linux/mm
Linus Torvalds feb889fb40 mm: don't put pinned pages into the swap cache
So technically there is nothing wrong with adding a pinned page to the
swap cache, but the pinning obviously means that the page can't actually
be free'd right now anyway, so it's a bit pointless.

However, the real problem is not with it being a bit pointless: the real
issue is that after we've added it to the swap cache, we'll try to unmap
the page.  That will succeed, because the code in mm/rmap.c doesn't know
or care about pinned pages.

Even the unmapping isn't fatal per se, since the page will stay around
in memory due to the pinning, and we do hold the connection to it using
the swap cache.  But when we then touch it next and take a page fault,
the logic in do_swap_page() will map it back into the process as a
possibly read-only page, and we'll then break the page association on
the next COW fault.

Honestly, this issue could have been fixed in any of those other places:
(a) we could refuse to unmap a pinned page (which makes conceptual
sense), or (b) we could make sure to re-map a pinned page writably in
do_swap_page(), or (c) we could just make do_wp_page() not COW the
pinned page (which was what we historically did before that "mm:
do_wp_page() simplification" commit).

But while all of them are equally valid models for breaking this chain,
not putting pinned pages into the swap cache in the first place is the
simplest one by far.

It's also the safest one: the reason why do_wp_page() was changed in the
first place was that getting the "can I re-use this page" wrong is so
fraught with errors.  If you do it wrong, you end up with an incorrectly
shared page.

As a result, using "page_maybe_dma_pinned()" in either do_wp_page() or
do_swap_page() would be a serious bug since it is only a (very good)
heuristic.  Re-using the page requires a hard black-and-white rule with
no room for ambiguity.

In contrast, saying "this page is very likely dma pinned, so let's not
add it to the swap cache and try to unmap it" is an obviously safe thing
to do, and if the heuristic might very rarely be a false positive, no
harm is done.

