From: "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@infradead.org>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>, linux-mm@kvack.org
Cc: "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@infradead.org>,
syzbot+5b19bad23ac7f44bf8b8@syzkaller.appspotmail.com,
Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>,
"Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>,
Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>,
Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
Subject: [PATCH] mm: fix vma_start_write_killable() signal handling
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2025 03:42:57 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251126034404.2264317-1-willy@infradead.org> (raw)
If we get a signal, we need to restore the vm_refcnt. The wrinkle in
that is that we might be the last reference. If that happens, fix the
refcount to look like we weren't interrupted by a fatal signal.
Reported-by: syzbot+5b19bad23ac7f44bf8b8@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Fixes: 2197bb60f890 ("mm: add vma_start_write_killable()")
Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org>
Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
Cc: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
---
Andrew, since the vma_start_write_killable() patch is in mm-stable,
I don't think you can put this in as a fixup, right?
Suren, Liam, Vlastimil, Lorenzo ... none of you spotted this bug.
Any other stupid thing I've done? And am I doing the right thing
with refcount_set()?
mm/mmap_lock.c | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/mm/mmap_lock.c b/mm/mmap_lock.c
index e6e5570d1ec7..71af7f0a5fe1 100644
--- a/mm/mmap_lock.c
+++ b/mm/mmap_lock.c
@@ -74,9 +74,18 @@ static inline int __vma_enter_locked(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
refcount_read(&vma->vm_refcnt) == tgt_refcnt,
state);
if (err) {
+ if (refcount_sub_and_test(VMA_LOCK_OFFSET, &vma->vm_refcnt)) {
+ /* Oh cobblers. While we got a fatal signal, we
+ * raced with the last user. Pretend we didn't notice
+ * the signal
+ */
+ refcount_set(&vma->vm_refcnt, VMA_LOCK_OFFSET);
+ goto acquired;
+ }
rwsem_release(&vma->vmlock_dep_map, _RET_IP_);
return err;
}
+acquired:
lock_acquired(&vma->vmlock_dep_map, _RET_IP_);
return 1;
--
2.47.2
next reply other threads:[~2025-11-26 3:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-11-26 3:42 Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) [this message]
2025-11-26 4:28 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2025-11-26 14:26 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2025-11-26 14:40 ` Vlastimil Babka
2025-11-26 15:01 ` Matthew Wilcox
2025-11-26 14:36 ` Vlastimil Babka
2025-11-26 15:02 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-11-26 15:05 ` Matthew Wilcox
2025-11-26 15:20 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-11-26 15:49 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2025-11-26 16:00 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-11-26 16:11 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2025-11-26 16:04 ` Vlastimil Babka
2025-11-26 16:06 ` Matthew Wilcox
2025-11-26 16:18 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-11-26 18:06 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2025-11-26 18:11 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-11-26 15:53 ` Vlastimil Babka
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