From: Jinjiang Tu <tujinjiang@huawei.com>
To: <akpm@linux-foundation.org>, <david@kernel.org>,
<lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>, <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>,
<vbabka@suse.cz>, <rppt@kernel.org>, <surenb@google.com>,
<mhocko@suse.com>, <fengwei.yin@intel.com>, <baohua@kernel.org>,
<ryan.roberts@arm.com>, <linux-mm@kvack.org>
Cc: <wangkefeng.wang@huawei.com>, <sunnanyong@huawei.com>,
<tujinjiang@huawei.com>
Subject: [PATCH] mm/huge_memory: fix folio isn't locked in softleaf_to_folio()
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 16:12:40 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260225081240.253057-1-tujinjiang@huawei.com> (raw)
On arm64 server, we found folio that get from migration entry isn't locked
in softleaf_to_folio(). This issue triggers when mTHP splitting and
zap_nonpresent_ptes() races, and the root cause is lack of memory barrier
in softleaf_to_folio(). The race is as follows:
CPU0 CPU1
deferred_split_scan() zap_nonpresent_ptes()
lock folio
split_folio()
unmap_folio()
change ptes to migration entries
__split_folio_to_order() softleaf_to_folio()
set flags(including PG_locked) for tail pages folio = pfn_folio(softleaf_to_pfn(entry))
smp_wmb() VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(!folio_test_locked(folio))
prep_compound_page() for tail pages
In __split_folio_to_order(), smp_wmb() guarantees page flags of tail pages
are visible before the tail page becomes non-compound. smp_wmb() should
be paired with smp_rmb() in softleaf_to_folio(), which is missed. As a
result, if zap_nonpresent_ptes() accesses migration entry that stores
tail pfn, softleaf_to_folio() may see the updated compound_head of tail
page before page->flags.
Although the code exists for long time, this issue should only exist after
mTHP splitting is supported. For THP splitting, there is only a pmd
migration entry and it's impossible to access migration entry that stores
tail page pfn.
To fix it, add missing smp_rmb() if the softleaf entry is migration entry
in softleaf_to_folio() and softleaf_to_page().
Fixes: 7dc7c5ef6463 ("mm: allow deferred splitting of arbitrary anon large folios")
Signed-off-by: Jinjiang Tu <tujinjiang@huawei.com>
---
include/linux/leafops.h | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/leafops.h b/include/linux/leafops.h
index a9ff94b744f2..f823f390ba6b 100644
--- a/include/linux/leafops.h
+++ b/include/linux/leafops.h
@@ -371,14 +371,21 @@ static inline unsigned long softleaf_to_pfn(softleaf_t entry)
*/
static inline struct page *softleaf_to_page(softleaf_t entry)
{
- struct page *page = pfn_to_page(softleaf_to_pfn(entry));
+ struct page *page;
VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(!softleaf_has_pfn(entry));
- /*
- * Any use of migration entries may only occur while the
- * corresponding page is locked
- */
- VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(softleaf_is_migration(entry) && !PageLocked(page));
+
+ page = pfn_to_page(softleaf_to_pfn(entry));
+ if (softleaf_is_migration(entry)) {
+ /* See __split_folio_to_order() comment */
+ smp_rmb();
+
+ /*
+ * Any use of migration entries may only occur while the
+ * corresponding page is locked
+ */
+ VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(!PageLocked(page));
+ }
return page;
}
@@ -391,15 +398,21 @@ static inline struct page *softleaf_to_page(softleaf_t entry)
*/
static inline struct folio *softleaf_to_folio(softleaf_t entry)
{
- struct folio *folio = pfn_folio(softleaf_to_pfn(entry));
+ struct folio *folio;
VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(!softleaf_has_pfn(entry));
- /*
- * Any use of migration entries may only occur while the
- * corresponding folio is locked.
- */
- VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(softleaf_is_migration(entry) &&
- !folio_test_locked(folio));
+
+ folio = pfn_folio(softleaf_to_pfn(entry));
+ if (softleaf_is_migration(entry)) {
+ /* See __split_folio_to_order() comment */
+ smp_rmb();
+
+ /*
+ * Any use of migration entries may only occur while the
+ * corresponding folio is locked.
+ */
+ VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(!folio_test_locked(folio));
+ }
return folio;
}
--
2.43.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-02-25 8:31 UTC|newest]
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2026-02-25 8:12 Jinjiang Tu [this message]
2026-02-25 9:15 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
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