FAILED: patch "[PATCH] s390/mm: Remove possible false-positive warning in" failed to apply to 6.6-stable tree

FAILED: patch "[PATCH] s390/mm: Remove possible false-positive warning in" failed to apply to 6.6-stable tree

[gregkh]

The patch below does not apply to the 6.6-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-6.6.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 5647f61ad9171e8f025558ed6dc5702c56a33ba3
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2025081255-shabby-impound-4a47@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.6.y' HEAD^..

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 5647f61ad9171e8f025558ed6dc5702c56a33ba3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gerald Schaefer <gerald.schaefer@linux.ibm.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2025 20:34:30 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] s390/mm: Remove possible false-positive warning in
 pte_free_defer()

Commit 8211dad627981 ("s390: add pte_free_defer() for pgtables sharing
page") added a warning to pte_free_defer(), on our request. It was meant
to warn if this would ever be reached for KVM guest mappings, because
the page table would be freed w/o a gmap_unlink(). THP mappings are not
allowed for KVM guests on s390, so this should never happen.

However, it is possible that the warning is triggered in a valid case as
false-positive.

s390_enable_sie() takes the mmap_lock, marks all VMAs as VM_NOHUGEPAGE and
splits possibly existing THP guest mappings. mm->context.has_pgste is set
to 1 before that, to prevent races with the mm_has_pgste() check in
MADV_HUGEPAGE.

khugepaged drops the mmap_lock for file mappings and might run in parallel,
before a vma is marked VM_NOHUGEPAGE, but after mm->context.has_pgste was
set to 1. If it finds file mappings to collapse, it will eventually call
pte_free_defer(). This will trigger the warning, but it is a valid case
because gmap is not yet set up, and the THP mappings will be split again.

Therefore, remove the warning and the comment.

Fixes: 8211dad627981 ("s390: add pte_free_defer() for pgtables sharing page")
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 6.6+
Reviewed-by: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Gerald Schaefer <gerald.schaefer@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@linux.ibm.com>

diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/pgalloc.c b/arch/s390/mm/pgalloc.c
index b449fd2605b0..d2f6f1f6d2fc 100644
--- a/arch/s390/mm/pgalloc.c
+++ b/arch/s390/mm/pgalloc.c
@@ -173,11 +173,6 @@ void pte_free_defer(struct mm_struct *mm, pgtable_t pgtable)
 	struct ptdesc *ptdesc = virt_to_ptdesc(pgtable);
 
 	call_rcu(&ptdesc->pt_rcu_head, pte_free_now);
-	/*
-	 * THPs are not allowed for KVM guests. Warn if pgste ever reaches here.
-	 * Turn to the generic pte_free_defer() version once gmap is removed.
-	 */
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(mm_has_pgste(mm));
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE */
 

[PATCH 6.6.y] s390/mm: Remove possible false-positive warning in pte_free_defer()

[Gerald Schaefer]

Commit 8211dad627981 ("s390: add pte_free_defer() for pgtables sharing
page") added a warning to pte_free_defer(), on our request. It was meant
to warn if this would ever be reached for KVM guest mappings, because
the page table would be freed w/o a gmap_unlink(). THP mappings are not
allowed for KVM guests on s390, so this should never happen.

However, it is possible that the warning is triggered in a valid case as
false-positive.

s390_enable_sie() takes the mmap_lock, marks all VMAs as VM_NOHUGEPAGE and
splits possibly existing THP guest mappings. mm->context.has_pgste is set
to 1 before that, to prevent races with the mm_has_pgste() check in
MADV_HUGEPAGE.

khugepaged drops the mmap_lock for file mappings and might run in parallel,
before a vma is marked VM_NOHUGEPAGE, but after mm->context.has_pgste was
set to 1. If it finds file mappings to collapse, it will eventually call
pte_free_defer(). This will trigger the warning, but it is a valid case
because gmap is not yet set up, and the THP mappings will be split again.

Therefore, remove the warning and the comment.

Fixes: 8211dad627981 ("s390: add pte_free_defer() for pgtables sharing page")
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 6.6+
Reviewed-by: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Gerald Schaefer <gerald.schaefer@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@linux.ibm.com>
(cherry picked from commit 5647f61ad9171e8f025558ed6dc5702c56a33ba3)
---
 arch/s390/mm/pgalloc.c | 5 -----
 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/pgalloc.c b/arch/s390/mm/pgalloc.c
index 9355fbe5f51e..2f534b26fda6 100644
--- a/arch/s390/mm/pgalloc.c
+++ b/arch/s390/mm/pgalloc.c
@@ -456,11 +456,6 @@ void pte_free_defer(struct mm_struct *mm, pgtable_t pgtable)
 	page = virt_to_page(pgtable);
 	SetPageActive(page);
 	page_table_free(mm, (unsigned long *)pgtable);
-	/*
-	 * page_table_free() does not do the pgste gmap_unlink() which
-	 * page_table_free_rcu() does: warn us if pgste ever reaches here.
-	 */
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(mm_has_pgste(mm));
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE */
 
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