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| -rw-r--r-- | mm/userfaultfd.c | 25 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/mm/userfaultfd.c b/mm/userfaultfd.c index e24e8a47ce8a..3d0fef3980b3 100644 --- a/mm/userfaultfd.c +++ b/mm/userfaultfd.c @@ -157,11 +157,28 @@ static int mcopy_atomic_pte(struct mm_struct *dst_mm, if (!page) goto out; - page_kaddr = kmap_atomic(page); + page_kaddr = kmap_local_page(page); + /* + * The read mmap_lock is held here. Despite the + * mmap_lock being read recursive a deadlock is still + * possible if a writer has taken a lock. For example: + * + * process A thread 1 takes read lock on own mmap_lock + * process A thread 2 calls mmap, blocks taking write lock + * process B thread 1 takes page fault, read lock on own mmap lock + * process B thread 2 calls mmap, blocks taking write lock + * process A thread 1 blocks taking read lock on process B + * process B thread 1 blocks taking read lock on process A + * + * Disable page faults to prevent potential deadlock + * and retry the copy outside the mmap_lock. + */ + pagefault_disable(); ret = copy_from_user(page_kaddr, (const void __user *) src_addr, PAGE_SIZE); - kunmap_atomic(page_kaddr); + pagefault_enable(); + kunmap_local(page_kaddr); /* fallback to copy_from_user outside mmap_lock */ if (unlikely(ret)) { @@ -646,11 +663,11 @@ retry: mmap_read_unlock(dst_mm); BUG_ON(!page); - page_kaddr = kmap(page); + page_kaddr = kmap_local_page(page); err = copy_from_user(page_kaddr, (const void __user *) src_addr, PAGE_SIZE); - kunmap(page); + kunmap_local(page_kaddr); if (unlikely(err)) { err = -EFAULT; goto out; |