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2026-01-31mm/vma: improve and document __is_vma_write_locked()Lorenzo Stoakes
We don't actually need to return an output parameter providing mm sequence number, rather we can separate that out into another function - __vma_raw_mm_seqnum() - and have any callers which need to obtain that invoke that instead. The access to the raw sequence number requires that we hold the exclusive mmap lock such that we know we can't race vma_end_write_all(), so move the assert to __vma_raw_mm_seqnum() to make this requirement clear. Also while we're here, convert all of the VM_BUG_ON_VMA()'s to VM_WARN_ON_ONCE_VMA()'s in line with the convention that we do not invoke oopses when we can avoid it. [lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com: minor tweaks, per Vlastimil] Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/3fa89c13-232d-4eee-86cc-96caa75c2c67@lucifer.local Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/ef6c415c2d2c03f529dca124ccaed66bc2f60edc.1769198904.git.lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> Cc: Liam Howlett <liam.howlett@oracle.com> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> Cc: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@linux.dev> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> Cc: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com> Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2026-01-31mm/vma: introduce helper struct + thread through exclusive lock fnsLorenzo Stoakes
It is confusing to have __vma_start_exclude_readers() return 0, 1 or an error (but only when waiting for readers in TASK_KILLABLE state), and having the return value be stored in a stack variable called 'locked' is further confusion. More generally, we are doing a lot of rather finnicky things during the acquisition of a state in which readers are excluded and moving out of this state, including tracking whether we are detached or not or whether an error occurred. We are implementing logic in __vma_start_exclude_readers() that effectively acts as if 'if one caller calls us do X, if another then do Y', which is very confusing from a control flow perspective. Introducing the shared helper object state helps us avoid this, as we can now handle the 'an error arose but we're detached' condition correctly in both callers - a warning if not detaching, and treating the situation as if no error arose in the case of a VMA detaching. This also acts to help document what's going on and allows us to add some more logical debug asserts. Also update vma_mark_detached() to add a guard clause for the likely 'already detached' state (given we hold the mmap write lock), and add a comment about ephemeral VMA read lock reference count increments to clarify why we are entering/exiting an exclusive locked state here. Finally, separate vma_mark_detached() into its fast-path component and make it inline, then place the slow path for excluding readers in mmap_lock.c. No functional change intended. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix function naming in comments, add comment per Vlastimil per Lorenzo] Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/7d3084d596c84da10dd374130a5055deba6439c0.1769198904.git.lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/7d3084d596c84da10dd374130a5055deba6439c0.1769198904.git.lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> Cc: Liam Howlett <liam.howlett@oracle.com> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> Cc: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@linux.dev> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> Cc: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com> Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2026-01-31mm/vma: clean up __vma_enter/exit_locked()Lorenzo Stoakes
These functions are very confusing indeed. 'Entering' a lock could be interpreted as acquiring it, but this is not what these functions are interacting with. Equally they don't indicate at all what kind of lock we are 'entering' or 'exiting'. Finally they are misleading as we invoke these functions when we already hold a write lock to detach a VMA. These functions are explicitly simply 'entering' and 'exiting' a state in which we hold the EXCLUSIVE lock in order that we can either mark the VMA as being write-locked, or mark the VMA detached. Rename the functions accordingly, and also update __vma_end_exclude_readers() to return detached state with a __must_check directive, as it is simply clumsy to pass an output pointer here to detached state and inconsistent vs. __vma_start_exclude_readers(). Finally, remove the unnecessary 'inline' directives. No functional change intended. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/33273be9389712347d69987c408ca7436f0c1b22.1769198904.git.lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> Reviewed-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> Cc: Liam Howlett <liam.howlett@oracle.com> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> Cc: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@linux.dev> Cc: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com> Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2026-01-31mm/vma: de-duplicate __vma_enter_locked() error pathLorenzo Stoakes
