From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: mm-commits@vger.kernel.org,shikemeng@huaweicloud.com,rafael@kernel.org,nphamcs@gmail.com,kasong@tencent.com,chrisl@kernel.org,bhe@redhat.com,baohua@kernel.org,youngjun.park@lge.com,akpm@linux-foundation.org
Subject: [merged mm-stable] mm-swap-pm-hibernate-fix-swapoff-race-in-uswsusp-by-pinning-swap-device.patch removed from -mm tree
Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2026 18:22:52 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260609012252.E096D1F00893@smtp.kernel.org> (raw)
The quilt patch titled
Subject: mm/swap, PM: hibernate: fix swapoff race in uswsusp by pinning swap device
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
mm-swap-pm-hibernate-fix-swapoff-race-in-uswsusp-by-pinning-swap-device.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into the mm-stable branch
of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
------------------------------------------------------
From: Youngjun Park <youngjun.park@lge.com>
Subject: mm/swap, PM: hibernate: fix swapoff race in uswsusp by pinning swap device
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2026 01:08:21 +0900
Patch series "mm/swap, PM: hibernate: fix swapoff race in uswsusp by
pinning swap device", v8.
Currently, in the uswsusp path, only the swap type value is retrieved at
lookup time without holding a reference. If swapoff races after the type
is acquired, subsequent slot allocations operate on a stale swap device.
Additionally, grabbing and releasing the swap device reference on every
slot allocation is inefficient across the entire hibernation swap path.
This patch series addresses these issues:
- Patch 1: Fixes the swapoff race in uswsusp by pinning the swap device
from the point it is looked up until the session completes.
- Patch 2: Removes the overhead of per-slot reference counting in alloc/free
paths and cleans up the redundant SWP_WRITEOK check.
This patch (of 2):
Hibernation via uswsusp (/dev/snapshot ioctls) has a race window: after
selecting the resume swap area but before user space is frozen, swapoff
may run and invalidate the selected swap device.
Fix this by pinning the swap device with SWP_HIBERNATION while it is in
use. The pin is exclusive, which is sufficient since hibernate_acquire()
already prevents concurrent hibernation sessions.
The kernel swsusp path (sysfs-based hibernate/resume) uses
find_hibernation_swap_type() which is not affected by the pin. It freezes
user space before touching swap, so swapoff cannot race.
Introduce dedicated helpers:
- pin_hibernation_swap_type(): Look up and pin the swap device.
Used by the uswsusp path.
- find_hibernation_swap_type(): Lookup without pinning.
Used by the kernel swsusp path.
- unpin_hibernation_swap_type(): Clear the hibernation pin.
While a swap device is pinned, swapoff is prevented from proceeding.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260323160822.1409904-1-youngjun.park@lge.com
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260323160822.1409904-2-youngjun.park@lge.com
Signed-off-by: Youngjun Park <youngjun.park@lge.com>
Reviewed-by: Kairui Song <kasong@tencent.com>
Cc: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>
Cc: Barry Song <baohua@kernel.org>
Cc: Chris Li <chrisl@kernel.org>
Cc: Kemeng Shi <shikemeng@huaweicloud.com>
Cc: Nhat Pham <nphamcs@gmail.com>
Cc: "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---
include/linux/swap.h | 5 +
kernel/power/swap.c | 2
kernel/power/user.c | 15 +++-
mm/swapfile.c | 135 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
4 files changed, 136 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
--- a/include/linux/swap.h~mm-swap-pm-hibernate-fix-swapoff-race-in-uswsusp-by-pinning-swap-device
+++ a/include/linux/swap.h
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ enum {
SWP_PAGE_DISCARD = (1 << 10), /* freed swap page-cluster discards */
SWP_STABLE_WRITES = (1 << 11), /* no overwrite PG_writeback pages */
SWP_SYNCHRONOUS_IO = (1 << 12), /* synchronous IO is efficient */
+ SWP_HIBERNATION = (1 << 13), /* pinned for hibernation */
/* add others here before... */
};
@@ -432,7 +433,9 @@ static inline long get_nr_swap_pages(voi
}
extern void si_swapinfo(struct sysinfo *);
-int swap_type_of(dev_t device, sector_t offset);
+extern int pin_hibernation_swap_type(dev_t device, sector_t offset);
+extern void unpin_hibernation_swap_type(int type);
+extern int find_hibernation_swap_type(dev_t device, sector_t offset);
int find_first_swap(dev_t *device);
extern unsigned int count_swap_pages(int, int);
extern sector_t swapdev_block(int, pgoff_t);
--- a/kernel/power/swap.c~mm-swap-pm-hibernate-fix-swapoff-race-in-uswsusp-by-pinning-swap-device
+++ a/kernel/power/swap.c
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ static int swsusp_swap_check(void)
* This is called before saving the image.
