[PATCH 39/46] mm/ksm: fix use of a freed anon_vma at swap-in

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> A folio read from a swap slot previously shared by KSM can remain in the
> swap cache after the process that first mapped it exits. Its anon_vma
> can then be freed, so ksm_might_need_to_copy() must not dereference it
> to compare roots.
> 
> Doing so can result in some false-positives, resulting in the reverse
> mapping missing the new folio mapping, preventing migration and reclaim.
> 
> SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU allows individual anon_vma objects to be reused
> immediately after freeing. A stale pointer can then refer to another
> anon_vma whose root matches, even though the target VMA is not linked
> to that anon_vma.
> 
> Move the anonymous rmap compatibility checks into
> folio_anon_rmap_compatible(). Keep the page-index check and compare the
> [ ... ]
> Fixes: ba6f0ff3981e ("ksm: fix ksm swapin time optimization")
> Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
> Reported-by: Chris Mason <mason at kernel.org>
> Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs at kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david at kernel.org>

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