We're doing precisely the same thing that __vma_exit_locked() does, so de-duplicate this code and keep the refcount primitive in one place. No functional change intended. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/c9759b593f6a158e984fa87abe2c3cbd368ef825.1769198904.git.lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> Cc: Liam Howlett <liam.howlett@oracle.com> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> Cc: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@linux.dev> Cc: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com> Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2026-01-31mm/vma: add+use vma lockdep acquire/release definesLorenzo Stoakes
The code is littered with inscrutable and duplicative lockdep incantations, replace these with defines which explain what is going on and add commentary to explain what we're doing. If lockdep is disabled these become no-ops. We must use defines so _RET_IP_ remains meaningful. These are self-documenting and aid readability of the code. Additionally, instead of using the confusing rwsem_*() form for something that is emphatically not an rwsem, we instead explicitly use lock_[acquired, release]_shared/exclusive() lockdep invocations since we are doing something rather custom here and these make more sense to use. No functional change intended. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/fdae72441949ecf3b4a0ed3510da803e881bb153.1769198904.git.lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> Reviewed-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> Cc: Liam Howlett <liam.howlett@oracle.com> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> Cc: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@linux.dev> Cc: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2026-01-31mm/vma: rename is_vma_write_only(), separate out shared refcount putLorenzo Stoakes
The is_vma_writer_only() function is misnamed - this isn't determining if there is only a write lock, as it checks for the presence of the VM_REFCNT_EXCLUDE_READERS_FLAG. Really, it is checking to see whether readers are excluded, with a possibility of a false positive in the case of a detachment (there we expect the vma->vm_refcnt to eventually be set to VM_REFCNT_EXCLUDE_READERS_FLAG, whereas for an attached VMA we expect it to eventually be set to VM_REFCNT_EXCLUDE_READERS_FLAG + 1). Rename the function accordingly. Relatedly, we use a __refcount_dec_and_test() primitive directly in vma_refcount_put(), using the old value to determine what the reference count ought to be after the operation is complete (ignoring racing reference count adjustments). Wrap this into a __vma_refcount_put_return() function, which we can then utilise in vma_mark_detached() and thus keep the refcount primitive usage abstracted. This function, as the name implies, returns the value after the reference count has been updated. This reduces duplication in the two invocations of this function. Also adjust comments, removing duplicative comments covered elsewhere and adding more to aid understanding. No functional change intended. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/32053580bff460eb1092ef780b526cefeb748bad.1769198904.git.lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> Reviewed-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> Cc: Liam Howlett <liam.howlett@oracle.com> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> Cc: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@linux.dev> Cc: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com> Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2026-01-31mm/vma: document possible vma->vm_refcnt values and reference commentLorenzo Stoakes
The possible vma->vm_refcnt values are confusing and vague, explain in detail what these can be in a comment describing the vma->vm_refcnt field and reference this comment in various places that read/write this field. No functional change intended. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix typo, per Suren] Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/d462e7678c6cc7461f94e5b26c776547d80a67e8.1769198904.git.lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> Reviewed-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> Cc: Liam Howlett <liam.howlett@oracle.com> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> Cc: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@linux.dev> Cc: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com> Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2026-01-31mm/vma: rename VMA_LOCK_OFFSET to VM_REFCNT_EXCLUDE_READERS_FLAGLorenzo Stoakes