Fixes: 09854ba94c ("mm: do_wp_page() simplification")
Reported-and-tested-by: Martin Raiber <martin@urbackup.org>
Cc: Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@gmail.com>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Cc: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2021-01-17 12:08:04 -08:00
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kasan arm/kasan: fix the array size of kasan_early_shadow_pte[] 2021-01-12 18:12:54 -08:00
backing-dev.c mm:backing-dev: use sysfs_emit in macro defining functions 2020-12-15 12:13:47 -08:00
balloon_compaction.c mm/balloon_compaction: suppress allocation warnings 2019-09-04 07:42:01 -04:00
cleancache.c Driver Core and debugfs changes for 5.3-rc1 2019-07-12 12:24:03 -07:00
cma_debug.c debugfs: make sure we can remove u32_array files cleanly 2020-07-10 13:54:00 -07:00
cma.c mm: cma: improve pr_debug log in cma_release() 2020-12-15 12:13:46 -08:00
cma.h mm: cma: use CMA_MAX_NAME to define the length of cma name array 2020-09-01 09:19:43 +02:00
compaction.c mm/lru: replace pgdat lru_lock with lruvec lock 2020-12-15 14:48:04 -08:00
debug_page_ref.c License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
debug_vm_pgtable.c mm/debug_vm_pgtable: avoid doing memory allocation with pgtable_t mapped. 2020-10-16 11:11:14 -07:00
debug.c mm: memcontrol: Use helpers to read page's memcg data 2020-12-02 18:28:05 -08:00
dmapool.c mm/dmapool.c: replace hard coded function name with __func__ 2020-10-13 18:38:32 -07:00
early_ioremap.c mm/early_ioremap.c: use %pa to print resource_size_t variables 2020-01-31 10:30:38 -08:00
fadvise.c mm, fadvise: improve the expensive remote LRU cache draining after FADV_DONTNEED 2020-10-13 18:38:29 -07:00
failslab.c mm/failslab.c: by default, do not fail allocations with direct reclaim only 2019-07-12 11:05:43 -07:00
filemap.c mm/filemap: fix infinite loop in generic_file_buffered_read() 2020-12-18 13:37:04 -08:00
frame_vector.c mmap locking API: convert mmap_sem comments 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
frontswap.c mm/frontswap: mark various intentional data races 2020-08-14 19:56:56 -07:00
gup_test.c mm/gup_test.c: mark gup_test_init as __init function 2020-12-15 12:13:38 -08:00
gup_test.h selftests/vm: gup_test: introduce the dump_pages() sub-test 2020-12-15 12:13:38 -08:00
gup.c Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2020-12-15 12:53:37 -08:00
highmem.c Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2020-12-15 12:53:37 -08:00
hmm.c mm: do page fault accounting in handle_mm_fault 2020-08-12 10:58:02 -07:00
huge_memory.c mm: fix some spelling mistakes in comments 2020-12-15 22:46:19 -08:00
hugetlb_cgroup.c hugetlb_cgroup: fix offline of hugetlb cgroup with reservations 2020-12-06 10:19:07 -08:00
hugetlb.c mm/hugetlb: fix potential missing huge page size info 2021-01-12 18:12:54 -08:00
hwpoison-inject.c mm,hwpoison-inject: don't pin for hwpoison_filter 2020-10-16 11:11:16 -07:00
init-mm.c mm/gup: prevent gup_fast from racing with COW during fork 2020-12-15 12:13:39 -08:00
internal.h mm, page_alloc: disable pcplists during memory offline 2020-12-15 12:13:43 -08:00
interval_tree.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 248 2019-06-19 17:09:08 +02:00
ioremap.c mm: move p?d_alloc_track to separate header file 2020-08-07 11:33:26 -07:00
Kconfig mm/Kconfig: fix spelling mistake "whats" -> "what's" 2020-12-19 11:25:41 -08:00
Kconfig.debug mm, page_poison: remove CONFIG_PAGE_POISONING_ZERO 2020-12-15 12:13:46 -08:00
khugepaged.c mm: fix some spelling mistakes in comments 2020-12-15 22:46:19 -08:00
kmemleak.c mm/kmemleak: rely on rcu for task stack scanning 2020-10-13 18:38:27 -07:00
ksm.c mm: cleanup kstrto*() usage 2020-12-15 12:13:47 -08:00
