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From: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com>
To: muchun.song@linux.dev, osalvador@suse.de, david@redhat.com,
	akpm@linux-foundation.org, broonie@kernel.org
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com>,
	syzbot+f26d7c75c26ec19790e7@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: [PATCH v5] hugetlbfs: move lock assertions after early returns in huge_pmd_unshare()
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2025 08:56:21 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251014032621.344209-1-kartikey406@gmail.com> (raw)

When hugetlb_vmdelete_list() processes VMAs during truncate operations,
it may encounter VMAs where huge_pmd_unshare() is called without the
required shareable lock. This triggers an assertion failure in
hugetlb_vma_assert_locked().

The previous fix in commit dd83609b8898 ("hugetlbfs: skip VMAs without
shareable locks in hugetlb_vmdelete_list") skipped entire VMAs without
shareable locks to avoid the assertion. However, this prevented pages
from being unmapped and freed, causing a regression in fallocate(PUNCH_HOLE)
operations where pages were not freed immediately, as reported by Mark Brown.

Instead of checking locks in the caller or skipping VMAs, move the lock
assertions in huge_pmd_unshare() to after the early return checks. The
assertions are only needed when actual PMD unsharing work will be performed.
If the function returns early because sz != PMD_SIZE or the PMD is not
shared, no locks are required and assertions should not fire.

This is cleaner than previous approaches because it keeps all the logic
within huge_pmd_unshare() itself, while still allowing page unmapping and
freeing to proceed for all VMAs.

Reported-by: syzbot+f26d7c75c26ec19790e7@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Reported-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=f26d7c75c26ec19790e7
Fixes: dd83609b8898 ("hugetlbfs: skip VMAs without shareable locks in hugetlb_vmdelete_list")
Suggested-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Suggested-by: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@suse.de>
Tested-by: syzbot+f26d7c75c26ec19790e7@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/mm-commits/20250925203504.7BE02C4CEF7@smtp.kernel.org/ [v1]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/mm-commits/20250928185232.BEDB6C4CEF0@smtp.kernel.org/ [v2]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20251003174553.3078839-1-kartikey406@gmail.com/ [v3]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20251008052759.469714-1-kartikey406@gmail.com/ [v4]
Signed-off-by: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com>
---
Changes in v5:
- Move lock assertions after early return checks in huge_pmd_unshare()
  per David's suggestion - cleaner approach that keeps logic within the
  function itself
- Revert all previous approaches (VMA skipping, flag additions, caller checks)

Changes in v4:
- Check __vma_shareable_lock() in __unmap_hugepage_range() before calling
  huge_pmd_unshare() per Oscar's suggestion
- Remove ZAP_FLAG_NO_UNSHARE flag per David's feedback

Changes in v3:
- Add ZAP_FLAG_NO_UNSHARE to skip only PMD unsharing, not entire VMA

Changes in v2:
- Skip entire VMAs without shareable locks (caused PUNCH_HOLE regression)

Changes in v1:
- Initial fix attempt
---
 mm/hugetlb.c | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 795ee393eac0..0455119716ec 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -7614,13 +7614,12 @@ int huge_pmd_unshare(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	p4d_t *p4d = p4d_offset(pgd, addr);
 	pud_t *pud = pud_offset(p4d, addr);
 
-	i_mmap_assert_write_locked(vma->vm_file->f_mapping);
-	hugetlb_vma_assert_locked(vma);
 	if (sz != PMD_SIZE)
 		return 0;
 	if (!ptdesc_pmd_is_shared(virt_to_ptdesc(ptep)))
 		return 0;
-
+	i_mmap_assert_write_locked(vma->vm_file->f_mapping);
+	hugetlb_vma_assert_locked(vma);
 	pud_clear(pud);
 	/*
 	 * Once our caller drops the rmap lock, some other process might be
-- 
2.34.1



             reply	other threads:[~2025-10-14  3:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-10-14  3:26 Deepanshu Kartikey [this message]
2025-10-14  3:29 ` Deepanshu Kartikey
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