Patch series "mm: add and use vma_assert_stabilised() helper", v4. This series first introduces a series of refactorings, intended to significantly improve readability and abstraction of the code. Sometimes we wish to assert that a VMA is stable, that is - the VMA cannot be changed underneath us. This will be the case if EITHER the VMA lock or the mmap lock is held. We already open-code this in two places - anon_vma_name() in mm/madvise.c and vma_flag_set_atomic() in include/linux/mm.h. This series adds vma_assert_stablised() which abstract this can be used in these callsites instead. This implementation uses lockdep where possible - that is VMA read locks - which correctly track read lock acquisition/release via: vma_start_read() -> rwsem_acquire_read() vma_start_read_locked() -> vma_start_read_locked_nested() -> rwsem_acquire_read() And: vma_end_read() -> vma_refcount_put() -> rwsem_release() We don't track the VMA locks using lockdep for VMA write locks, however these are predicated upon mmap write locks whose lockdep state we do track, and additionally vma_assert_stabillised() asserts this check if VMA read lock is not held, so we get lockdep coverage in this case also. We also add extensive comments to describe what we're doing. There's some tricky stuff around mmap locking and stabilisation races that we have to be careful of that I describe in the patch introducing vma_assert_stabilised(). This change also lays the foundation for future series to add this assert in further places where we wish to make it clear that we rely upon a stabilised VMA. The motivation for this change was precisely this. This patch (of 10): The VMA_LOCK_OFFSET value encodes a flag which vma->vm_refcnt is set to in order to indicate that a VMA is in the process of having VMA read-locks excluded in __vma_enter_locked() (that is, first checking if there are any VMA read locks held, and if there are, waiting on them to be released). This happens when a VMA write lock is being established, or a VMA is being marked detached and discovers that the VMA reference count is elevated due to read-locks temporarily elevating the reference count only to discover a VMA write lock is in place. The naming does not convey any of this, so rename VMA_LOCK_OFFSET to VM_REFCNT_EXCLUDE_READERS_FLAG (with a sensible new prefix to differentiate from the newly introduced VMA_*_BIT flags). Also rename VMA_REF_LIMIT to VM_REFCNT_LIMIT to make this consistent also. Update comments to reflect this. No functional change intended. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/817bd763e5fe35f23e01347996f9007e6eb88460.1769198904.git.lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> Reviewed-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com> Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> Cc: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@linux.dev> Cc: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com> Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2025-11-29mm: fix vma_start_write_killable() signal handlingMatthew Wilcox (Oracle)
If we get a signal, we need to restore the vm_refcnt. We don't think that the refcount can actually be decremented to zero here as it requires the VMA to be detached, and the vma_mark_detached() uses TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE. However, that's a bit subtle, so handle it as if the refcount was zero at the start of this function. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20251128040100.3022561-1-willy@infradead.org Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org> Reported-by: syzbot+5b19bad23ac7f44bf8b8@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Fixes: 2197bb60f890 ("mm: add vma_start_write_killable()") Reviewed-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2025-11-24mm: tweak __vma_enter_locked()Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)
Move the commentary on how __vma_enter_locked() behaves from the body of __vma_start_write() to the head of __vma_enter_locked() and merge it with the existing documentation. Also add a call to mmap_assert_write_locked(). Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20251119042639.3937024-1-willy@infradead.org Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2025-11-24Merge branch 'mm-hotfixes-stable' into mm-stable in order to mergeAndrew Morton
"mm/huge_memory: only get folio_order() once during __folio_split()" into mm-stable.
2025-11-24mm/mmap_lock: reset maple state on lock_vma_under_rcu() retryLiam R. Howlett
The retry in lock_vma_under_rcu() drops the rcu read lock before reacquiring the lock and trying again. This may cause a use-after-free if the maple node the maple state was using was freed. The maple state is protected by the rcu read lock. When the lock is dropped, the state cannot be reused as it tracks pointers to objects that may be freed during the time where the lock was not held. Any time the rcu read lock is dropped, the maple state must be invalidated. Resetting the address and state to MA_START is the safest course of action, which will result in the next operation starting from the top of the tree. Prior to commit 0b16f8bed19c ("mm: change vma_start_read() to drop RCU lock on failure"), vma_start_read() would drop rcu read lock and return NULL, so the retry would not have happened. However, now that vma_start_read() drops rcu read lock on failure followed by a retry, we may end up using a freed maple tree node cached in the maple state. [surenb@google.com: changelog alteration] Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CAJuCfpEWMD-Z1j=nPYHcQW4F7E2Wka09KTXzGv7VE7oW1S8hcw@mail.gmail.com Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20251111215605.1721380-1-Liam.Howlett@oracle.com Signed-off-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com> Fixes: 0b16f8bed19c ("mm: change vma_start_read() to drop RCU lock on failure") Reported-by: syzbot+131f9eb2b5807573275c@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=131f9eb2b5807573275c Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> Reviewed-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com> Cc: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@linux.dev> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2025-11-20mm: add vma_start_write_killable()Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)
