From: "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@infradead.org>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@infradead.org>,
Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>, David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>,
Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>,
Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>,
"Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>,
Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>,
Harry Yoo <harry.yoo@oracle.com>, Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>,
linux-mm@kvack.org,
syzbot+2d9c96466c978346b55f@syzkaller.appspotmail.com,
Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] migrate: Correct lock ordering for hugetlb file folios
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2026 04:13:42 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260109041345.3863089-2-willy@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260109041345.3863089-1-willy@infradead.org>
Syzbot has found a deadlock (analyzed by Lance Yang):
1) Task (5749): Holds folio_lock, then tries to acquire i_mmap_rwsem(read lock).
2) Task (5754): Holds i_mmap_rwsem(write lock), then tries to acquire
folio_lock.
migrate_pages()
-> migrate_hugetlbs()
-> unmap_and_move_huge_page() <- Takes folio_lock!
-> remove_migration_ptes()
-> __rmap_walk_file()
-> i_mmap_lock_read() <- Waits for i_mmap_rwsem(read lock)!
hugetlbfs_fallocate()
-> hugetlbfs_punch_hole() <- Takes i_mmap_rwsem(write lock)!
-> hugetlbfs_zero_partial_page()
-> filemap_lock_hugetlb_folio()
-> filemap_lock_folio()
-> __filemap_get_folio <- Waits for folio_lock!
The migration path is the one taking locks in the wrong order according
to the documentation at the top of mm/rmap.c. So expand the scope of the
existing i_mmap_lock to cover the calls to remove_migration_ptes() too.
This is (mostly) how it used to be after commit c0d0381ade79. That was
removed by 336bf30eb765 for both file & anon hugetlb pages when it should
only have been removed for anon hugetlb pages.
Fixes: 336bf30eb765 (hugetlbfs: fix anon huge page migration race)
Reported-by: syzbot+2d9c96466c978346b55f@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/68e9715a.050a0220.1186a4.000d.GAE@google.com
Debugged-by: Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>
Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
---
mm/migrate.c | 12 ++++++------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
index 5169f9717f60..4688b9e38cd2 100644
--- a/mm/migrate.c
+++ b/mm/migrate.c
@@ -1458,6 +1458,7 @@ static int unmap_and_move_huge_page(new_folio_t get_new_folio,
int page_was_mapped = 0;
struct anon_vma *anon_vma = NULL;
struct address_space *mapping = NULL;
+ enum ttu_flags ttu = 0;
if (folio_ref_count(src) == 1) {
/* page was freed from under us. So we are done. */
@@ -1498,8 +1499,6 @@ static int unmap_and_move_huge_page(new_folio_t get_new_folio,
goto put_anon;
if (folio_mapped(src)) {
- enum ttu_flags ttu = 0;
-
if (!folio_test_anon(src)) {
/*
* In shared mappings, try_to_unmap could potentially
@@ -1516,16 +1515,17 @@ static int unmap_and_move_huge_page(new_folio_t get_new_folio,
try_to_migrate(src, ttu);
page_was_mapped = 1;
-
- if (ttu & TTU_RMAP_LOCKED)
- i_mmap_unlock_write(mapping);
}
if (!folio_mapped(src))
rc = move_to_new_folio(dst, src, mode);
if (page_was_mapped)
- remove_migration_ptes(src, !rc ? dst : src, 0);
+ remove_migration_ptes(src, !rc ? dst : src,
+ ttu ? RMP_LOCKED : 0);
+
+ if (ttu & TTU_RMAP_LOCKED)
+ i_mmap_unlock_write(mapping);
unlock_put_anon:
folio_unlock(dst);
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-09 4:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-09 4:13 [PATCH 0/2] migrate: Fix up hugetlb file folio handling Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)
2026-01-09 4:13 ` Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) [this message]
2026-01-09 4:32 ` [PATCH 1/2] migrate: Correct lock ordering for hugetlb file folios Lance Yang
2026-01-09 13:50 ` David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2026-01-09 14:44 ` Matthew Wilcox
2026-01-09 14:57 ` Zi Yan
2026-01-09 4:13 ` [PATCH 2/2] migrate: Replace RMP_ flags with TTU_ flags Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)
2026-01-09 13:52 ` David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2026-01-09 14:44 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-01-09 14:48 ` Matthew Wilcox
2026-01-09 17:20 ` Zi Yan
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