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SubjectRe: [PATCH] mm/gup: dereference page table entry using helper
On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 11:58:29AM -0700, Ira Weiny wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 01:32:34PM -0300, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 05:10:01PM +0200, Alexander Gordeev wrote:
> > > Commit 0005d20 ("mm/gup: Move page table entry dereference
> > > into helper function") wrapped access to page table entries
> > > larger than sizeof(long) into a race-aware accessor. One of
> > > the two dereferences in gup_fast path was however overlooked.
> > >
> > > CC: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
> > > CC: linux-mm@kvack.org
> > > Signed-off-by: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@linux.ibm.com>
> > > mm/gup.c | 2 +-
> > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
> > > index d53f7dd..eceb98b 100644
> > > +++ b/mm/gup.c
> > > @@ -2208,7 +2208,7 @@ static int gup_pte_range(pmd_t pmd, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
> > > if (!head)
> > > goto pte_unmap;
> > >
> > > - if (unlikely(pte_val(pte) != pte_val(*ptep))) {
> > > + if (unlikely(pte_val(pte) != pte_val(gup_get_pte(ptep)))) {
> >
> > It doesn't seem like this needs the special helper as it is just
> > checking that the pte hasn't changed, it doesn't need to be read
> > exactly.
> >
> > But it probably should technically still be a READ_ONCE. Although I
> > think the atomic inside try_grab_compound_head prevents any real
> > problems.
>
> I think we should go for consistency here and use the helper function.

It seems quite expensive to do two more unncessary barriers..

Jason

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