Patch series "vma_start_write_killable"", v2. When we added the VMA lock, we made a major oversight in not adding a killable variant. That can run us into trouble where a thread takes the VMA lock for read (eg handling a page fault) and then goes out to lunch for an hour (eg doing reclaim). Another thread tries to modify the VMA, taking the mmap_lock for write, then attempts to lock the VMA for write. That blocks on the first thread, and ensures that every other page fault now tries to take the mmap_lock for read. Because everything's in an uninterruptible sleep, we can't kill the task, which makes me angry. This patchset just adds vma_start_write_killable() and converts one caller to use it. Most users are somewhat tricky to convert, so expect follow-up individual patches per call-site which need careful analysis to make sure we've done proper cleanup. This patch (of 2): The vma can be held read-locked for a substantial period of time, eg if memory allocation needs to go into reclaim. It's useful to be able to send fatal signals to threads which are waiting for the write lock. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20251110203204.1454057-1-willy@infradead.org Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20251110203204.1454057-2-willy@infradead.org Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> Reviewed-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> Cc: Chris Li <chriscli@google.com> Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com> Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org> Cc: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@linux.dev> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2025-09-13mm: change vma_start_read() to drop RCU lock on failureSuren Baghdasaryan
vma_start_read() can drop and reacquire RCU lock in certain failure cases. It's not apparent that the RCU session started by the caller of this function might be interrupted when vma_start_read() fails to lock the vma. This might become a source of subtle bugs and to prevent that we change the locking rules for vma_start_read() to drop RCU read lock upon failure. This way it's more obvious that RCU-protected objects are unsafe after vma locking fails. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250804233349.1278678-2-surenb@google.com Suggested-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> Tested-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com> Cc: Liam Howlett <liam.howlett@oracle.com> Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2025-09-13mm: limit the scope of vma_start_read()Suren Baghdasaryan
Limit the scope of vma_start_read() as it is used only as a helper for higher-level locking functions implemented inside mmap_lock.c and we are about to introduce more complex RCU rules for this function. The change is pure code refactoring and has no functional changes. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250804233349.1278678-1-surenb@google.com Suggested-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com> Cc: Liam Howlett <liam.howlett@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2025-08-02mm: fix a UAF when vma->mm is freed after vma->vm_refcnt got droppedSuren Baghdasaryan
By inducing delays in the right places, Jann Horn created a reproducer for a hard to hit UAF issue that became possible after VMAs were allowed to be recycled by adding SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU to their cache. Race description is borrowed from Jann's discovery report: lock_vma_under_rcu() looks up a VMA locklessly with mas_walk() under rcu_read_lock(). At that point, the VMA may be concurrently freed, and it can be recycled by another process. vma_start_read() then increments the vma->vm_refcnt (if it is in an acceptable range), and if this succeeds, vma_start_read() can return a recycled VMA. In this scenario where the VMA has been recycled, lock_vma_under_rcu() will then detect the mismatching ->vm_mm pointer and drop the VMA through vma_end_read(), which calls vma_refcount_put(). vma_refcount_put() drops the refcount and then calls rcuwait_wake_up() using a copy of vma->vm_mm. This is wrong: It implicitly assumes that the caller is keeping the VMA's mm alive, but in this scenario the caller has no relation to the VMA's mm, so the rcuwait_wake_up() can cause UAF. The diagram depicting the race: T1 T2 T3 == == == lock_vma_under_rcu mas_walk <VMA gets removed from mm> mmap <the same VMA is reallocated> vma_start_read __refcount_inc_not_zero_limited_acquire munmap __vma_enter_locked refcount_add_not_zero vma_end_read vma_refcount_put __refcount_dec_and_test rcuwait_wait_event <finish operation> rcuwait_wake_up [UAF] Note that rcuwait_wait_event() in T3 does not block because refcount was already dropped by T1. At this point T3 can exit and free the mm