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    mm: mmu_notifier: fix inconsistent memory between secondary MMU and host · 48af0d7c
    Xiao Guangrong authored
    
    
    There is a bug in set_pte_at_notify() which always sets the pte to the
    new page before releasing the old page in the secondary MMU.  At this
    time, the process will access on the new page, but the secondary MMU
    still access on the old page, the memory is inconsistent between them
    
    The below scenario shows the bug more clearly:
    
    at the beginning: *p = 0, and p is write-protected by KSM or shared with
    parent process
    
    CPU 0                                       CPU 1
    write 1 to p to trigger COW,
    set_pte_at_notify will be called:
      *pte = new_page + W; /* The W bit of pte is set */
    
                                         *p = 1; /* pte is valid, so no #PF */
    
                                         return back to secondary MMU, then
                                         the secondary MMU read p, but get:
                                         *p == 0;
    
                             /*
                              * !!!!!!
                              * the host has already set p to 1, but the secondary
                              * MMU still get the old value 0
                              */
    
      call mmu_notifier_change_pte to release
      old page in secondary MMU
    
    We can fix it by release old page first, then set the pte to the new
    page.
    
    Note, the new page will be firstly used in secondary MMU before it is
    mapped into the page table of the process, but this is safe because it
    is protected by the page table lock, there is no race to change the pte
    
    [akpm@linux-foundation.org: add comment from Andrea]
    Signed-off-by: default avatarXiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
    Cc: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
    Cc: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
    Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>
    Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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