Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] mm: Call arch_swap_restore() from do_swap_page()

From: David Hildenbrand
Date: Tue May 16 2023 - 08:50:38 EST


On 16.05.23 04:35, Peter Collingbourne wrote:
Commit c145e0b47c77 ("mm: streamline COW logic in do_swap_page()") moved
the call to swap_free() before the call to set_pte_at(), which meant that
the MTE tags could end up being freed before set_pte_at() had a chance
to restore them. Fix it by adding a call to the arch_swap_restore() hook
before the call to swap_free().

Signed-off-by: Peter Collingbourne <pcc@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://linux-review.googlesource.com/id/I6470efa669e8bd2f841049b8c61020c510678965
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 6.1
Fixes: c145e0b47c77 ("mm: streamline COW logic in do_swap_page()")
Reported-by: Qun-wei Lin (林群崴) <Qun-wei.Lin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/5050805753ac469e8d727c797c2218a9d780d434.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxx/
---
v2:
- Call arch_swap_restore() directly instead of via arch_do_swap_page()

mm/memory.c | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 01a23ad48a04..a2d9e6952d31 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -3914,6 +3914,13 @@ vm_fault_t do_swap_page(struct vm_fault *vmf)
}
}
+ /*
+ * Some architectures may have to restore extra metadata to the page
+ * when reading from swap. This metadata may be indexed by swap entry
+ * so this must be called before swap_free().
+ */
+ arch_swap_restore(entry, folio);
+
/*
* Remove the swap entry and conditionally try to free up the swapcache.
* We're already holding a reference on the page but haven't mapped it

Looks much better to me, thanks :)

... staring at unuse_pte(), I suspect it also doesn't take care of MTE tags and needs fixing?

--
Thanks,

David / dhildenb