Re: [PATCH 1/3] mm: add functions folio_in_range() and folio_within_vma()

Yin, Fengwei
2023-08-02T14:18:24Z

On 8/2/2023 10:08 PM, Ryan Roberts wrote:
> On 02/08/2023 14:46, Yin, Fengwei wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 8/2/2023 9:09 PM, Ryan Roberts wrote:
>>> On 02/08/2023 13:50, Yin, Fengwei wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 8/2/2023 7:14 PM, Ryan Roberts wrote:
>>>>> On 28/07/2023 08:09, Yin Fengwei wrote:
>>>>>> It will be used to check whether the folio is mapped to specific
>>>>>> VMA and whether the mapping address of folio is in the range.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Also a helper function folio_within_vma() to check whether folio
>>>>>> is in the range of vma based on folio_in_range().
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Yin Fengwei <fengwei.yin@intel.com>
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>> mm/internal.h | 69 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>>>> 1 file changed, 69 insertions(+)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> diff --git a/mm/internal.h b/mm/internal.h
>>>>>> index 5a03bc4782a2..63de32154a48 100644
>>>>>> --- a/mm/internal.h
>>>>>> +++ b/mm/internal.h
>>>>>> @@ -585,6 +585,75 @@ extern long faultin_vma_page_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>>>>>> bool write, int *locked);
>>>>>> extern bool mlock_future_ok(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long flags,
>>>>>> unsigned long bytes);
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> +/*
>>>>>> + * Check whether the folio is in specific range
>>>>>> + *
>>>>>> + * First, check whether the folio is in the range of vma.
>>>>>> + * Then, check whether the folio is mapped to the range of [start, end].
>>>>>> + * In the end, check whether the folio is fully mapped to the range.
>>>>>> + *
>>>>>> + * @pte page table pointer will be checked whether the large folio
>>>>>> + * is fully mapped to. Currently, if mremap in the middle of
>>>>>> + * large folio, the large folio could be mapped to to different
>>>>>> + * VMA and address check can't identify this situation.
>>>>>> + */
>>>>>> +static inline bool
>>>>>> +folio_in_range(struct folio *folio, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>>>>>> + unsigned long start, unsigned long end, pte_t *pte)
>>>>>
>>>>> This api seems a bit redundant to me. Wouldn't it be better to remove the vma
>>>>> parameter and instead fix up the start/end addresses in folio_within_vma()?
>>>> My understanding is it's necessary. As for madvise, we need to check whether
>>>> the folio is both in the range of VMA and also in the range of [start, end).
>>>
>>> But in folio_within_vma() you pass start as vma->vm_start and end as
>>> vma->vm_end. And in this function, you narrow start/end to be completely
>>> contained in vma. So surely there is only really one start/end you are
>>> interested in? Just seems a bit odd to me.
>> madvise() will call filio_in_range() with VMA and real range [start, end) passed
>> from user space.
>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> +{
>>>>>> + pte_t ptent;
>>>>>> + unsigned long i, nr = folio_nr_pages(folio);
>>>>>> + pgoff_t pgoff, addr;
>>>>>> + unsigned long vma_pglen = (vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> + VM_WARN_ON_FOLIO(folio_test_ksm(folio), folio);
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> + if (start < vma->vm_start)
>>>>>> + start = vma->vm_start;
>>>>>> + if (end > vma->vm_end)
>>>>>> + end = vma->vm_end;
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> + pgoff = folio_pgoff(folio);
>>>>>> + /* if folio start address is not in vma range */
>>>>>> + if (pgoff < vma->vm_pgoff || pgoff > vma->vm_pgoff + vma_pglen)
>>>>>> + return false;
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> + addr = vma->vm_start + ((pgoff - vma->vm_pgoff) << PAGE_SHIFT);
>>>>>> + if (addr < start || end - addr < folio_size(folio))
>>>>>> + return false;
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> + /* not necessary to check pte for none large folio */
>>>>>> + if (!folio_test_large(folio))
>>>>>> + return true;
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> + if (!pte)
>>>>>> + return false;
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> + /* check whether parameter pte is associated with folio */
>>>>>> + ptent = ptep_get(pte);
>>>>>> + if (pte_none(ptent) || !pte_present(ptent) ||
>>>>>> + pte_pfn(ptent) - folio_pfn(folio) >= nr)
>>>>>> + return false;
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> + pte -= pte_pfn(ptent) - folio_pfn(folio);
>>>>>> + for (i = 0; i < nr; i++, pte++) {
>>>>>> + ptent = ptep_get(pte);
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> + if (pte_none(ptent) || !pte_present(ptent) ||
>>>>>> + pte_pfn(ptent) - folio_pfn(folio) >= nr)
>>>>>> + return false;
>>>>>> + }
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't think I see anything to ensure you don't wander off the end (or start)
>>>>> of the pgtable? If the folio is mremapped so that it straddles multiple tables
>>>>> (or is bigger than a single table?) then I think pte can become invalid? Perhaps
>>>>> you intended start/end to always be within the same pgtable, but that is not
>>>>> guarranteed in the case that folio_within_vma() is making the call.
>>>> If pte is invalid for any reason (pass wrong parameter, not fully mapped etc), this
>>>> function just return false in page table entry check phase.
>>>
>>> Sorry I don't think this covers the issue I'm describing. If you have a
>>> pte-mapped THP that gets mremapped to straddle 2 pte tables, don't you have a
>>> problem?
>>>
>>> example for 4K base page set up:
>>>
>>> folio_nr_pages = 512
>>> first page of folio mapped at vaddr = 2M - 4K = 0x1FF000
>>>
>>> If you then call this function with the pte pointer for the second page in the
>>> folio, which is mapped at address 0x200000, that pte is pointing to the first
>>> pte entry in the table pointed to by the second pmd entry. The pte pointer can
>>> be legitimately manipulated to point to any entry within that table,
>>> corrsponding to vaddrs [0x200000, 0x400000). But you will end up subtracting 1
>>> from the pointer, intending that it now points to the pte entry that represents
>>> vaddr 0x1FF000. But actually it has fallen off the front of the table into some
>>> other arbitrary memory in the linear map. 0x1FF000 is represented in a different
>>> table, pointed to by the first pmd entry.
>> Yes. This can be an issue as hold the second page table lock can't prevent the first
>> part unmapped. Let me add another check vaddr align to folio_size in next version.
>
> Locking is a problem but its not the only problem. The 2 tables are almost
> certainly not contiguous in virtual memory. So once you have moved the pointer
> to before the start of the second table, then you are pointing to arbitrary memory.
If vaddr is aligned to folio_size, suppose we are OK here (I have assumption that
large folio will not be larger than PMD size. Or it's possible on ARM platform?).

Regards
Yin, Fengwei

>
>>
>> Regards
>> Yin, Fengwei
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Also I want to check that this function is definitely always called under the
>>>>> PTL for the table that pte belongs to?
>>>> Yes. I should spell it out. Thanks.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>> Yin, Fengwei
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> + return true;
>>>>>> +}
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> +static inline bool
>>>>>> +folio_within_vma(struct folio *folio, struct vm_area_struct *vma, pte_t *pte)
>>>>>> +{
>>>>>> + return folio_in_range(folio, vma, vma->vm_start, vma->vm_end, pte);
>>>>>> +}
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> /*
>>>>>> * mlock_vma_folio() and munlock_vma_folio():
>>>>>> * should be called with vma's mmap_lock held for read or write,
>>>>>
>>>
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