mm: pass mm to grab_swap_token

If a kthread happens to use get_user_pages() on an mm (as KSM does), there's a chance that it will end up trying to read in a swap page, then oops in grab_swap_token() because the kthread has no mm: GUP passes down the right mm, so grab_swap_token() ought to be using it. We have not identified a stronger case than KSM's daemon (not yet in mainline), but the issue must have come up before, since RHEL has included a fix for this for years (though a different fix, they just back out of grab_swap_token if current->mm is unset: which is what we first proposed, but using the right mm here seems more correct). Reported-by: Izik Eidus <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <[email protected]> Acked-by: Rik van Riel <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
mna · Jun 23, 2009 · a5c9b69 · a5c9b69
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diff --git a/include/linux/swap.h b/include/linux/swap.h
@@ -298,8 +298,8 @@ extern int try_to_free_swap(struct page *);
 struct backing_dev_info;
 
 /* linux/mm/thrash.c */
-extern struct mm_struct * swap_token_mm;
-extern void grab_swap_token(void);
+extern struct mm_struct *swap_token_mm;
+extern void grab_swap_token(struct mm_struct *);
 extern void __put_swap_token(struct mm_struct *);
 
 static inline int has_swap_token(struct mm_struct *mm)
@@ -419,10 +419,10 @@ static inline swp_entry_t get_swap_page(void)
 }
 
 /* linux/mm/thrash.c */
-#define put_swap_token(x) do { } while(0)
-#define grab_swap_token()  do { } while(0)
-#define has_swap_token(x) 0
-#define disable_swap_token() do { } while(0)
+#define put_swap_token(mm)	do { } while (0)
+#define grab_swap_token(mm)	do { } while (0)
+#define has_swap_token(mm)	0
+#define disable_swap_token()	do { } while (0)
 
 static inline void
 mem_cgroup_uncharge_swapcache(struct page *page, swp_entry_t ent)

diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
@@ -2519,7 +2519,7 @@ static int do_swap_page(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	delayacct_set_flag(DELAYACCT_PF_SWAPIN);
 	page = lookup_swap_cache(entry);
 	if (!page) {
-		grab_swap_token(); /* Contend for token _before_ read-in */
+		grab_swap_token(mm); /* Contend for token _before_ read-in */
 		page = swapin_readahead(entry,
 					GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE, vma, address);
 		if (!page) {

diff --git a/mm/thrash.c b/mm/thrash.c
@@ -26,47 +26,45 @@ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(swap_token_lock);
 struct mm_struct *swap_token_mm;
 static unsigned int global_faults;
 
-void grab_swap_token(void)
+void grab_swap_token(struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
 	int current_interval;
 
 	global_faults++;
 
-	current_interval = global_faults - current->mm->faultstamp;
+	current_interval = global_faults - mm->faultstamp;
 
 	if (!spin_trylock(&swap_token_lock))
 		return;
 
 	/* First come first served */
 	if (swap_token_mm == NULL) {
-		current->mm->token_priority = current->mm->token_priority + 2;
-		swap_token_mm = current->mm;
+		mm->token_priority = mm->token_priority + 2;
+		swap_token_mm = mm;
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (current->mm != swap_token_mm) {
-		if (current_interval < current->mm->last_interval)
-			current->mm->token_priority++;
+	if (mm != swap_token_mm) {
+		if (current_interval < mm->last_interval)
+			mm->token_priority++;
 		else {
-			if (likely(current->mm->token_priority > 0))
-				current->mm->token_priority--;
+			if (likely(mm->token_priority > 0))
+				mm->token_priority--;
 		}
 		/* Check if we deserve the token */
-		if (current->mm->token_priority >
-				swap_token_mm->token_priority) {
-			current->mm->token_priority += 2;
-			swap_token_mm = current->mm;
+		if (mm->token_priority > swap_token_mm->token_priority) {
+			mm->token_priority += 2;
+			swap_token_mm = mm;
 		}
 	} else {
 		/* Token holder came in again! */
-		current->mm->token_priority += 2;
+		mm->token_priority += 2;
 	}
 
 out:
-	current->mm->faultstamp = global_faults;
-	current->mm->last_interval = current_interval;
+	mm->faultstamp = global_faults;
+	mm->last_interval = current_interval;
 	spin_unlock(&swap_token_lock);
-return;
 }
 
 /* Called on process exit. */