Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 5 Jan 2023 14:23:32 -0800 | From | Mike Kravetz <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2] hugetlb: unshare some PMDs when splitting VMAs |
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On 01/04/23 23:19, James Houghton wrote: > PMD sharing can only be done in PUD_SIZE-aligned pieces of VMAs; > however, it is possible that HugeTLB VMAs are split without unsharing > the PMDs first. > > Without this fix, it is possible to hit the uffd-wp-related WARN_ON_ONCE > in hugetlb_change_protection [1]. The key there is that > hugetlb_unshare_all_pmds will not attempt to unshare PMDs in > non-PUD_SIZE-aligned sections of the VMA. > > It might seem ideal to unshare in hugetlb_vm_op_open, but we need to > unshare in both the new and old VMAs, so unsharing in > hugetlb_vm_op_split seems natural. > > [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/CADrL8HVeOkj0QH5VZZbRzybNE8CG-tEGFshnA+bG9nMgcWtBSg@mail.gmail.com/ > > Fixes: 6dfeaff93be1 ("hugetlb/userfaultfd: unshare all pmds for hugetlbfs when register wp") > Signed-off-by: James Houghton <jthoughton@google.com> > --- > mm/hugetlb.c | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------- > 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
Thanks for the updates and additional investigation,
Reviewed-by: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@oracle.com> -- Mike Kravetz
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