rmap: fix theoretical race between do_wp_page and shrink_active_list
As noted by Paul the compiler is free to store a temporary result in a
variable on stack, heap or global unless it is explicitly marked as
volatile, see:
http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2015/n4455.html#sample-optimizations
This can result in a race between do_wp_page() and shrink_active_list()
as follows.
In do_wp_page() we can call page_move_anon_rmap(), which sets
page->mapping as follows:
anon_vma = (void *) anon_vma + PAGE_MAPPING_ANON;
page->mapping = (struct address_space *) anon_vma;
The page in question may be on an LRU list, because nowhere in
do_wp_page() we remove it from the list, neither do we take any LRU
related locks. Although the page is locked, shrink_active_list() can
still call page_referenced() on it concurrently, because the latter does
not require an anonymous page to be locked:
CPU0 CPU1
---- ----
do_wp_page shrink_active_list
lock_page page_referenced
PageAnon->yes, so skip trylock_page
page_move_anon_rmap
page->mapping = anon_vma
rmap_walk
PageAnon->no
rmap_walk_file
BUG
page->mapping += PAGE_MAPPING_ANON
This patch fixes this race by explicitly forbidding the compiler to split
page->mapping store in page_move_anon_rmap() with the aid of WRITE_ONCE.
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: tweak comment, per Minchan]
Signed-off-by: Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov@parallels.com>
Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
Acked-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
index 24dd3f9..9f47f15 100644
--- a/mm/rmap.c
+++ b/mm/rmap.c
@@ -950,7 +950,12 @@
VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(page->index != linear_page_index(vma, address), page);
anon_vma = (void *) anon_vma + PAGE_MAPPING_ANON;
- page->mapping = (struct address_space *) anon_vma;
+ /*
+ * Ensure that anon_vma and the PAGE_MAPPING_ANON bit are written
+ * simultaneously, so a concurrent reader (eg page_referenced()'s
+ * PageAnon()) will not see one without the other.
+ */
+ WRITE_ONCE(page->mapping, (struct address_space *) anon_vma);
}
/**