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diff --git a/mm/khugepaged.c b/mm/khugepaged.c
index a8d5ef2a77d2..3703a56571c1 100644
--- a/mm/khugepaged.c
+++ b/mm/khugepaged.c
@@ -1051,6 +1051,7 @@ static int collapse_huge_page(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
_pmd = pmdp_collapse_flush(vma, address, pmd);
spin_unlock(pmd_ptl);
mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_end(&range);
+ tlb_remove_table_sync_one();
spin_lock(pte_ptl);
result = __collapse_huge_page_isolate(vma, address, pte, cc,
@@ -1379,16 +1380,43 @@ static int set_huge_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
return SCAN_SUCCEED;
}
+/*
+ * A note about locking:
+ * Trying to take the page table spinlocks would be useless here because those
+ * are only used to synchronize:
+ *
+ * - modifying terminal entries (ones that point to a data page, not to another
+ * page table)
+ * - installing *new* non-terminal entries
+ *
+ * Instead, we need roughly the same kind of protection as free_pgtables() or
+ * mm_take_all_locks() (but only for a single VMA):
+ * The mmap lock together with this VMA's rmap locks covers all paths towards
+ * the page table entries we're messing with here, except for hardware page
+ * table walks and lockless_pages_from_mm().
+ */
static void collapse_and_free_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned long addr, pmd_t *pmdp)
{
- spinlock_t *ptl;
pmd_t pmd;
+ struct mmu_notifier_range range;
mmap_assert_write_locked(mm);
- ptl = pmd_lock(vma->vm_mm, pmdp);
+ if (vma->vm_file)
+ lockdep_assert_held_write(&vma->vm_file->f_mapping->i_mmap_rwsem);
+ /*
+ * All anon_vmas attached to the VMA have the same root and are
+ * therefore locked by the same lock.
+ */
+ if (vma->anon_vma)
+ lockdep_assert_held_write(&vma->anon_vma->root->rwsem);
+
+ mmu_notifier_range_init(&range, MMU_NOTIFY_CLEAR, 0, NULL, mm, addr,
+ addr + HPAGE_PMD_SIZE);
+ mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start(&range);
pmd = pmdp_collapse_flush(vma, addr, pmdp);
- spin_unlock(ptl);
+ tlb_remove_table_sync_one();
+ mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_end(&range);
mm_dec_nr_ptes(mm);
page_table_check_pte_clear_range(mm, addr, pmd);
pte_free(mm, pmd_pgtable(pmd));
@@ -1439,6 +1467,14 @@ int collapse_pte_mapped_thp(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
if (!hugepage_vma_check(vma, vma->vm_flags, false, false, false))
return SCAN_VMA_CHECK;
+ /*
+ * Symmetry with retract_page_tables(): Exclude MAP_PRIVATE mappings
+ * that got written to. Without this, we'd have to also lock the
+ * anon_vma if one exists.
+ */
+ if (vma->anon_vma)
+ return SCAN_VMA_CHECK;
+
/* Keep pmd pgtable for uffd-wp; see comment in retract_page_tables() */
if (userfaultfd_wp(vma))
return SCAN_PTE_UFFD_WP;
@@ -1472,6 +1508,20 @@ int collapse_pte_mapped_thp(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
goto drop_hpage;
}
+ /*
+ * We need to lock the mapping so that from here on, only GUP-fast and
+ * hardware page walks can access the parts of the page tables that
+ * we're operating on.
+ * See collapse_and_free_pmd().
+ */
+ i_mmap_lock_write(vma->vm_file->f_mapping);
+
+ /*
+ * This spinlock should be unnecessary: Nobody else should be accessing
+ * the page tables under spinlock protection here, only
+ * lockless_pages_from_mm() and the hardware page walker can access page
+ * tables while all the high-level locks are held in write mode.
+ */
start_pte = pte_offset_map_lock(mm, pmd, haddr, &ptl);
result = SCAN_FAIL;
@@ -1526,6 +1576,8 @@ int collapse_pte_mapped_thp(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
/* step 4: remove pte entries */
collapse_and_free_pmd(mm, vma, haddr, pmd);
+ i_mmap_unlock_write(vma->vm_file->f_mapping);
+
maybe_install_pmd:
/* step 5: install pmd entry */
result = install_pmd
@@ -1539,6 +1591,7 @@ drop_hpage:
abort:
pte_unmap_unlock(start_pte, ptl);
+ i_mmap_unlock_write(vma->vm_file->f_mapping);
goto drop_hpage;
}
@@ -1595,7 +1648,8 @@ static int retract_page_tables(struct address_space *mapping, pgoff_t pgoff,
* An alternative would be drop the check, but check that page
* table is clear before calling pmdp_collapse_flush() under
* ptl. It has higher chance to recover THP for the VMA, but
- * has higher cost too.
+ * has higher cost too. It would also probably require locking
+ * the anon_vma.
*/
if (vma->anon_vma) {
result = SCAN_PAGE_ANON;