Subject: Re: linux-next: manual merge of the mm tree with Linus' tree

From: Matthew Wilcox <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2023 00:49:50 +0100

On Fri, Jul 28, 2023 at 09:18:49AM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> diff --cc mm/memory.c
> index ca632b58f792,271982fab2b8..000000000000
> --- a/mm/memory.c
> +++ b/mm/memory.c
> @@@ -5392,32 -5597,18 +5597,21 @@@ retry
>   	if (!vma)
>   		goto inval;
>   
> - 	/* Only anonymous and tcp vmas are supported for now */
> - 	if (!vma_is_anonymous(vma) && !vma_is_tcp(vma))
>  -	/* find_mergeable_anon_vma uses adjacent vmas which are not locked */
>  -	if (vma_is_anonymous(vma) && !vma->anon_vma)
> --		goto inval;
> --
>   	if (!vma_start_read(vma))
>   		goto inval;
>   
>  +	/*
>  +	 * find_mergeable_anon_vma uses adjacent vmas which are not locked.
>  +	 * This check must happen after vma_start_read(); otherwise, a
>  +	 * concurrent mremap() with MREMAP_DONTUNMAP could dissociate the VMA
>  +	 * from its anon_vma.
>  +	 */
> - 	if (unlikely(!vma->anon_vma && !vma_is_tcp(vma)))
> - 		goto inval_end_read;
> - 
> - 	/*
> - 	 * Due to the possibility of userfault handler dropping mmap_lock, avoid
> - 	 * it for now and fall back to page fault handling under mmap_lock.
> - 	 */
> - 	if (userfaultfd_armed(vma))
> ++	if (unlikely(vma_is_anonymous(vma) && !vma_is_tcp(vma)))
>  +		goto inval_end_read;
>  +

No, this isn't right.  It should be:

	if (unlikely(vma_is_anonymous(vma) && !vma->anon_vma))
		goto inval_end_read;

I'm not sure about the userfaultfd_armed() clause.  My patch wasn't
intended to affect that.

>   	/* Check since vm_start/vm_end might change before we lock the VMA */
>  -	if (unlikely(address < vma->vm_start || address >= vma->vm_end)) {
>  -		vma_end_read(vma);
>  -		goto inval;
>  -	}
>  +	if (unlikely(address < vma->vm_start || address >= vma->vm_end))
>  +		goto inval_end_read;
>   
>   	/* Check if the VMA got isolated after we found it */
>   	if (vma->detached) {