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authorKirill A. Shutemov2017-04-13 14:56:20 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds2017-04-13 18:24:20 -0700
commitced108037c2aa542b3ed8b7afd1576064ad1362a (patch)
tree9bbfcea14b7f7098f667e213a6cc5851e7adc105 /include/linux
parent0a85e51d37645e9ce57e5e1a30859e07810ed07c (diff)
thp: fix MADV_DONTNEED vs. numa balancing race
In case prot_numa, we are under down_read(mmap_sem). It's critical to not clear pmd intermittently to avoid race with MADV_DONTNEED which is also under down_read(mmap_sem): CPU0: CPU1: change_huge_pmd(prot_numa=1) pmdp_huge_get_and_clear_notify() madvise_dontneed() zap_pmd_range() pmd_trans_huge(*pmd) == 0 (without ptl) // skip the pmd set_pmd_at(); // pmd is re-established The race makes MADV_DONTNEED miss the huge pmd and don't clear it which may break userspace. Found by code analysis, never saw triggered. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170302151034.27829-3-kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com> Cc: Hillf Danton <hillf.zj@alibaba-inc.com> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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