From: Shivam Kalra via B4 Relay <devnull+shivamkalra98.zohomail.in@kernel.org>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>,
Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>,
Shivam Kalra <shivamkalra98@zohomail.in>
Subject: [PATCH v11 3/5] mm/vmalloc: use physical page count in vread_iter()
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2026 22:27:11 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260420-vmalloc-shrink-v11-3-cad80b00853a@zohomail.in> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260420-vmalloc-shrink-v11-0-cad80b00853a@zohomail.in>
From: Shivam Kalra <shivamkalra98@zohomail.in>
Update vread_iter() to derive the vm area size from vm->nr_pages rather
than get_vm_area_size().
Currently both values are equivalent, but the upcoming vrealloc() shrink
functionality will free pages without reducing the virtual reservation
size. After such a shrink, the old get_vm_area_size() based calculation
would overestimate the mapped range, causing vread_iter() to attempt
reading from unmapped addresses. Switch to vm->nr_pages now so the
reader remains correct once shrink support is added.
Signed-off-by: Shivam Kalra <shivamkalra98@zohomail.in>
---
mm/vmalloc.c | 9 ++++++++-
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index 9e2a08c56322..4cae531ac0ee 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -4666,7 +4666,14 @@ long vread_iter(struct iov_iter *iter, const char *addr, size_t count)
smp_rmb();
vaddr = (char *) va->va_start;
- size = vm ? get_vm_area_size(vm) : va_size(va);
+ if (vm)
+ /*
+ * Cannot use get_vm_area_size() because realloc()
+ * may shrink the mapping and area->size may be outdated.
+ */
+ size = vm->nr_pages << PAGE_SHIFT;
+ else
+ size = va_size(va);
if (addr >= vaddr + size)
goto next_va;
--
2.43.0
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-20 16:57 [PATCH v11 0/5] mm/vmalloc: free unused pages on vrealloc() shrink Shivam Kalra via B4 Relay
2026-04-20 16:57 ` [PATCH v11 1/5] mm/vmalloc: extract vm_area_free_pages() helper from vfree() Shivam Kalra via B4 Relay
2026-04-20 16:57 ` [PATCH v11 2/5] mm/vmalloc: use physical page count for vrealloc() grow-in-place check Shivam Kalra via B4 Relay
2026-04-20 16:57 ` Shivam Kalra via B4 Relay [this message]
2026-04-20 16:57 ` [PATCH v11 4/5] mm/vmalloc: free unused pages on vrealloc() shrink Shivam Kalra via B4 Relay
2026-04-20 16:57 ` [PATCH v11 5/5] lib/test_vmalloc: add vrealloc test case Shivam Kalra via B4 Relay
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