From: Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>
To: syzbot+57bcc752f0df8bb1365c@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, david@redhat.com, jgg@ziepe.ca,
jhubbard@nvidia.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-mm@kvack.org, peterx@redhat.com,
syzkaller-bugs@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [syzbot] [mm?] WARNING in follow_page_pte
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2025 16:53:38 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3a565e1a-6a40-4bd1-a6e0-7f64b745d00f@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250806111922.669-1-dev.jain@arm.com>
On 06/08/25 4:49 pm, Dev Jain wrote:
> #syz test
>
> In commit_anon_folio_batch(), we iterate over all pages pointed to by the
> PTE batch. Therefore we need to know the first page of the batch;
> currently we derive that via folio_page(folio, 0), but, that takes us
> to the first (head) page of the folio instead - our PTE batch may lie
> in the middle of the folio, leading to incorrectness.
>
> Bite the bullet and throw away the micro-optimization of reusing the
> folio in favour of code simplicity. Derive the page and the folio in
> change_pte_range, and pass the page too to commit_anon_folio_batch to
> fix the aforementioned issue.
>
> Also, instead of directly adding to the stuct page *page pointer, use
> the nth_page() macro for safety.
>
> Fixes: cac1db8c3aad ("mm: optimize mprotect() by PTE batching")
> Signed-off-by: Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>
> ---
> mm/mprotect.c | 25 +++++++++++--------------
> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
>
Oops, this patch is based off mm-hotfixes-unstable, but I guess syzbot
will need it rebased on Torvalds' master?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-08-06 11:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-08-06 7:32 syzbot
2025-08-06 7:55 ` David Hildenbrand
2025-08-06 8:01 ` David Hildenbrand
2025-08-06 11:19 ` Dev Jain
2025-08-06 11:23 ` Dev Jain [this message]
2025-08-06 12:21 ` David Hildenbrand
2025-08-06 15:38 ` syzbot
2025-08-06 11:21 ` syzbot
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