summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/Documentation
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorHugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>2020-08-06 23:26:18 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2020-08-07 11:33:29 -0700
commit119a5fc16105b2b9383a6e2a7800b2ef861b2975 (patch)
tree44d90ce6046fabbeb1e9a95aa8ac58213a1fcfa0 /Documentation
parent723a80dafed5c95889d48baab9aa433a6ffa0b4e (diff)
downloadlinux-119a5fc16105b2b9383a6e2a7800b2ef861b2975.tar.bz2
khugepaged: collapse_pte_mapped_thp() protect the pmd lock
When retract_page_tables() removes a page table to make way for a huge pmd, it holds huge page lock, i_mmap_lock_write, mmap_write_trylock and pmd lock; but when collapse_pte_mapped_thp() does the same (to handle the case when the original mmap_write_trylock had failed), only mmap_write_trylock and pmd lock are held. That's not enough. One machine has twice crashed under load, with "BUG: spinlock bad magic" and GPF on 6b6b6b6b6b6b6b6b. Examining the second crash, page_vma_mapped_walk_done()'s spin_unlock of pvmw->ptl (serving page_referenced() on a file THP, that had found a page table at *pmd) discovers that the page table page and its lock have already been freed by the time it comes to unlock. Follow the example of retract_page_tables(), but we only need one of huge page lock or i_mmap_lock_write to secure against this: because it's the narrower lock, and because it simplifies collapse_pte_mapped_thp() to know the hpage earlier, choose to rely on huge page lock here. Fixes: 27e1f8273113 ("khugepaged: enable collapse pmd for pte-mapped THP") Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Acked-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com> Cc: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@oracle.com> Cc: Song Liu <songliubraving@fb.com> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> [5.4+] Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/alpine.LSU.2.11.2008021213070.27773@eggly.anvils Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
0 files changed, 0 insertions, 0 deletions