From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: mm-commits@vger.kernel.org,richard.weiyang@gmail.com,akpm@linux-foundation.org
Subject: [to-be-updated] mm-page_vma_mapped-fix-device-private-pmd-handling.patch removed from -mm tree
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2026 19:21:51 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260630022152.20BAD1F000E9@smtp.kernel.org> (raw)
The quilt patch titled
Subject: mm/page_vma_mapped: fix device-private PMD handling
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
mm-page_vma_mapped-fix-device-private-pmd-handling.patch
This patch was dropped because an updated version will be issued
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From: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@gmail.com>
Subject: mm/page_vma_mapped: fix device-private PMD handling
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2026 06:53:53 +0000
Commit 65edfda6f3f2 ("mm/rmap: extend rmap and migration support
device-private entries") introduced the concept of device-private PMD
entries, but did not correctly update the rmap walk code to account for
them.
As a result, when page_vma_mapped_walk() encounters device-private PMD
entries, it takes no action other than to acquire the PMD lock and exit.
However this is highly problematic for two reasons - firstly, device
private entries possess a PFN so check_pmd() needs to be called to ensure
an overlapping PFN range.
Secondly, and more importantly, if PVMW_MIGRATION is set the caller
assumes the returned entry is a migration entry, resulting in memory
corruption when the caller tries to interpret the device private entry as
such.
In addition, commit 146287290023 ("mm/huge_memory: implement
device-private THP splitting") allowed device private PMDs to be split
like THP mappings, but again did not update this code path.
As a result, we might race a PMD split prior to acquiring the PMD lock.
This patch addresses all of these issues by invoking check_pmd(), ensuring
PVMW_MIGRATION is not set and checks whether a split raced as we do for
PMD THP and migration entries.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260624065353.1622-1-richard.weiyang@gmail.com
Fixes: 65edfda6f3f2 ("mm/rmap: extend rmap and migration support device-private entries")
Signed-off-by: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@gmail.com>
Suggested-by: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>
Suggested-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>
Acked-by: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
Cc: Balbir Singh <balbirs@nvidia.com>
Cc: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
Cc: Harry Yoo <harry@kernel.org>
Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Cc: Liam R. Howlett <liam@infradead.org>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>
Cc: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---
mm/page_vma_mapped.c | 20 +++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
--- a/mm/page_vma_mapped.c~mm-page_vma_mapped-fix-device-private-pmd-handling
+++ a/mm/page_vma_mapped.c
@@ -269,14 +269,24 @@ restart:
/* THP pmd was split under us: handle on pte level */
spin_unlock(pvmw->ptl);
pvmw->ptl = NULL;
- } else if (!pmd_present(pmde)) {
- const softleaf_t entry = softleaf_from_pmd(pmde);
+ } else if (pmd_is_device_private_entry(pmde)) {
+ softleaf_t entry;
+
+ pvmw->ptl = pmd_lock(mm, pvmw->pmd);
+ pmde = *pvmw->pmd;
+ entry = softleaf_from_pmd(pmde);
- if (softleaf_is_device_private(entry)) {
- pvmw->ptl = pmd_lock(mm, pvmw->pmd);
+ if (likely(softleaf_is_device_private(entry))) {
+ if (pvmw->flags & PVMW_MIGRATION)
+ return not_found(pvmw);
+ if (!check_pmd(softleaf_to_pfn(entry), pvmw))
+ return not_found(pvmw);
return true;
}
-
+ /* device-private pmd was split under us: handle on pte level */
+ spin_unlock(pvmw->ptl);
+ pvmw->ptl = NULL;
+ } else if (!pmd_present(pmde)) {
if ((pvmw->flags & PVMW_SYNC) &&
thp_vma_suitable_order(vma, pvmw->address,
PMD_ORDER) &&
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from richard.weiyang@gmail.com are
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