From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Gregory Price <gourry@gourry.net>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
sashiko-bot <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>,
"David Hildenbrand (Arm)" <david@kernel.org>,
Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>, "Liam R. Howlett" <liam@infradead.org>,
Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>,
Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>, Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>,
Joshua Hahn <joshua.hahnjy@gmail.com>,
Rakie Kim <rakie.kim@sk.com>,
Ying Huang <ying.huang@linux.alibaba.com>,
Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>, Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca>,
Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6.18.y 3/3] mm/mempolicy: use vm_normal_folio_pmd() in queue_folios_pmd()
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2026 19:33:14 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261111003308.271305-3-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261111003308.271305-1-sashal@kernel.org>
From: Gregory Price <gourry@gourry.net>
[ Upstream commit 9057170a941f0c5f4058f6fb9ab5d5fc9fcc9e83 ]
Patch series "mm: stop calling pmd_folio() on special PMDs", v3.
Two page table walkers resolve the folio behind a PMD with pmd_folio(),
which is only valid for a PMD mapping a refcounted struct page:
madvise_cold_or_pageout_pte_range() mm/madvise.c
queue_folios_pmd() mm/mempolicy.c
vmf_insert_pfn_pmd() installs special PMDs holding a raw pfn that need not
have a memmap entry at all. Both walkers can reach one and fault on the
first folio field read. The PTE halves of both already use
vm_normal_folio(); these two patches make the PMD halves match.
The four callers of vmf_insert_pfn_pmd(), and which walker each reaches:
drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_core.c VM_PFNMAP mempolicy
drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c VM_PFNMAP mempolicy
drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gem.c VM_PFNMAP mempolicy
drivers/hv/mshv_vtl_main.c VM_MIXEDMAP both
can_madv_lru_vma() rejects VM_PFNMAP, so only mshv_vtl_low reaches the
madvise walker, and that needs CAP_SYS_ADMIN. queue_pages_walk_ops
supplies its own ->test_walk, so walk_page_test()'s generic VM_PFNMAP skip
never runs and vfio-pci is reachable by any process holding the device fd.
Hence the different stable tags.
One behaviour change: mbind(MPOL_MF_STRICT) over a PMD mapped VM_PFNMAP
region now returns 0 rather than -EIO. The PTE loop already returned 0
there. drm_gem_shmem and panthor are where this is observable, since they
PMD map pages that do have a memmap entry and so never faulted.
Reproducer
==========
No hardware needed. An out of tree module stands in for the drivers
above: three misc devices, each with a ->huge_fault calling
vmf_insert_pfn_pmd(), plus VM_HUGEPAGE so the fault path takes the PMD
branch.
/dev/pmdspec_mixed VM_MIXEDMAP, pfn at the 1 TiB mark, no memmap
/dev/pmdspec_pfnmap VM_PFNMAP, pfn at the 1 TiB mark, no memmap
/dev/pmdspec_real VM_PFNMAP, real alloc_pages(PMD_ORDER) on node 0
Userspace maps the device into a PMD aligned window, reads one byte to
fault the PMD in, checks a module parameter to confirm it went in, then
issues the operation.
vng --run <bzImage> --user root --memory 4G --verbose \
--append "numa=fake=2" \
--exec "insmod pmdspec.ko && ./pmdspec_test <subtest>"
numa=fake=2 gives a node 1 to bind to; the module allocates its real page
on node 0, which is what makes queue_folio_required() true.
subtest operation parent series
--------------------------------------------------------------------
madv_cold madvise(MADV_COLD) oops ret=0
madv_pageout madvise(MADV_PAGEOUT) oops ret=0
mbind_mixed mbind(MPOL_BIND, n1, MPOL_MF_MOVE) oops ret=0
mbind_pfnmap mbind(MPOL_BIND, n1, MPOL_MF_STRICT) oops ret=0
mbind_real mbind(MPOL_BIND, n1, MPOL_MF_STRICT) -EIO ret=0
Two things the table shows that are easy to miss in the code:
- mbind_mixed passes only MPOL_MF_MOVE. MPOL_MF_STRICT is not needed for
a VM_MIXEDMAP vma: walk_page_test() only skips VM_PFNMAP, and
vma_migratable() is true for VM_MIXEDMAP.
