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    mm: fix races between address_space dereference and free in page_evicatable · e92bb4dd
    Huang Ying authored
    When page_mapping() is called and the mapping is dereferenced in
    page_evicatable() through shrink_active_list(), it is possible for the
    inode to be truncated and the embedded address space to be freed at the
    same time.  This may lead to the following race.
    
    CPU1                                                CPU2
    
    truncate(inode)                                     shrink_active_list()
      ...                                                 page_evictable(page)
      truncate_inode_page(mapping, page);
        delete_from_page_cache(page)
          spin_lock_irqsave(&mapping->tree_lock, flags);
            __delete_from_page_cache(page, NULL)
              page_cache_tree_delete(..)
                ...                                         mapping = page_mapping(page);
                page->mapping = NULL;
                ...
          spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mapping->tree_lock, flags);
          page_cache_free_page(mapping, page)
            put_page(page)
              if (put_page_testzero(page)) -> false
    - inode now has no pages and can be freed including embedded address_space
    
                                                            mapping_unevictable(mapping)
    							  test_bit(AS_UNEVICTABLE, &mapping->flags);
    - we've dereferenced mapping which is potentially already free.
    
    Similar race exists between swap cache freeing and page_evicatable()
    too.
    
    The address_space in inode and swap cache will be freed after a RCU
    grace period.  So the races are fixed via enclosing the page_mapping()
    and address_space usage in rcu_read_lock/unlock().  Some comments are
    added in code to make it clear what is protected by the RCU read lock.
    
    Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180212081227.1940-1-ying.huang@intel.com
    
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatar"Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@intel.com>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarJan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
    Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net>
    Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org>
    Cc: "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@intel.com>
    Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
    Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.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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