*/
if (swsusp_resume_device)
- res = swap_type_of(swsusp_resume_device, swsusp_resume_block);
+ res = find_hibernation_swap_type(swsusp_resume_device, swsusp_resume_block);
else
res = find_first_swap(&swsusp_resume_device);
if (res < 0)
--- a/kernel/power/user.c~mm-swap-pm-hibernate-fix-swapoff-race-in-uswsusp-by-pinning-swap-device
+++ a/kernel/power/user.c
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ static int snapshot_open(struct inode *i
memset(&data->handle, 0, sizeof(struct snapshot_handle));
if ((filp->f_flags & O_ACCMODE) == O_RDONLY) {
/* Hibernating. The image device should be accessible. */
- data->swap = swap_type_of(swsusp_resume_device, 0);
+ data->swap = pin_hibernation_swap_type(swsusp_resume_device, 0);
data->mode = O_RDONLY;
data->free_bitmaps = false;
error = pm_notifier_call_chain_robust(PM_HIBERNATION_PREPARE, PM_POST_HIBERNATION);
@@ -90,8 +90,10 @@ static int snapshot_open(struct inode *i
data->free_bitmaps = !error;
}
}
- if (error)
+ if (error) {
+ unpin_hibernation_swap_type(data->swap);
hibernate_release();
+ }
data->frozen = false;
data->ready = false;
@@ -115,6 +117,7 @@ static int snapshot_release(struct inode
data = filp->private_data;
data->dev = 0;
free_all_swap_pages(data->swap);
+ unpin_hibernation_swap_type(data->swap);
if (data->frozen) {
pm_restore_gfp_mask();
free_basic_memory_bitmaps();
@@ -236,10 +239,16 @@ static int snapshot_set_swap_area(struct
}
/*
+ * Unpin the swap device if a swap area was already
+ * set by SNAPSHOT_SET_SWAP_AREA.
+ */
+ unpin_hibernation_swap_type(data->swap);
+
+ /*
* User space encodes device types as two-byte values,
* so we need to recode them
*/
- data->swap = swap_type_of(swdev, offset);
+ data->swap = pin_hibernation_swap_type(swdev, offset);
if (data->swap < 0)
return swdev ? -ENODEV : -EINVAL;
data->dev = swdev;
--- a/mm/swapfile.c~mm-swap-pm-hibernate-fix-swapoff-race-in-uswsusp-by-pinning-swap-device
+++ a/mm/swapfile.c
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct percpu_swap
/* May return NULL on invalid type, caller must check for NULL return */
static struct swap_info_struct *swap_type_to_info(int type)
{
- if (type >= MAX_SWAPFILES)
+ if (type < 0 || type >= MAX_SWAPFILES)
return NULL;
return READ_ONCE(swap_info[type]); /* rcu_dereference() */
}
@@ -2199,22 +2199,15 @@ void swap_free_hibernation_slot(swp_entr
put_swap_device(si);
}
-/*
- * Find the swap type that corresponds to given device (if any).
- *
- * @offset - number of the PAGE_SIZE-sized block of the device, starting
- * from 0, in which the swap header is expected to be located.
- *
- * This is needed for the suspend to disk (aka swsusp).
