Re: [PATCH] mm/hugetlb: prevent hugetlb VMA to be misaligned

[Laurent Dufour <ldufour@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

On 20/03/2018 22:35, Mike Kravetz wrote:
> On 03/20/2018 02:26 PM, Mike Kravetz wrote:
>> Thanks Laurent!
>>
>> This bug was introduced by 31383c6865a5.  Dan's changes for 31383c6865a5
>> seem pretty straight forward.  It simply replaces an explicit check when
>> splitting a vma to a new vm_ops split callout.  Unfortunately, mappings
>> created via shmget/shmat have their vm_ops replaced.  Therefore, this
>> split callout is never made.
>>
>> The shm vm_ops do indirectly call the original vm_ops routines as needed.
>> Therefore, I would suggest a patch something like the following instead.
>> If we move forward with the patch, we should include Laurent's BUG output
>> and perhaps test program in the commit message.
> 
> Sorry, patch in previous mail was a mess
> 
> From 7a19414319c7937fd2757c27f936258f16c1f61d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@oracle.com>
> Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2018 13:56:57 -0700
> Subject: [PATCH] shm: add split function to shm_vm_ops
> 
> The split function was added to vm_operations_struct to determine
> if a mapping can be split.  This was mostly for device-dax and
> hugetlbfs mappings which have specific alignment constraints.
> 
> mappings initiated via shmget/shmat have their original vm_ops
> overwritten with shm_vm_ops.  shm_vm_ops functions will call back
> to the original vm_ops if needed.  Add such a split function.

FWIW,
Reviewed-by: Laurent Dufour <ldufour@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Tested-by: Laurent Dufour <ldufour@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

> Fixes: 31383c6865a5 ("mm, hugetlbfs: introduce ->split() to vm_operations_struct)
> Reported by: Laurent Dufour <ldufour@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@oracle.com>
> ---
>  ipc/shm.c | 12 ++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/ipc/shm.c b/ipc/shm.c
> index 7acda23430aa..50e88fc060b1 100644
> --- a/ipc/shm.c
> +++ b/ipc/shm.c
> @@ -386,6 +386,17 @@ static int shm_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
>  	return sfd->vm_ops->fault(vmf);
>  }
> 
> +static int shm_split(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr)
> +{
> +	struct file *file = vma->vm_file;
> +	struct shm_file_data *sfd = shm_file_data(file);
> +
> +	if (sfd->vm_ops && sfd->vm_ops->split)
> +		return sfd->vm_ops->split(vma, addr);
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
>  #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
>  static int shm_set_policy(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct mempolicy *new)
>  {
> @@ -510,6 +521,7 @@ static const struct vm_operations_struct shm_vm_ops = {
>  	.open	= shm_open,	/* callback for a new vm-area open */
>  	.close	= shm_close,	/* callback for when the vm-area is released */
>  	.fault	= shm_fault,
> +	.split	= shm_split,
>  #if defined(CONFIG_NUMA)
>  	.set_policy = shm_set_policy,
>  	.get_policy = shm_get_policy,
>