Re: [PATCH] mm: abort vma_modify() on merge out of memory failure

[Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>]

On Sat, Feb 22, 2025 at 05:26:34PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Sat, 22 Feb 2025 16:19:52 +0000 Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> wrote:
>
> > The remainder of vma_modify() relies upon the vmg state remaining pristine
> > after a merge attempt.
> >
>
> This patch is against your "mm: simplify vma merge structure and expand
> comments", presently in mm-unstable.  I tweaked things (simple) so it
> applies to mainline:

Thanks that looks correct! Apologies, I ought to have accounted for the need for
this to be hotfix/backported and instead applied against mainline.

Cheers, Lorenzo

>
>
> --- a/mm/vma.c~mm-abort-vma_modify-on-merge-out-of-memory-failure
> +++ a/mm/vma.c
> @@ -1509,24 +1509,28 @@ int do_vmi_munmap(struct vma_iterator *v
>  static struct vm_area_struct *vma_modify(struct vma_merge_struct *vmg)
>  {
>  	struct vm_area_struct *vma = vmg->vma;
> +	unsigned long start = vmg->start;
> +	unsigned long end = vmg->end;
>  	struct vm_area_struct *merged;
>
>  	/* First, try to merge. */
>  	merged = vma_merge_existing_range(vmg);
>  	if (merged)
>  		return merged;
> +	if (vmg_nomem(vmg))
> +		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
>
>  	/* Split any preceding portion of the VMA. */
> -	if (vma->vm_start < vmg->start) {
> -		int err = split_vma(vmg->vmi, vma, vmg->start, 1);
> +	if (vma->vm_start < start) {
> +		int err = split_vma(vmg->vmi, vma, start, 1);
>
>  		if (err)
>  			return ERR_PTR(err);
>  	}
>
>  	/* Split any trailing portion of the VMA. */
> -	if (vma->vm_end > vmg->end) {
> -		int err = split_vma(vmg->vmi, vma, vmg->end, 0);
> +	if (vma->vm_end > end) {
> +		int err = split_vma(vmg->vmi, vma, end, 0);
>
>  		if (err)
>  			return ERR_PTR(err);
> _
>