- */
-int swap_type_of(dev_t device, sector_t offset)
+static int __find_hibernation_swap_type(dev_t device, sector_t offset)
{
int type;
+ lockdep_assert_held(&swap_lock);
+
if (!device)
- return -1;
+ return -EINVAL;
- spin_lock(&swap_lock);
for (type = 0; type < nr_swapfiles; type++) {
struct swap_info_struct *sis = swap_info[type];
@@ -2224,16 +2217,118 @@ int swap_type_of(dev_t device, sector_t
if (device == sis->bdev->bd_dev) {
struct swap_extent *se = first_se(sis);
- if (se->start_block == offset) {
- spin_unlock(&swap_lock);
+ if (se->start_block == offset)
return type;
- }
}
}
- spin_unlock(&swap_lock);
return -ENODEV;
}
+/**
+ * pin_hibernation_swap_type - Pin the swap device for hibernation
+ * @device: Block device containing the resume image
+ * @offset: Offset identifying the swap area
+ *
+ * Locate the swap device for @device/@offset and mark it as pinned
+ * for hibernation. While pinned, swapoff() is prevented.
+ *
+ * Only one uswsusp context may pin a swap device at a time.
+ * If already pinned, this function returns -EBUSY.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * >= 0 on success (swap type).
+ * -EINVAL if @device is invalid.
+ * -ENODEV if the swap device is not found.
+ * -EBUSY if the device is already pinned for hibernation.
+ */
+int pin_hibernation_swap_type(dev_t device, sector_t offset)
+{
+ int type;
+ struct swap_info_struct *si;
+
+ spin_lock(&swap_lock);
+
+ type = __find_hibernation_swap_type(device, offset);
+ if (type < 0) {
+ spin_unlock(&swap_lock);
+ return type;
+ }
+
+ si = swap_type_to_info(type);
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!si)) {
+ spin_unlock(&swap_lock);
+ return -ENODEV;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * hibernate_acquire() prevents concurrent hibernation sessions.
+ * This check additionally guards against double-pinning within
+ * the same session.
+ */
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(si->flags & SWP_HIBERNATION)) {
+ spin_unlock(&swap_lock);
+ return -EBUSY;
+ }
+
+ si->flags |= SWP_HIBERNATION;
+
+ spin_unlock(&swap_lock);
+ return type;
+}
+
+/**
+ * unpin_hibernation_swap_type - Unpin the swap device for hibernation
+ * @type: Swap type previously returned by pin_hibernation_swap_type()
+ *
+ * Clear the hibernation pin on the given swap device, allowing
+ * swapoff() to proceed normally.
+ *
+ * If @type does not refer to a valid swap device, this function
+ * does nothing.
+ */
+void unpin_hibernation_swap_type(int type)
+{
+ struct swap_info_struct *si;
+
+ spin_lock(&swap_lock);
+ si = swap_type_to_info(type);
+ if (!si) {
+ spin_unlock(&swap_lock);
+ return;
+ }
+ si->flags &= ~SWP_HIBERNATION;
+ spin_unlock(&swap_lock);
+}
+
+/**
+ * find_hibernation_swap_type - Find swap type for hibernation
+ * @device: Block device containing the resume image
+ * @offset: Offset within the device identifying the swap area
+ *
+ * Locate the swap device corresponding to @device and @offset.
+ *
+ * Unlike pin_hibernation_swap_type(), this function only performs a
+ * lookup and does not mark the swap device as pinned for hibernation.
+ *
+ * This is safe in the sysfs-based hibernation path where user space
+ * is already frozen and swapoff() cannot run concurrently.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * A non-negative swap type on success.
+ * -EINVAL if @device is invalid.
+ * -ENODEV if no matching swap device is found.
+ */
+int find_hibernation_swap_type(dev_t device, sector_t offset)
+{
+ int type;
+
+ spin_lock(&swap_lock);
+ type = __find_hibernation_swap_type(device, offset);
+ spin_unlock(&swap_lock);
+
+ return type;
+}
+
int find_first_swap(dev_t *device)
{
int type;
@@ -2996,6 +3091,14 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(swapoff, const char __us
spin_unlock(&swap_lock);
goto out_dput;
}
+
+ /* Refuse swapoff while the device is pinned for hibernation */
+ if (p->flags & SWP_HIBERNATION) {
+ err = -EBUSY;
+ spin_unlock(&swap_lock);
+ goto out_dput;
+ }
+
if (!security_vm_enough_memory_mm(current->mm, p->pages))
vm_unacct_memory(p->pages);
else {
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