From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "David Hildenbrand (Arm)" <david@kernel.org>,
Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@arm.com>,
"Kiryl Shutsemau (Meta)" <kas@kernel.org>,
Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6.12.y] mm/huge_memory: split huge PUDs when adjusting VMA boundaries
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2026 12:07:46 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261111170708.3419248-1-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261109200928-failed-6.12-23e570927421@kernel.org>
From: "David Hildenbrand (Arm)" <david@kernel.org>
[ Upstream commit 23e570927421d569fdc510d5f3f29542a43eeda5 ]
PFN mappings such as VFIO PCI BAR mappings can use PUD leaves while
allowing VMA splits at page granularity. However, vma_adjust_trans_huge()
only handles PMDs.
After faulting a writable PUD-sized VFIO BAR mapping, changing its first
page to read-only with mprotect() makes the PMD walk treat the PUD leaf
as a PMD table. Applying MADV_DONTFORK to the first PMD-sized chunk leaves
the PUD spanning two VMAs: the PMD-aligned boundary skips splitting.
Walk the page tables once at each adjusted boundary and split a huge
PUD or PMD leaf as needed. Handle PUD leaves even when the boundary is
PMD-aligned.
Fixes: f9e54c3a2f5b7 ("vfio/pci: implement huge_fault support")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Tested-by: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Kiryl Shutsemau (Meta) <kas@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20261031-fixes_core-v3-43-d6437171ecc3@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@kernel.org>
[ sashal: adapted huge-page splitting helpers to the older VMA and page-table interfaces ]
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
mm/huge_memory.c | 70 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index d175e93988a92..ce4d17871ff43 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -2988,16 +2988,66 @@ void split_huge_pmd_address(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
__split_huge_pmd(vma, pmd, address, freeze, folio);
}
-static inline void split_huge_pmd_if_needed(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address)
+static bool pud_split_required(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+ unsigned long address)
{
+ if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_PUD))
+ return false;
+ if (IS_ALIGNED(address, HPAGE_PUD_SIZE))
+ return false;
/*
- * If the new address isn't hpage aligned and it could previously
- * contain an hugepage: check if we need to split an huge pmd.
+ * Only selected VMAs support mapping PUDs for now. Lift the
+ * restriction once this changes.
*/
- if (!IS_ALIGNED(address, HPAGE_PMD_SIZE) &&
- range_in_vma(vma, ALIGN_DOWN(address, HPAGE_PMD_SIZE),
- ALIGN(address, HPAGE_PMD_SIZE)))
- split_huge_pmd_address(vma, address, false, NULL);
+ if (!vma_is_dax(vma) && !(vma->vm_flags & (VM_PFNMAP | VM_MIXEDMAP)))
+ return false;
+ return range_in_vma(vma, ALIGN_DOWN(address, HPAGE_PUD_SIZE),
+ ALIGN(address, HPAGE_PUD_SIZE));
+}
+
+static bool pmd_split_required(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+ unsigned long address)
+{
+ if (IS_ALIGNED(address, HPAGE_PMD_SIZE))
+ return false;
+
+ return range_in_vma(vma, ALIGN_DOWN(address, HPAGE_PMD_SIZE),
+ ALIGN(address, HPAGE_PMD_SIZE));
+}
+
+static void split_huge_leaf(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+ unsigned long address)
+{
+ const bool split_pud = pud_split_required(vma, address);
+ const bool split_pmd = pmd_split_required(vma, address);
+ pgd_t *pgd;
+ p4d_t *p4d;
+ pud_t *pud;
+ pmd_t *pmd;
+
+ /*
+ * mmap, VMA and rmap write locks protect the walk; the split helpers
+ * take the page table locks.
+ */
+ if (!split_pud && !split_pmd)
+ return;
+
+ pgd = pgd_offset(vma->vm_mm, address);
+ if (!pgd_present(*pgd))
+ return;
+
+ p4d = p4d_offset(pgd, address);
+ if (!p4d_present(*p4d))
+ return;
+
+ pud = pud_offset(p4d, address);
+ if (pud_leaf(*pud))
+ __split_huge_pud(vma, pud, address);
+ if (!split_pmd || !pud_present(*pud))
+ return;
+
+ pmd = pmd_offset(pud, address);
+ __split_huge_pmd(vma, pmd, address, false, NULL);
}
void vma_adjust_trans_huge(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
@@ -3006,10 +3056,10 @@ void vma_adjust_trans_huge(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
long adjust_next)
{
/* Check if we need to split start first. */
- split_huge_pmd_if_needed(vma, start);
+ split_huge_leaf(vma, start);
/* Check if we need to split end next. */
- split_huge_pmd_if_needed(vma, end);
+ split_huge_leaf(vma, end);
/*
* If we're also updating the next vma vm_start,
@@ -3019,7 +3069,7 @@ void vma_adjust_trans_huge(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
struct vm_area_struct *next = find_vma(vma->vm_mm, vma->vm_end);
unsigned long nstart = next->vm_start;
nstart += adjust_next;
- split_huge_pmd_if_needed(next, nstart);
+ split_huge_leaf(next, nstart);
}
}
--
2.53.0
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