list_lru.c mm: list_lru: set shrinker map bit when child nr_items is not zero 2020-12-06 10:19:07 -08:00
maccess.c uaccess: add force_uaccess_{begin,end} helpers 2020-08-12 10:57:59 -07:00
madvise.c mm,memory_failure: always pin the page in madvise_inject_error 2020-12-15 12:13:44 -08:00
Makefile mm: mmap_lock: add tracepoints around lock acquisition 2020-12-15 12:13:41 -08:00
mapping_dirty_helpers.c mm/mapping_dirty_helpers: enhance the kernel-doc markups 2020-12-15 12:13:41 -08:00
memblock.c memblock: debug enhancements 2020-12-16 14:44:53 -08:00
memcontrol.c mm/memcontrol:rewrite mem_cgroup_page_lruvec() 2020-12-19 11:18:37 -08:00
memfd.c mm: page cache: store only head pages in i_pages 2019-09-24 15:54:08 -07:00
memory_hotplug.c mm: memmap defer init doesn't work as expected 2020-12-29 15:36:49 -08:00
memory-failure.c mm,hwpoison: fix printing of page flags 2021-01-12 18:12:54 -08:00
memory.c mm: generalise COW SMC TLB flushing race comment 2020-12-29 15:36:49 -08:00
mempolicy.c mm: migrate: initialize err in do_migrate_pages 2021-01-12 18:12:54 -08:00
mempool.c kasan, mm: rename kasan_poison_kfree 2020-12-22 12:55:09 -08:00
memremap.c mm/mremap_pages: fix static key devmap_managed_key updates 2020-11-02 12:14:18 -08:00
memtest.c License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
migrate.c mm: fix some spelling mistakes in comments 2020-12-15 22:46:19 -08:00
mincore.c mm: factor find_get_incore_page out of mincore_page 2020-10-13 18:38:29 -07:00
mlock.c mm/lru: introduce relock_page_lruvec() 2020-12-15 14:48:04 -08:00
mm_init.c mm: fix fall-through warnings for Clang 2020-12-15 12:13:47 -08:00
mmap_lock.c mm: mmap_lock: add tracepoints around lock acquisition 2020-12-15 12:13:41 -08:00
mmap.c UAPI Changes: 2020-12-18 12:38:28 -08:00
mmu_gather.c mmap locking API: convert mmap_sem comments 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
mmu_notifier.c mm: track mmu notifiers in fs_reclaim_acquire/release 2020-12-15 12:13:41 -08:00
mmzone.c mm/lru: replace pgdat lru_lock with lruvec lock 2020-12-15 14:48:04 -08:00
mprotect.c mm: Add 'mprotect' hook to struct vm_operations_struct 2020-11-17 14:36:14 +01:00
mremap.c mm/mremap.c: fix extent calculation 2020-12-29 15:36:49 -08:00
msync.c mmap locking API: use coccinelle to convert mmap_sem rwsem call sites 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
nommu.c mm: cleanup: remove unused tsk arg from __access_remote_vm 2020-12-15 12:13:40 -08:00
oom_kill.c mm/oom_kill: change comment and rename is_dump_unreclaim_slabs() 2020-12-15 12:13:45 -08:00
page_alloc.c mm/page_alloc: add a missing mm_page_alloc_zone_locked() tracepoint 2021-01-12 18:12:54 -08:00
page_counter.c mm/page_counter: use page_counter_read in page_counter_set_max 2020-12-15 12:13:40 -08:00
page_ext.c mm: fix some spelling mistakes in comments 2020-12-15 22:46:19 -08:00
page_idle.c mm: page_idle_get_page() does not need lru_lock 2020-12-15 14:48:03 -08:00
page_io.c mm: memcontrol: Use helpers to read page's memcg data 2020-12-02 18:28:05 -08:00
page_isolation.c mm/page_isolation: do not isolate the max order page 2020-12-15 12:13:45 -08:00
page_owner.c mm/page_owner: record timestamp and pid 2020-12-15 12:13:38 -08:00
page_poison.c kasan, mm: reset tags when accessing metadata 2020-12-22 12:55:08 -08:00
page_reporting.c mm: rename page_order() to buddy_order() 2020-10-16 11:11:19 -07:00
page_reporting.h mm: introduce include/linux/pgtable.h 2020-06-09 09:39:13 -07:00
page_vma_mapped.c mm/page_vma_mapped.c: add colon to fix kernel-doc markups error for check_pte 2020-12-15 12:13:41 -08:00
page-writeback.c mm: make wait_on_page_writeback() wait for multiple pending writebacks 2021-01-05 11:33:00 -08:00
pagewalk.c mmap locking API: convert mmap_sem comments 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
