From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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Subject: [merged mm-hotfixes-stable] mm-huge_memory-use-correct-flags-for-device-private-pmd-entry.patch removed from -mm tree
Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2026 16:26:29 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260603232630.53A221F00893@smtp.kernel.org> (raw)
The quilt patch titled
Subject: mm/huge_memory: use correct flags for device private PMD entry
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
mm-huge_memory-use-correct-flags-for-device-private-pmd-entry.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into the mm-hotfixes-stable branch
of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
------------------------------------------------------
From: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
Subject: mm/huge_memory: use correct flags for device private PMD entry
Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2026 09:30:44 +0100
Commit 65edfda6f3f2 ("mm/rmap: extend rmap and migration support
device-private entries") updated set_pmd_migration_entry() to use
pmdp_huge_get_and_clear() in the softleaf case, but made no further
adjustments to the function itself.
Therefore this function continues to incorrectly use pmd_write(),
pmd_soft_dirty() and pmd_uffd_wp() to determine whether the installed
migration entry should be marked writable, softdirty or uffd-wp
respectively.
Whilst all are incorrect, the most problematic of these is pmd_write(), as
this can lead to corrupted rmap state.
On x86-64 _PAGE_SWP_SOFT_DIRTY is aliased to _PAGE_RW. So calling
pmd_write() on a softleaf will return the softdirty state encoded in the
entry, assuming CONFIG_MEM_SOFT_DIRTY was enabled.
This was observed when running the hmm.hmm_device_private.anon_write_child
selftest:
1. The test faults in a range then migrates it such that a device-private
THP range is established.
2. The parent then migrates it to a device-private writable PMD entry whose
folio is entirely AnonExclusive with entire_mapcount=1, softdirty set
(accidentally correct write state).
3. The parent forks and the PMD entries are set to device-private read only
entries, entire_mapcount=2, softdirty still set.
4. [BUG] The child writes to the range then migrates to RAM - intending to
install non-writable migration entries - but replacing parent and child
PMD mappings with WRITABLE entries due to misinterpreting the softdirty
bit.
5. In remove_migration_pmd(), if !softleaf_is_migration_read(entry) we
set the RMAP_EXCLUSIVE flag when calling folio_add_anon_rmap_pmd() for
both parent and child, which are therefore AnonExclusive.
6. [SPLAT] Child sets migrated folio entire_mapcount=1, parent sets
entire_mapcount=2 and we end up with an AnonExclusive folio with
entire_mapcount=2! Assert fires in __folio_add_anon_rmap():
VM_WARN_ON_FOLIO(folio_test_large(folio) &&
folio_entire_mapcount(folio) > 1 &&
PageAnonExclusive(cur_page), folio)
This patch fixes the issue by correctly referencing the softleaf entry
fields for writable, softdirty and uffd-wp in set_pmd_migration_entry().
It also only updates A/D flags if the entry is present as these are
otherwise not meaningful for a softleaf entry.
This patch also flips the if (!present) { ... } else { ... } logic in
set_pmd_migration_entry() so it is easier to understand, and adds some
comments to make things clearer.
I was able to bisect this to commit 775465fd26a3 ("lib/test_hmm: add zone
device private THP test infrastructure") which first exposes this bug as
it was the commit that permitted test_hmm to generate the test.
However commit 65edfda6f3f2 ("mm/rmap: extend rmap and migration support
device-private entries") is the commit that actually enabled this
behaviour.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260601083044.57132-1-ljs@kernel.org
Fixes: 65edfda6f3f2 ("mm/rmap: extend rmap and migration support device-private entries")
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Balbir Singh <balbirs@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>
Reviewed-by: Oscar Salvador (SUSE) <osalvador@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Barry Song <baohua@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>
Reviewed-by: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
Cc: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>
Cc: Liam R. Howlett <liam@infradead.org>
Cc: Nico Pache <npache@redhat.com>
Cc: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com>
Cc: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
Cc: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@gmail.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---
mm/huge_memory.c | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c~mm-huge_memory-use-correct-flags-for-device-private-pmd-entry
+++ a/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -4983,7 +4983,7 @@ int set_pmd_migration_entry(struct page_
struct vm_area_struct *vma = pvmw->vma;
struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;
unsigned long address = pvmw->address;
- bool anon_exclusive;
+ bool anon_exclusive, present, writable, softdirty, uffd_wp;
pmd_t pmdval;
swp_entry_t entry;
pmd_t pmdswp;
@@ -4991,12 +4991,26 @@ int set_pmd_migration_entry(struct page_
if (!(pvmw->pmd && !pvmw->pte))
return 0;
- flush_cache_range(vma, address, address + HPAGE_PMD_SIZE);
- if (unlikely(!pmd_present(*pvmw->pmd)))
- pmdval = pmdp_huge_get_and_clear(vma->vm_mm, address, pvmw->pmd);
- else
+ present = pmd_present(*pvmw->pmd);
+ if (likely(present)) {
+ flush_cache_range(vma, address, address + HPAGE_PMD_SIZE);
+
pmdval = pmdp_invalidate(vma, address, pvmw->pmd);
+ writable = pmd_write(pmdval);
+ softdirty = pmd_soft_dirty(pmdval);
+ uffd_wp = pmd_uffd_wp(pmdval);
+ } else {
+ softleaf_t old_entry;
+
+ pmdval = pmdp_huge_get_and_clear(vma->vm_mm, address, pvmw->pmd);
+ old_entry = softleaf_from_pmd(pmdval);
+
+ writable = softleaf_is_device_private_write(old_entry);
+ softdirty = pmd_swp_soft_dirty(pmdval);
+ uffd_wp = pmd_swp_uffd_wp(pmdval);
+ }
+
/* See folio_try_share_anon_rmap_pmd(): invalidate PMD first. */
anon_exclusive = folio_test_anon(folio) && PageAnonExclusive(page);
if (anon_exclusive && folio_try_share_anon_rmap_pmd(folio, page)) {
@@ -5004,24 +5018,31 @@ int set_pmd_migration_entry(struct page_
return -EBUSY;
}
- if (pmd_dirty(pmdval))
- folio_mark_dirty(folio);
- if (pmd_write(pmdval))
+ /* Determine type of migration entry. */
+ if (writable)
entry = make_writable_migration_entry(page_to_pfn(page));
else if (anon_exclusive)
entry = make_readable_exclusive_migration_entry(page_to_pfn(page));
else
entry = make_readable_migration_entry(page_to_pfn(page));
- if (pmd_young(pmdval))
+
+ /* Set A/D bits as necessary. */
+ if (present && pmd_young(pmdval))
entry = make_migration_entry_young(entry);
- if (pmd_dirty(pmdval))
+ if (present && pmd_dirty(pmdval)) {
+ folio_mark_dirty(folio);
entry = make_migration_entry_dirty(entry);
+ }
+
+ /* Set PMD. */
pmdswp = swp_entry_to_pmd(entry);
- if (pmd_soft_dirty(pmdval))
+ if (softdirty)
pmdswp = pmd_swp_mksoft_dirty(pmdswp);
- if (pmd_uffd_wp(pmdval))
+ if (uffd_wp)
pmdswp = pmd_swp_mkuffd_wp(pmdswp);
set_pmd_at(mm, address, pvmw->pmd, pmdswp);
+
+ /* Migration entry installed: cleanup rmap, folio. */
folio_remove_rmap_pmd(folio, page, vma);
folio_put(folio);
trace_set_migration_pmd(address, pmd_val(pmdswp));
_
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