- mbind_real demonstrates the user visible change (-EIO -> 0)
This patch (of 2):
mmap a VM_PFNMAP region whose ->huge_fault installs a PMD through
vmf_insert_pfn_pmd() - a vfio-pci MMIO BAR does this - then
mbind(p, len, MPOL_BIND, &mask, maxnode, MPOL_MF_STRICT);
With a stand-in module for the driver:
BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: fffff96dc0000008
RIP: 0010:queue_folios_pte_range+0xaf/0x440
walk_pgd_range+0x52b/0xaf0
__walk_page_range+0x6a/0x1d0
walk_page_range_mm_unsafe+0x193/0x230
queue_pages_range+0x64/0xa0
do_mbind+0x25e/0x640
queue_folios_pmd(), inlined above, calls pmd_folio() on that PMD. The pfn
is raw MMIO with no memmap entry, so the folio lands in unpopulated
vmemmap. Neither guard stops the walk:
walk_page_test() skips VM_PFNMAP, but queue_pages_walk_ops
supplies ->test_walk, so it never runs
queue_pages_test_walk() honours vma_migratable(), but only while
MPOL_MF_STRICT is clear
A VM_MIXEDMAP vma needs neither flag, being vma_migratable(), so plain
mbind(MPOL_MF_MOVE) reaches this too - and there the bad folio carries on
into migrate_folio_add() and folio_isolate_lru(). mshv_vtl_low is such a
mapping.
Use vm_normal_folio_pmd() and skip on NULL, as the PTE loop in
queue_folios_pte_range() already does with vm_normal_folio(). This also
filters the huge zero PMD, so its separate check is no longer needed.
mbind(MPOL_MF_STRICT) over a PMD mapped VM_PFNMAP region now returns 0
rather than -EIO. The PTE loop already returned 0 there.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260926105110.2156652-1-gourry@gourry.net
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260926105110.2156652-2-gourry@gourry.net
Fixes: 3c8e44c9b369 ("mm: mark special bits for huge pfn mappings when inject")
Signed-off-by: Gregory Price (Meta) <gourry@gourry.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Reported-by: sashiko-bot <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>
Closes: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260817220810.1175596-1-gourry%40gourry.net
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
Assisted-by: LLM
Cc: Liam R. Howlett <liam@infradead.org>
Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>
Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Cc: Joshua Hahn <joshua.hahnjy@gmail.com>
Cc: Rakie Kim <rakie.kim@sk.com>
Cc: Ying Huang <ying.huang@linux.alibaba.com>
Cc: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
mm/mempolicy.c | 13 +++++--------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index a6ee9526dc25e..4ceffb524c57b 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -646,7 +646,8 @@ static inline bool queue_folio_required(struct folio *folio,
return node_isset(nid, *qp->nmask) == !(flags & MPOL_MF_INVERT);
}
-static void queue_folios_pmd(pmd_t *pmd, struct mm_walk *walk)
+static void queue_folios_pmd(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr,
+ struct mm_walk *walk)
{
struct folio *folio;
struct queue_pages *qp = walk->private;
@@ -657,13 +658,9 @@ static void queue_folios_pmd(pmd_t *pmd, struct mm_walk *walk)
qp->nr_failed++;
return;
}
- folio = pmd_folio(pmdval);
- if (folio_is_zone_device(folio))
+ folio = vm_normal_folio_pmd(walk->vma, addr, pmdval);
+ if (!folio || folio_is_zone_device(folio))
return;
- if (is_huge_zero_folio(folio)) {
- walk->action = ACTION_CONTINUE;
- return;
- }
if (!queue_folio_required(folio, qp))
return;
if (!(qp->flags & (MPOL_MF_MOVE | MPOL_MF_MOVE_ALL)) ||
@@ -696,7 +693,7 @@ static int queue_folios_pte_range(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr,
ptl = pmd_trans_huge_lock(pmd, vma);
if (ptl) {
- queue_folios_pmd(pmd, walk);
+ queue_folios_pmd(pmd, addr, walk);
spin_unlock(ptl);
goto out;
}
--
2.53.0
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2026-11-07 10:09 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] mm/mempolicy: use vm_normal_folio_pmd() in queue_folios_pmd()" failed to apply to 6.18-stable tree Sasha Levin
2026-11-11 0:33 ` [PATCH 6.18.y 1/3] mm/mempolicy: skip non-present PMDs when queueing folios Sasha Levin
2026-11-11 0:33 ` [PATCH 6.18.y 2/3] mm/mempolicy: skip zone device folios " Sasha Levin
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