causing UAF in T1. To avoid this we move vma->vm_mm verification into vma_start_read() and grab vma->vm_mm to stabilize it before vma_refcount_put() operation. [surenb@google.com: v3] Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250729145709.2731370-1-surenb@google.com Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250728175355.2282375-1-surenb@google.com Fixes: 3104138517fc ("mm: make vma cache SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU") Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> Reported-by: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAG48ez0-deFbVH=E3jbkWx=X3uVbd8nWeo6kbJPQ0KoUD+m2tA@mail.gmail.com/ Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> Acked-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com> Cc: Liam Howlett <liam.howlett@oracle.com> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2025-07-24fs/proc/task_mmu: read proc/pid/maps under per-vma lockSuren Baghdasaryan
With maple_tree supporting vma tree traversal under RCU and per-vma locks, /proc/pid/maps can be read while holding individual vma locks instead of locking the entire address space. A completely lockless approach (walking vma tree under RCU) would be quite complex with the main issue being get_vma_name() using callbacks which might not work correctly with a stable vma copy, requiring original (unstable) vma - see special_mapping_name() for example. When per-vma lock acquisition fails, we take the mmap_lock for reading, lock the vma, release the mmap_lock and continue. This fallback to mmap read lock guarantees the reader to make forward progress even during lock contention. This will interfere with the writer but for a very short time while we are acquiring the per-vma lock and only when there was contention on the vma reader is interested in. We shouldn't see a repeated fallback to mmap read locks in practice, as this require a very unlikely series of lock contentions (for instance due to repeated vma split operations). However even if this did somehow happen, we would still progress. One case requiring special handling is when a vma changes between the time it was found and the time it got locked. A problematic case would be if a vma got shrunk so that its vm_start moved higher in the address space and a new vma was installed at the beginning: reader found: |--------VMA A--------| VMA is modified: |-VMA B-|----VMA A----| reader locks modified VMA A reader reports VMA A: | gap |----VMA A----| This would result in reporting a gap in the address space that does not exist. To prevent this we retry the lookup after locking the vma, however we do that only when we identify a gap and detect that the address space was changed after we found the vma. This change is designed to reduce mmap_lock contention and prevent a process reading /proc/pid/maps files (often a low priority task, such as monitoring/data collection services) from blocking address space updates. Note that this change has a userspace visible disadvantage: it allows for sub-page data tearing as opposed to the previous mechanism where data tearing could happen only between pages of generated output data. Since current userspace considers data tearing between pages to be acceptable, we assume is will be able to handle sub-page data tearing as well. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250719182854.3166724-7-surenb@google.com Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Cc: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org> Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org> Cc: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com> Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com> Cc: Jeongjun Park <aha310510@gmail.com> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org> Cc: Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com> Cc: Kalesh Singh <kaleshsingh@google.com> Cc: Liam Howlett <liam.howlett@oracle.com> Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> Cc: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@suse.de> Cc: "Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com> Cc: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com> Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org> Cc: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net> Cc: T.J. Mercier <tjmercier@google.com> Cc: Ye Bin <yebin10@huawei.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2025-05-11mm: move mmap/vma locking logic into specific filesLorenzo Stoakes
Currently the VMA and mmap locking logic is entangled in two of the most overwrought files in mm - include/linux/mm.h and mm/memory.c. Separate this logic out so we can more easily make changes and create an appropriate MAINTAINERS entry that spans only the logic relating to locking. This should have no functional change. Care is taken to avoid dependency loops, we must regrettably keep release_fault_lock() and assert_fault_locked() in mm.h as a result due to the dependence on the vm_fault type. Additionally we must declare rcuwait_wake_up() manually to avoid a dependency cycle on linux/rcuwait.h. Additionally move the nommu implementatino of lock_mm_and_find_vma() to mmap_lock.c so everything lock-related is in one place. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/bec6c8e29fa8de9267a811a10b1bdae355d67ed4.1744799282.git.lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> Reviewed-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com> Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org> Cc: "Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org> Cc: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org> Cc: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@linux.dev> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2025-01-13mm: mmap_lock: optimize mmap_lock tracepointsShakeel Butt
