Re: [PATCH 02/23] mm: Clear vmf->pte after pte_unmap_same() returns

[Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@huawei.com>]

Hi:
On 2021/3/23 8:48, Peter Xu wrote:
> pte_unmap_same() will always unmap the pte pointer.  After the unmap, vmf->pte
> will not be valid any more.  We should clear it.
> 
> It was safe only because no one is accessing vmf->pte after pte_unmap_same()
> returns, since the only caller of pte_unmap_same() (so far) is do_swap_page(),
> where vmf->pte will in most cases be overwritten very soon.
> 
> pte_unmap_same() will be used in other places in follow up patches, so that
> vmf->pte will not always be re-written.  This patch enables us to call
> functions like finish_fault() because that'll conditionally unmap the pte by
> checking vmf->pte first.  Or, alloc_set_pte() will make sure to allocate a new
> pte even after calling pte_unmap_same().
> 
> Since we'll need to modify vmf->pte, directly pass in vmf into pte_unmap_same()
> and then we can also avoid the long parameter list.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>

Good cleanup! Thanks.
Reviewed-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@huawei.com>

> ---
>  mm/memory.c | 13 +++++++------
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
> index a458a595331f..d534eba85756 100644
> --- a/mm/memory.c
> +++ b/mm/memory.c
> @@ -2607,19 +2607,20 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(apply_to_existing_page_range);
>   * proceeding (but do_wp_page is only called after already making such a check;
>   * and do_anonymous_page can safely check later on).
>   */
> -static inline int pte_unmap_same(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmd,
> -				pte_t *page_table, pte_t orig_pte)
> +static inline int pte_unmap_same(struct vm_fault *vmf)
>  {
>  	int same = 1;
>  #if defined(CONFIG_SMP) || defined(CONFIG_PREEMPTION)
>  	if (sizeof(pte_t) > sizeof(unsigned long)) {
> -		spinlock_t *ptl = pte_lockptr(mm, pmd);
> +		spinlock_t *ptl = pte_lockptr(vmf->vma->vm_mm, vmf->pmd);
>  		spin_lock(ptl);
> -		same = pte_same(*page_table, orig_pte);
> +		same = pte_same(*vmf->pte, vmf->orig_pte);
>  		spin_unlock(ptl);
>  	}
>  #endif
> -	pte_unmap(page_table);
> +	pte_unmap(vmf->pte);
> +	/* After unmap of pte, the pointer is invalid now - clear it. */
> +	vmf->pte = NULL;
>  	return same;
>  }
>  
> @@ -3308,7 +3309,7 @@ vm_fault_t do_swap_page(struct vm_fault *vmf)
>  	vm_fault_t ret = 0;
>  	void *shadow = NULL;
>  
> -	if (!pte_unmap_same(vma->vm_mm, vmf->pmd, vmf->pte, vmf->orig_pte))
> +	if (!pte_unmap_same(vmf))
>  		goto out;
>  
>  	entry = pte_to_swp_entry(vmf->orig_pte);
>