percpu-internal.h mm: memcg/percpu: account percpu memory to memory cgroups 2020-08-12 10:57:55 -07:00
percpu-km.c mm: memcg/percpu: account percpu memory to memory cgroups 2020-08-12 10:57:55 -07:00
percpu-stats.c mm: memcg/percpu: account percpu memory to memory cgroups 2020-08-12 10:57:55 -07:00
percpu-vm.c mm: memcg/percpu: account percpu memory to memory cgroups 2020-08-12 10:57:55 -07:00
percpu.c percpu: convert flexible array initializers to use struct_size() 2020-10-30 23:02:28 +00:00
pgalloc-track.h mm: move p?d_alloc_track to separate header file 2020-08-07 11:33:26 -07:00
pgtable-generic.c mm: introduce include/linux/pgtable.h 2020-06-09 09:39:13 -07:00
process_vm_access.c mm/process_vm_access.c: include compat.h 2021-01-12 18:12:54 -08:00
ptdump.c kasan, arm64: expand CONFIG_KASAN checks 2020-12-22 12:55:08 -08:00
readahead.c mm: use limited read-ahead to satisfy read 2020-10-17 13:49:08 -06:00
rmap.c mm/lru: revise the comments of lru_lock 2020-12-15 14:48:04 -08:00
rodata_test.c mm/rodata_test.c: fix missing function declaration 2020-08-21 09:52:53 -07:00
shmem.c mm: shmem: convert shmem_enabled_show to use sysfs_emit_at 2020-12-15 12:13:47 -08:00
shuffle.c mm: rename page_order() to buddy_order() 2020-10-16 11:11:19 -07:00
shuffle.h mm/shuffle: remove dynamic reconfiguration 2020-08-07 11:33:29 -07:00
slab_common.c kasan, mm: allow cache merging with no metadata 2020-12-22 12:55:09 -08:00
slab.c mm: introduce debug_pagealloc_{map,unmap}_pages() helpers 2020-12-15 12:13:43 -08:00
slab.h Networking updates for 5.11 2020-12-15 13:22:29 -08:00
slob.c mm: extract might_alloc() debug check 2020-12-15 12:13:41 -08:00
slub.c mm, slub: consider rest of partial list if acquire_slab() fails 2021-01-12 18:12:54 -08:00
sparse-vmemmap.c mm/sparse: only sub-section aligned range would be populated 2020-08-07 11:33:27 -07:00
sparse.c mm/memory_hotplug: guard more declarations by CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG 2020-10-16 11:11:18 -07:00
swap_cgroup.c mm: memcontrol: make swap tracking an integral part of memory control 2020-06-03 20:09:48 -07:00
swap_slots.c mm/swap_slots.c: remove always zero and unused return value of enable_swap_slots_cache() 2020-10-13 18:38:30 -07:00
swap_state.c mm: use sysfs_emit for struct kobject * uses 2020-12-15 12:13:47 -08:00
swap.c mm/lru: introduce relock_page_lruvec() 2020-12-15 14:48:04 -08:00
swapfile.c mm: fix a race on nr_swap_pages 2020-12-15 22:46:15 -08:00
truncate.c mm: fix kernel-doc markups 2020-12-15 12:13:47 -08:00
usercopy.c mm/usercopy.c: delete duplicated word 2020-08-12 10:57:58 -07:00
userfaultfd.c mm/vmscan: protect the workingset on anonymous LRU 2020-08-12 10:57:55 -07:00
util.c mm: introduce vma_set_file function v5 2020-11-19 10:36:36 +01:00
vmacache.c kernel: better document the use_mm/unuse_mm API contract 2020-06-10 19:14:18 -07:00
vmalloc.c mm/vmalloc.c: fix potential memory leak 2021-01-12 18:12:54 -08:00
vmpressure.c mm: vmpressure: use mem_cgroup_is_root API 2020-04-02 09:35:31 -07:00
vmscan.c mm: don't put pinned pages into the swap cache 2021-01-17 12:08:04 -08:00
vmstat.c arm: remove CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_HOLES_MEMORYMODEL 2020-12-15 12:13:42 -08:00
workingset.c Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2020-12-15 14:55:10 -08:00
z3fold.c z3fold: remove preempt disabled sections for RT 2020-12-15 12:13:45 -08:00
zbud.c mm/zbud: remove redundant initialization 2020-10-13 18:38:34 -07:00
zpool.c mm/zpool.c: delete duplicated word and fix grammar 2020-08-12 10:57:58 -07:00
zsmalloc.c mm/zsmalloc.c: rework the list_add code in insert_zspage() 2020-12-15 12:13:46 -08:00
zswap.c mm/zswap: move to use crypto_acomp API for hardware acceleration 2020-12-15 12:13:46 -08:00