[PATCH v3] mm: Fix race between __split_huge_pmd_locked() and GUP-fast
Ryan Roberts
ryan.roberts at arm.com
Wed May 1 07:33:10 PDT 2024
__split_huge_pmd_locked() can be called for a present THP, devmap or
(non-present) migration entry. It calls pmdp_invalidate()
unconditionally on the pmdp and only determines if it is present or not
based on the returned old pmd. This is a problem for the migration entry
case because pmd_mkinvalid(), called by pmdp_invalidate() must only be
called for a present pmd.
On arm64 at least, pmd_mkinvalid() will mark the pmd such that any
future call to pmd_present() will return true. And therefore any
lockless pgtable walker could see the migration entry pmd in this state
and start interpretting the fields as if it were present, leading to
BadThings (TM). GUP-fast appears to be one such lockless pgtable walker.
x86 does not suffer the above problem, but instead pmd_mkinvalid() will
corrupt the offset field of the swap entry within the swap pte. See link
below for discussion of that problem.
Fix all of this by only calling pmdp_invalidate() for a present pmd. And
for good measure let's add a warning to all implementations of
pmdp_invalidate[_ad](). I've manually reviewed all other
pmdp_invalidate[_ad]() call sites and believe all others to be
conformant.
This is a theoretical bug found during code review. I don't have any
test case to trigger it in practice.
Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/0dd7827a-6334-439a-8fd0-43c98e6af22b@arm.com/
Fixes: 84c3fc4e9c56 ("mm: thp: check pmd migration entry in common path")
Signed-off-by: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts at arm.com>
---
Right v3; this goes back to the original approach in v1 to fix core-mm rather
than push the fix into arm64, since we discovered that x86 can't handle
pmd_mkinvalid() being called for non-present pmds either.
I'm pulling in more arch maintainers because this version adds some warnings in
arch code to help spot incorrect usage.
Although Catalin had already accepted v2 (fixing arm64) [2] into for-next/fixes,
he's agreed to either remove or revert it.
Changes since v1 [1]
====================
- Improve pmdp_mkinvalid() docs to make it clear it can only be called for
present pmd (per JohnH, Zi Yan)
- Added warnings to arch overrides of pmdp_invalidate[_ad]() (per Zi Yan)
- Moved comment next to new location of pmpd_invalidate() (per Zi Yan)
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20240425170704.3379492-1-ryan.roberts@arm.com/
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240430133138.732088-1-ryan.roberts@arm.com/
Thanks,
Ryan
Documentation/mm/arch_pgtable_helpers.rst | 6 ++-
arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/pgtable.c | 1 +
arch/s390/include/asm/pgtable.h | 4 +-
arch/sparc/mm/tlb.c | 1 +
arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c | 2 +
mm/huge_memory.c | 49 ++++++++++++-----------
mm/pgtable-generic.c | 2 +
7 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/mm/arch_pgtable_helpers.rst b/Documentation/mm/arch_pgtable_helpers.rst
index 2466d3363af7..ad50ca6f495e 100644
--- a/Documentation/mm/arch_pgtable_helpers.rst
+++ b/Documentation/mm/arch_pgtable_helpers.rst
@@ -140,7 +140,8 @@ PMD Page Table Helpers
+---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
| pmd_swp_clear_soft_dirty | Clears a soft dirty swapped PMD |
+---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
-| pmd_mkinvalid | Invalidates a mapped PMD [1] |
+| pmd_mkinvalid | Invalidates a present PMD; do not call for |
+| | non-present PMD [1] |
+---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
| pmd_set_huge | Creates a PMD huge mapping |
+---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
@@ -196,7 +197,8 @@ PUD Page Table Helpers
+---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
| pud_mkdevmap | Creates a ZONE_DEVICE mapped PUD |
+---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
-| pud_mkinvalid | Invalidates a mapped PUD [1] |
+| pud_mkinvalid | Invalidates a present PUD; do not call for |
+| | non-present PUD [1] |
+---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
| pud_set_huge | Creates a PUD huge mapping |
+---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/pgtable.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/pgtable.c
index 83823db3488b..2975ea0841ba 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/pgtable.c
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ pmd_t pmdp_invalidate(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
{
unsigned long old_pmd;
+ VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(!pmd_present(*pmdp));
old_pmd = pmd_hugepage_update(vma->vm_mm, address, pmdp, _PAGE_PRESENT, _PAGE_INVALID);
flush_pmd_tlb_range(vma, address, address + HPAGE_PMD_SIZE);
return __pmd(old_pmd);
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 60950e7a25f5..480bea44559d 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -1768,8 +1768,10 @@ static inline pmd_t pmdp_huge_clear_flush(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
static inline pmd_t pmdp_invalidate(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned long addr, pmd_t *pmdp)
{
- pmd_t pmd = __pmd(pmd_val(*pmdp) | _SEGMENT_ENTRY_INVALID);
+ pmd_t pmd;
+ VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(!pmd_present(*pmdp));
+ pmd = __pmd(pmd_val(*pmdp) | _SEGMENT_ENTRY_INVALID);
return pmdp_xchg_direct(vma->vm_mm, addr, pmdp, pmd);
}
diff --git a/arch/sparc/mm/tlb.c b/arch/sparc/mm/tlb.c
index b44d79d778c7..ef69127d7e5e 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/mm/tlb.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/mm/tlb.c
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ pmd_t pmdp_invalidate(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
{
pmd_t old, entry;
+ VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(!pmd_present(*pmdp));
entry = __pmd(pmd_val(*pmdp) & ~_PAGE_VALID);
old = pmdp_establish(vma, address, pmdp, entry);
flush_tlb_range(vma, address, address + HPAGE_PMD_SIZE);
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c b/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c
index d007591b8059..103cbccf1d7d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c
@@ -631,6 +631,8 @@ int pmdp_clear_flush_young(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
pmd_t pmdp_invalidate_ad(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
pmd_t *pmdp)
{
+ VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(!pmd_present(*pmdp));
+
/*
* No flush is necessary. Once an invalid PTE is established, the PTE's
* access and dirty bits cannot be updated.
diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index 89f58c7603b2..dd1fc105f70b 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -2493,32 +2493,11 @@ static void __split_huge_pmd_locked(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
return __split_huge_zero_page_pmd(vma, haddr, pmd);
}
- /*
- * Up to this point the pmd is present and huge and userland has the
- * whole access to the hugepage during the split (which happens in
- * place). If we overwrite the pmd with the not-huge version pointing
- * to the pte here (which of course we could if all CPUs were bug
- * free), userland could trigger a small page size TLB miss on the
- * small sized TLB while the hugepage TLB entry is still established in
- * the huge TLB. Some CPU doesn't like that.
- * See http://support.amd.com/TechDocs/41322_10h_Rev_Gd.pdf, Erratum
- * 383 on page 105. Intel should be safe but is also warns that it's
- * only safe if the permission and cache attributes of the two entries
- * loaded in the two TLB is identical (which should be the case here).
- * But it is generally safer to never allow small and huge TLB entries
- * for the same virtual address to be loaded simultaneously. So instead
- * of doing "pmd_populate(); flush_pmd_tlb_range();" we first mark the
- * current pmd notpresent (atomically because here the pmd_trans_huge
- * must remain set at all times on the pmd until the split is complete
- * for this pmd), then we flush the SMP TLB and finally we write the
- * non-huge version of the pmd entry with pmd_populate.
- */
- old_pmd = pmdp_invalidate(vma, haddr, pmd);
-
- pmd_migration = is_pmd_migration_entry(old_pmd);
+ pmd_migration = is_pmd_migration_entry(*pmd);
if (unlikely(pmd_migration)) {
swp_entry_t entry;
+ old_pmd = *pmd;
entry = pmd_to_swp_entry(old_pmd);
page = pfn_swap_entry_to_page(entry);
write = is_writable_migration_entry(entry);
@@ -2529,6 +2508,30 @@ static void __split_huge_pmd_locked(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
soft_dirty = pmd_swp_soft_dirty(old_pmd);
uffd_wp = pmd_swp_uffd_wp(old_pmd);
} else {
+ /*
+ * Up to this point the pmd is present and huge and userland has
+ * the whole access to the hugepage during the split (which
+ * happens in place). If we overwrite the pmd with the not-huge
+ * version pointing to the pte here (which of course we could if
+ * all CPUs were bug free), userland could trigger a small page
+ * size TLB miss on the small sized TLB while the hugepage TLB
+ * entry is still established in the huge TLB. Some CPU doesn't
+ * like that. See
+ * http://support.amd.com/TechDocs/41322_10h_Rev_Gd.pdf, Erratum
+ * 383 on page 105. Intel should be safe but is also warns that
+ * it's only safe if the permission and cache attributes of the
+ * two entries loaded in the two TLB is identical (which should
+ * be the case here). But it is generally safer to never allow
+ * small and huge TLB entries for the same virtual address to be
+ * loaded simultaneously. So instead of doing "pmd_populate();
+ * flush_pmd_tlb_range();" we first mark the current pmd
+ * notpresent (atomically because here the pmd_trans_huge must
+ * remain set at all times on the pmd until the split is
+ * complete for this pmd), then we flush the SMP TLB and finally
+ * we write the non-huge version of the pmd entry with
+ * pmd_populate.
+ */
+ old_pmd = pmdp_invalidate(vma, haddr, pmd);
page = pmd_page(old_pmd);
folio = page_folio(page);
if (pmd_dirty(old_pmd)) {
diff --git a/mm/pgtable-generic.c b/mm/pgtable-generic.c
index 4fcd959dcc4d..a78a4adf711a 100644
--- a/mm/pgtable-generic.c
+++ b/mm/pgtable-generic.c
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ pgtable_t pgtable_trans_huge_withdraw(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmdp)
pmd_t pmdp_invalidate(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
pmd_t *pmdp)
{
+ VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(!pmd_present(*pmdp));
pmd_t old = pmdp_establish(vma, address, pmdp, pmd_mkinvalid(*pmdp));
flush_pmd_tlb_range(vma, address, address + HPAGE_PMD_SIZE);
return old;
@@ -208,6 +209,7 @@ pmd_t pmdp_invalidate(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
pmd_t pmdp_invalidate_ad(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
pmd_t *pmdp)
{
+ VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(!pmd_present(*pmdp));
return pmdp_invalidate(vma, address, pmdp);
}
#endif
--
2.25.1
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