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uprobe_write_opcode() uses collapse_pte_mapped_thp() to restore huge pmd, when removing a breakpoint from hugepage text: vma->anon_vma is always set in that case, so undo the prohibition. And MADV_COLLAPSE ought to be able to collapse some page tables in a vma which happens to have anon_vma set from CoWing elsewhere. Is anon_vma lock required? Almost not: if any page other than expected subpage of the non-anon huge page is found in the page table, collapse is aborted without making any change. However, it is possible that an anon page was CoWed from this extent in another mm or vma, in which case a concurrent lookup might look here: so keep it away while clearing pmd (but perhaps we shall go back to using pmd_lock() there in future). Note that collapse_pte_mapped_thp() is exceptional in freeing a page table without having cleared its ptes: I'm uneasy about that, and had thought pte_clear()ing appropriate; but exclusive i_mmap lock does fix the problem, and we would have to move the mmu_notification if clearing those ptes. What this fixes is not a dangerous instability. But I suggest Cc stable because uprobes "healing" has regressed in that way, so this should follow |
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Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.