From: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com>
To: akpm@linux-foundation.org, david@kernel.org, ziy@nvidia.com,
matthew.brost@intel.com, joshua.hahnjy@gmail.com,
rakie.kim@sk.com, byungchul@sk.com, gourry@gourry.net,
ying.huang@linux.alibaba.com, apopple@nvidia.com
Cc: usama.arif@linux.dev, richard.weiyang@gmail.com, sj@kernel.org,
hannes@cmpxchg.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com>,
syzbot+a7067a757858ac8eb085@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: [PATCH] mm/migrate: fix stale partially_mapped arg to deferred_split_folio()
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2026 14:11:16 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260401084116.22219-1-kartikey406@gmail.com> (raw)
In migrate_folio_move(), src_partially_mapped is sampled from the source
folio before move_to_new_folio() is called:
if (folio_order(src) > 1 &&
!data_race(list_empty(&src->_deferred_list))) {
src_deferred_split = true;
src_partially_mapped = folio_test_partially_mapped(src);
}
A concurrent thread can unmap pages from the source folio between this
read and the actual migration, making the sampled value stale.
After move_to_new_folio() succeeds, __folio_migrate_mapping() has already
copied all folio flags including PG_partially_mapped from src to dst.
Passing the stale src_partially_mapped=false to deferred_split_folio(dst)
while dst already has PG_partially_mapped=true triggers the invariant
check in deferred_split_folio():
VM_WARN_ON_FOLIO(folio_test_partially_mapped(folio), folio)
at mm/huge_memory.c:4371, because the argument contradicts the flag
already set on the folio.
Fix this by removing the src_partially_mapped variable entirely and
reading PG_partially_mapped directly from dst after move_to_new_folio()
completes, where it is authoritative and race-free.
Fixes: 8a8ca142a488 ("mm: migrate: requeue destination folio on deferred split queue")
Reported-by: syzbot+a7067a757858ac8eb085@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=a7067a757858ac8eb085
Tested-by: syzbot+a7067a757858ac8eb085@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com>
---
mm/migrate.c | 10 +++++-----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
index 05cb408846f2..11236779e910 100644
--- a/mm/migrate.c
+++ b/mm/migrate.c
@@ -1361,7 +1361,6 @@ static int migrate_folio_move(free_folio_t put_new_folio, unsigned long private,
int old_page_state = 0;
struct anon_vma *anon_vma = NULL;
bool src_deferred_split = false;
- bool src_partially_mapped = false;
struct list_head *prev;
__migrate_folio_extract(dst, &old_page_state, &anon_vma);
@@ -1378,7 +1377,6 @@ static int migrate_folio_move(free_folio_t put_new_folio, unsigned long private,
if (folio_order(src) > 1 &&
!data_race(list_empty(&src->_deferred_list))) {
src_deferred_split = true;
- src_partially_mapped = folio_test_partially_mapped(src);
}
rc = move_to_new_folio(dst, src, mode);
@@ -1404,11 +1402,13 @@ static int migrate_folio_move(free_folio_t put_new_folio, unsigned long private,
/*
* Requeue the destination folio on the deferred split queue if
* the source was on the queue. The source is unqueued in
- * __folio_migrate_mapping(), so we recorded the state from
- * before move_to_new_folio().
+ * __folio_migrate_mapping(). Read PG_partially_mapped directly from
+ * dst: move_to_new_folio() copies all flags from src to dst, so dst
+ * now holds the correct authoritative state. The pre-migration value
+ * sampled from src is racy and must not be used.
*/
if (src_deferred_split)
- deferred_split_folio(dst, src_partially_mapped);
+ deferred_split_folio(dst, folio_test_partially_mapped(dst));
out_unlock_both:
folio_unlock(dst);
--
2.43.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-04-01 8:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-01 8:41 Deepanshu Kartikey [this message]
2026-04-01 9:44 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-04-01 10:10 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-04-01 10:15 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
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