From: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
To: Ajay Kaher <akaher@vmware.com>,
"stable@vger.kernel.org" <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: "linux-mm@kvack.org" <linux-mm@kvack.org>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>,
Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>,
"stable@kernel.org" <stable@kernel.org>,
Srivatsa Bhat <srivatsab@vmware.com>,
"srivatsa@csail.mit.edu" <srivatsa@csail.mit.edu>,
Vasavi Sirnapalli <vsirnapalli@vmware.com>,
"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH STABLE 4.4 5/8] mm: prevent get_user_pages() from overflowing page refcount
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2019 13:57:49 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <a490e671-7291-4a82-ad27-0a18c17d7272@suse.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <519D18AF-DD01-4107-96D2-D8E33058B2CB@vmware.com>
On 12/3/19 1:25 PM, Ajay Kaher wrote:
>
>
> On 08/11/19, 3:08 PM, "Vlastimil Babka" <vbabka@suse.cz> wrote:
>
>> From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
>>
>> commit 8fde12ca79aff9b5ba951fce1a2641901b8d8e64 upstream.
>>
>> [ 4.4 backport: there's get_page_foll(), so add try_get_page()-like checks
>> in there, enabled by a new parameter, which is false where
>> upstream patch doesn't replace get_page() with try_get_page()
>> (the THP and hugetlb callers).
>
> Could we have try_get_page_foll(), as in:
> https://lore.kernel.org/stable/1570581863-12090-3-git-send-email-akaher@vmware.com/
>
> + Code will be in sync as we have try_get_page()
> + No need to add extra argument to try_get_page()
> + No need to modify the callers of try_get_page()
>
>> In gup_pte_range(), we don't expect tail pages, so just check
>> page ref count instead of try_get_compound_head()
>
> Technically it's fine. If you want to keep the code of stable versions in sync
> with latest versions then this could be done in following ways (without any
> modification in upstream patch for gup_pte_range()):
>
> Apply 7aef4172c7957d7e65fc172be4c99becaef855d4 before applying
> 8fde12ca79aff9b5ba951fce1a2641901b8d8e64, as done here:
> https://lore.kernel.org/stable/1570581863-12090-4-git-send-email-akaher@vmware.com/
Yup, I have considered that, and deliberately didn't add that commit
7aef4172c795 ("mm: handle PTE-mapped tail pages in gerneric fast gup
implementaiton") as it's part of a large THP refcount rework. In 4.4 we
don't expect to GUP tail pages so I wanted to keep it that way -
minimally, the compound_head() operation is a unnecessary added cost,
although it would also work.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-12-03 12:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-11-08 9:38 [PATCH STABLE 4.4 0/8] page refcount overflow backports Vlastimil Babka
2019-11-08 9:38 ` [PATCH STABLE 4.4 1/8] mm, gup: remove broken VM_BUG_ON_PAGE compound check for hugepages Vlastimil Babka
2019-11-08 9:38 ` [PATCH STABLE 4.4 2/8] mm, gup: ensure real head page is ref-counted when using hugepages Vlastimil Babka
2019-11-08 9:38 ` [PATCH STABLE 4.4 3/8] mm: make page ref count overflow check tighter and more explicit Vlastimil Babka
2019-11-08 9:38 ` [PATCH STABLE 4.4 4/8] mm: add 'try_get_page()' helper function Vlastimil Babka
2019-11-08 9:38 ` [PATCH STABLE 4.4 5/8] mm: prevent get_user_pages() from overflowing page refcount Vlastimil Babka
2019-12-03 12:25 ` Ajay Kaher
2019-12-03 12:57 ` Vlastimil Babka [this message]
2019-12-06 4:15 ` Ajay Kaher
2019-12-06 14:32 ` Vlastimil Babka
2019-12-09 8:54 ` Ajay Kaher
2019-12-09 9:10 ` Vlastimil Babka
2019-11-08 9:38 ` [PATCH STABLE 4.4 6/8] pipe: add pipe_buf_get() helper Vlastimil Babka
2019-11-08 9:38 ` [PATCH STABLE 4.4 7/8] fs: prevent page refcount overflow in pipe_buf_get Vlastimil Babka
2019-11-08 9:38 ` [PATCH STABLE 4.4 8/8] x86, mm, gup: prevent get_page() race with munmap in paravirt guest Vlastimil Babka
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