We are starting to deploy mmap_lock tracepoint monitoring across our fleet and the early results showed that these tracepoints are consuming significant amount of CPUs in kernfs_path_from_node when enabled. It seems like the kernel is trying to resolve the cgroup path in the fast path of the locking code path when the tracepoints are enabled. In addition for some application their metrics are regressing when monitoring is enabled. The cgroup path resolution can be slow and should not be done in the fast path. Most userspace tools, like bpftrace, provides functionality to get the cgroup path from cgroup id, so let's just trace the cgroup id and the users can use better tools to get the path in the slow path. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20241125171617.113892-1-shakeel.butt@linux.dev Signed-off-by: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@linux.dev> Reviewed-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosryahmed@google.com> Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> Acked-by: Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@linux.dev> Reviewed-by: Axel Rasmussen <axelrasmussen@google.com> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> Cc: Muchun Song <muchun.song@linux.dev> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2024-11-11mm: mmap_lock: check trace_mmap_lock_$type_enabled() instead of regcountVlastimil Babka
Since 7d6be67cfdd4 ("mm: mmap_lock: replace get_memcg_path_buf() with on-stack buffer") we use trace_mmap_lock_reg()/unreg() only to maintain an atomic reg_refcount which is checked to avoid performing get_mm_memcg_path() in case none of the tracepoints using it is enabled. This can be achieved directly by putting all the work needed for the tracepoint behind the trace_mmap_lock_##type##_enabled(), as suggested by Documentation/trace/tracepoints.rst and with the following advantages: - uses the tracepoint's static key instead of evaluating a branch - the check tracepoint specific, not shared by all of them - we can get rid of trace_mmap_lock_reg()/unreg() completely Thus use the trace_..._enabled() check and remove unnecessary code. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20241105113456.95066-2-vbabka@suse.cz Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> Reviewed-by: Axel Rasmussen <axelrasmussen@google.com> Cc: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2024-07-03mm: mmap_lock: replace get_memcg_path_buf() with on-stack bufferTetsuo Handa
Commit 2b5067a8143e ("mm: mmap_lock: add tracepoints around lock acquisition") introduced TRACE_MMAP_LOCK_EVENT() macro using preempt_disable() in order to let get_mm_memcg_path() return a percpu buffer exclusively used by normal, softirq, irq and NMI contexts respectively. Commit 832b50725373 ("mm: mmap_lock: use local locks instead of disabling preemption") replaced preempt_disable() with local_lock(&memcg_paths.lock) based on an argument that preempt_disable() has to be avoided because get_mm_memcg_path() might sleep if PREEMPT_RT=y. But syzbot started reporting inconsistent {HARDIRQ-ON-W} -> {IN-HARDIRQ-W} usage. and inconsistent {SOFTIRQ-ON-W} -> {IN-SOFTIRQ-W} usage. messages, for local_lock() does not disable IRQ. We could replace local_lock() with local_lock_irqsave() in order to suppress these messages. But this patch instead replaces percpu buffers with on-stack buffer, for the size of each buffer returned by get_memcg_path_buf() is only 256 bytes which is tolerable for allocating from current thread's kernel stack memory. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/ef22d289-eadb-4ed9-863b-fbc922b33d8d@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp Reported-by: syzbot <syzbot+40905bca570ae6784745@syzkaller.appspotmail.com> Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=40905bca570ae6784745 Fixes: 832b50725373 ("mm: mmap_lock: use local locks instead of disabling preemption") Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp> Reviewed-by: Axel Rasmussen <axelrasmussen@google.com> Cc: Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenzju@redhat.com> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2021-07-23mm: mmap_lock: fix disabling preemption directlyMuchun Song
Commit 832b50725373 ("mm: mmap_lock: use local locks instead of disabling preemption") fixed a bug by using local locks. But commit d01079f3d0c0 ("mm/mmap_lock: remove dead code for !CONFIG_TRACING configurations") changed those lines back to the original version. I guess it was introduced by fixing conflicts. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210720074228.76342-1-songmuchun@bytedance.com Fixes: d01079f3d0c0 ("mm/mmap_lock: remove dead code for !CONFIG_TRACING configurations") Signed-off-by: Muchun Song <songmuchun@bytedance.com> Acked-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> Reviewed-by: Yang Shi <shy828301@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Pankaj Gupta <pankaj.gupta@ionos.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2021-07-01mm/mmap_lock: remove dead code for !CONFIG_TRACING configurationsMel Gorman
