From: xu xin xu.xin16@zte.com.cn
Background ==========
The commit d7597f59d1d33 ("mm: add new api to enable ksm per process") introduce MMF_VM_MERGE_ANY for mm->flags, and allow user to set it by prctl() so that the process's VMAs are forcely scanned by ksmd. Sequently, the commit 3c6f33b7273a ("mm/ksm: support fork/exec for prctl") support inheritsingMMF_VM_MERGE_ANY flag when a task calls execve(). Lastly, The commit 3a9e567ca45fb ("mm/ksm: fix ksm exec support for prctl") fixed the issue that ksmd doesn't scan the mm_struct with MMF_VM_MERGE_ANY by adding the mm_slot to ksm_mm_head in __bprm_mm_init().
Problem =======
In some extreme scenarios, however, this inheritance of MMF_VM_MERGE_ANY during exec/fork can fail. For example, when the scanning frequency of ksmd is tuned extremely high, a process carrying MMF_VM_MERGE_ANY may still fail to pass it to the newly exec'd process. This happens because ksm_execve() is executed too early in the do_execve flow (prematurely adding the new mm_struct to the ksm_mm_slot list).
As a result, before do_execve completes, ksmd may have already performed a scan and found that this new mm_struct has no VM_MERGEABLE VMAs, thus clearing its MMF_VM_MERGE_ANY flag. Consequently, when the new program executes, the flag MMF_VM_MERGE_ANY inheritance missed.
Root reason ===========
The commit d7597f59d1d33 ("mm: add new api to enable ksm per process") clear the flag MMF_VM_MERGE_ANY when ksmd found no VM_MERGEABLE VMAs.
Solution ========
First, Don't clear MMF_VM_MERGE_ANY when ksmd found no VM_MERGEABLE VMAs, because perhaps their mm_struct has just been added to ksm_mm_slot list, and its process has not yet officially started running or has not yet performed mmap/brk to allocate anonymous VMAS.
Second, recheck MMF_VM_MERGEABLE again if a process takes MMF_VM_MERGE_ANY, and create a mm_slot and join it into ksm_scan_list again.
Fixes: 3c6f33b7273a ("mm/ksm: support fork/exec for prctl") Fixes: d7597f59d1d3 ("mm: add new api to enable ksm per process") Signed-off-by: xu xin xu.xin16@zte.com.cn Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Cc: Stefan Roesch shr@devkernel.io Cc: David Hildenbrand david@redhat.com Cc: Jinjiang Tu tujinjiang@huawei.com Cc: Wang Yaxin wang.yaxin@zte.com.cn --- include/linux/ksm.h | 4 ++-- mm/ksm.c | 20 +++++++++++++++++--- 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/ksm.h b/include/linux/ksm.h index 067538fc4d58..c982694c987b 100644 --- a/include/linux/ksm.h +++ b/include/linux/ksm.h @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ #ifdef CONFIG_KSM int ksm_madvise(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long start, unsigned long end, int advice, vm_flags_t *vm_flags); -vm_flags_t ksm_vma_flags(const struct mm_struct *mm, const struct file *file, +vm_flags_t ksm_vma_flags(struct mm_struct *mm, const struct file *file, vm_flags_t vm_flags); int ksm_enable_merge_any(struct mm_struct *mm); int ksm_disable_merge_any(struct mm_struct *mm); @@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ bool ksm_process_mergeable(struct mm_struct *mm);
#else /* !CONFIG_KSM */
-static inline vm_flags_t ksm_vma_flags(const struct mm_struct *mm, +static inline vm_flags_t ksm_vma_flags(struct mm_struct *mm, const struct file *file, vm_flags_t vm_flags) { return vm_flags; diff --git a/mm/ksm.c b/mm/ksm.c index 04019a15b25d..19efe3d41c75 100644 --- a/mm/ksm.c +++ b/mm/ksm.c @@ -2617,8 +2617,14 @@ static struct ksm_rmap_item *scan_get_next_rmap_item(struct page **page) spin_unlock(&ksm_mmlist_lock);
mm_slot_free(mm_slot_cache, mm_slot); + /* + * Only clear MMF_VM_MERGEABLE. We must not clear + * MMF_VM_MERGE_ANY, because for those MMF_VM_MERGE_ANY process, + * perhaps their mm_struct has just been added to ksm_mm_slot + * list, and its process has not yet officially started running + * or has not yet performed mmap/brk to allocate anonymous VMAS. + */ mm_flags_clear(MMF_VM_MERGEABLE, mm); - mm_flags_clear(MMF_VM_MERGE_ANY, mm); mmap_read_unlock(mm); mmdrop(mm); } else { @@ -2736,12 +2742,20 @@ static int __ksm_del_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma) * * Returns: @vm_flags possibly updated to mark mergeable. */ -vm_flags_t ksm_vma_flags(const struct mm_struct *mm, const struct file *file, +vm_flags_t ksm_vma_flags(struct mm_struct *mm, const struct file *file, vm_flags_t vm_flags) { if (mm_flags_test(MMF_VM_MERGE_ANY, mm) && - __ksm_should_add_vma(file, vm_flags)) + __ksm_should_add_vma(file, vm_flags)) { vm_flags |= VM_MERGEABLE; + /* + * Generally, the flags here always include MMF_VM_MERGEABLE. + * However, in rare cases, this flag may be cleared by ksmd who + * scans a cycle without finding any mergeable vma. + */ + if (unlikely(!mm_flags_test(MMF_VM_MERGEABLE, mm))) + __ksm_enter(mm); + }
return vm_flags; }