singleton fault on SWP_SYNCHRONOUS_IO
+ * files, which reads into a private page and may free it if
+ * the fault fails. We remain the primary owner of the entry.)
+ */
+ if (swapcache)
+ zswap_rb_erase(&tree->rbroot, entry);
spin_unlock(&tree->lock);

if (entry->length)
@@ -1649,9 +1663,10 @@ bool zswap_load(struct folio *folio)
if (entry->objcg)
count_objcg_event(entry->objcg, ZSWPIN);

- zswap_entry_free(entry);
-
- folio_mark_dirty(folio);
+ if (swapcache) {
+ zswap_entry_free(entry);
+ folio_mark_dirty(folio);
+ }

return true;
}
--
2.44.0