make W=1 generates the following warning in mmap_lock.c for allnoconfig mm/mmap_lock.c:213:6: warning: no previous prototype for `__mmap_lock_do_trace_start_locking' [-Wmissing-prototypes] void __mmap_lock_do_trace_start_locking(struct mm_struct *mm, bool write) ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ mm/mmap_lock.c:219:6: warning: no previous prototype for `__mmap_lock_do_trace_acquire_returned' [-Wmissing-prototypes] void __mmap_lock_do_trace_acquire_returned(struct mm_struct *mm, bool write, ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ mm/mmap_lock.c:226:6: warning: no previous prototype for `__mmap_lock_do_trace_released' [-Wmissing-prototypes] void __mmap_lock_do_trace_released(struct mm_struct *mm, bool write) On !CONFIG_TRACING configurations, the code is dead so put it behind an #ifdef. [cuibixuan@huawei.com: fix warning when CONFIG_TRACING is not defined] Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210531033426.74031-1-cuibixuan@huawei.com Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210520084809.8576-13-mgorman@techsingularity.net Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> Signed-off-by: Bixuan Cui <cuibixuan@huawei.com> Reviewed-by: Yang Shi <shy828301@gmail.com> Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> Cc: Dan Streetman <ddstreet@ieee.org> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2021-06-29mm: mmap_lock: use local locks instead of disabling preemptionNicolas Saenz Julienne
mmap_lock will explicitly disable/enable preemption upon manipulating its local CPU variables. This is to be expected, but in this case, it doesn't play well with PREEMPT_RT. The preemption disabled code section also takes a spin-lock. Spin-locks in RT systems will try to schedule, which is exactly what we're trying to avoid. To mitigate this, convert the explicit preemption handling to local_locks. Which are RT aware, and will disable migration instead of preemption when PREEMPT_RT=y. The faulty call trace looks like the following: __mmap_lock_do_trace_*() preempt_disable() get_mm_memcg_path() cgroup_path() kernfs_path_from_node() spin_lock_irqsave() /* Scheduling while atomic! */ Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210604163506.2103900-1-nsaenzju@redhat.com Fixes: 2b5067a8143e3 ("mm: mmap_lock: add tracepoints around lock acquisition ") Signed-off-by: Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenzju@redhat.com> Tested-by: Axel Rasmussen <axelrasmussen@google.com> Reviewed-by: Axel Rasmussen <axelrasmussen@google.com> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2020-12-15mm: mmap_lock: add tracepoints around lock acquisitionAxel Rasmussen
The goal of these tracepoints is to be able to debug lock contention issues. This lock is acquired on most (all?) mmap / munmap / page fault operations, so a multi-threaded process which does a lot of these can experience significant contention. We trace just before we start acquisition, when the acquisition returns (whether it succeeded or not), and when the lock is released (or downgraded). The events are broken out by lock type (read / write). The events are also broken out by memcg path. For container-based workloads, users often think of several processes in a memcg as a single logical "task", so collecting statistics at this level is useful. The end goal is to get latency information. This isn't directly included in the trace events. Instead, users are expected to compute the time between "start locking" and "acquire returned", using e.g. synthetic events or BPF. The benefit we get from this is simpler code. Because we use tracepoint_enabled() to decide whether or not to trace, this patch has effectively no overhead unless tracepoints are enabled at runtime. If tracepoints are enabled, there is a performance impact, but how much depends on exactly what e.g. the BPF program does. [axelrasmussen@google.com: fix use-after-free race and css ref leak in tracepoints] Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20201130233504.3725241-1-axelrasmussen@google.com [axelrasmussen@google.com: v3] Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20201207213358.573750-1-axelrasmussen@google.com [rostedt@goodmis.org: in-depth examples of tracepoint_enabled() usage, and per-cpu-per-context buffer design] Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20201105211739.568279-2-axelrasmussen@google.com Signed-off-by: Axel Rasmussen <axelrasmussen@google.com> Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> Cc: Michel Lespinasse <walken@google.com> Cc: Daniel Jordan <daniel.m.jordan@oracle.com> Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com> Cc: Chinwen Chang <chinwen.chang@mediatek.com> Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@suse.de> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Cc: Laurent Dufour <ldufour@linux.ibm.com> Cc: Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>