[PATCH 8/8] selftests/mm: check that unauthorized MADV_PAGEOUT skips large file folios
From: Gregory Price (Meta)
Date: Wed Oct 14 2026 - 13:59:19 EST
A caller that neither owns nor may write a file may page out the COW pages
of a private mapping of it, but not its file pages. When the advised range
only partly covers a large file folio, the folio must be filtered out
before it is split or reclaimed, on separate paths for PMD- and PTE-mapped
folios.
Check that partial MADV_PAGEOUT by such a caller leaves every page of a
PMD-sized shmem folio resident, both when a PMD maps it and when a mapping
of half of it maps it with PTEs.
Signed-off-by: Gregory Price (Meta) <gourry@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/mm/madvise.c | 121 +++++++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 115 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/madvise.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/madvise.c
index 74202fed2d04..d59c03ec8191 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/madvise.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/madvise.c
@@ -88,10 +88,11 @@ static char *map_aligned_pages(struct __test_metadata *_metadata, size_t size)
}
/*
- * Collapse a PMD-aligned range into PMD-mapped anonymous THPs. MADV_COLLAPSE
- * may fail transiently with EAGAIN.
+ * Collapse a PMD-aligned range into PMD-mapped THPs, and confirm the result
+ * with check_huge(). MADV_COLLAPSE may fail transiently with EAGAIN.
*/
-static bool collapse(char *mapping, size_t size)
+static bool collapse(char *mapping, size_t size,
+ bool (*check_huge)(void *, size_t, int, uint64_t))
{
int nr_hpages = size / pmd_size;
int retry;
@@ -100,8 +101,7 @@ static bool collapse(char *mapping, size_t size)
if (madvise(mapping, size, MADV_COLLAPSE)) {
if (errno != EAGAIN)
return false;
- } else if (check_huge_anon(mapping, size, nr_hpages,
- pmd_size)) {
+ } else if (check_huge(mapping, size, nr_hpages, pmd_size)) {
return true;
}
usleep(10000);
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ static char *map_thp(struct __test_metadata *_metadata)
if (!pmd_size)
return NULL;
mapping = map_aligned_pages(_metadata, pmd_size);
- if (collapse(mapping, pmd_size))
+ if (collapse(mapping, pmd_size, check_huge_anon))
return mapping;
ASSERT_EQ(munmap(mapping, pmd_size), 0);
return NULL;
@@ -147,6 +147,33 @@ static void pte_map_thp(struct __test_metadata *_metadata, char *mapping,
ASSERT_TRUE(flags & KPF_COMPOUND_HEAD);
}
+static char *map_aligned_file(struct __test_metadata *_metadata, int fd,
+ size_t size, int flags)
+{
+ char *mapping = reserve_aligned(_metadata, size);
+
+ ASSERT_EQ(mmap(mapping, size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, flags | MAP_FIXED,
+ fd, 0), mapping);
+
+ return mapping;
+}
+
+/* Create a PMD-sized shmem file filled with 1s. */
+static int create_shmem_file(struct __test_metadata *_metadata)
+{
+ char *shared;
+ int fd;
+
+ fd = memfd_create("madvise-pageout", 0);
+ ASSERT_GE(fd, 0);
+ ASSERT_EQ(ftruncate(fd, pmd_size), 0);
+ shared = map_aligned_file(_metadata, fd, pmd_size, MAP_SHARED);
+ memset(shared, 1, pmd_size);
+ ASSERT_EQ(munmap(shared, pmd_size), 0);
+
+ return fd;
+}
+
static void assert_filled(struct __test_metadata *_metadata,
const char *mapping, size_t size)
{
@@ -734,4 +761,86 @@ TEST_F(madvise, pageout_private_file_reclaims_only_cow)
ASSERT_EQ(munmap(mapping, 2 * page_size), 0);
}
+/*
+ * An unauthorized caller must not page out a large file folio of a private
+ * mapping, even when the advised range only partly covers it. See
+ * pageout_stays_within_range about other unmapping.
+ */
+TEST_F(madvise, pageout_private_file_skips_large_file_folio)
+{
+ char *mapping;
+ size_t offset;
+ int fd;
+
+ if (!pmd_size)
+ SKIP(return, "PMD-sized THPs are not supported");
+ if (geteuid())
+ SKIP(return, "requires root to change credentials");
+ fd = create_shmem_file(_metadata);
+ mapping = map_aligned_file(_metadata, fd, pmd_size, MAP_PRIVATE);
+ if (!collapse(mapping, pmd_size, check_huge_file))
+ SKIP(return, "could not allocate a PMD-sized shmem THP");
+ ASSERT_EQ(fchmod(fd, 0400), 0);
+ if (!drop_privileges())
+ SKIP(return, "could not drop privileges");
+
+ ASSERT_EQ(madvise(mapping, pmd_size / 2, MADV_PAGEOUT), 0);
+ for (offset = 0; offset < pmd_size; offset += page_size)
+ ASSERT_TRUE(page_is_present(self->pagemap_fd,
+ mapping + offset));
+ assert_filled(_metadata, mapping, pmd_size);
+
+ ASSERT_EQ(munmap(mapping, pmd_size), 0);
+ close(fd);
+}
+
+/*
+ * An unauthorized caller must not page out a large file folio that a private
+ * mapping maps with PTEs, even when the advised range covers only part of it.
+ * See pageout_stays_within_range about other unmapping.
+ */
+TEST_F(madvise, pageout_private_file_skips_pte_mapped_file_folio)
+{
+ const size_t size = pmd_size / 2;
+ char *mapping, *shared;
+ unsigned long pfn;
+ uint64_t flags;
+ size_t offset;
+ int fd;
+
+ if (!pmd_size)
+ SKIP(return, "PMD-sized THPs are not supported");
+ if (geteuid())
+ SKIP(return, "requires root to change credentials");
+ if (self->kpageflags_fd < 0)
+ SKIP(return, "requires root to read page flags");
+ fd = create_shmem_file(_metadata);
+ shared = map_aligned_file(_metadata, fd, pmd_size, MAP_SHARED);
+ if (!collapse(shared, pmd_size, check_huge_file))
+ SKIP(return, "could not allocate a PMD-sized shmem THP");
+ ASSERT_EQ(munmap(shared, pmd_size), 0);
+
+ /* Mapping half of the folio leaves it mapped by PTEs. */
+ mapping = mmap(NULL, size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE, fd, 0);
+ ASSERT_NE(mapping, MAP_FAILED);
+ assert_filled(_metadata, mapping, size);
+ pfn = pagemap_get_pfn(self->pagemap_fd, mapping);
+ ASSERT_NE(pfn, -1UL);
+ ASSERT_EQ(pageflags_get(pfn, self->kpageflags_fd, &flags), 0);
+ if (!(flags & KPF_COMPOUND_HEAD))
+ SKIP(return, "the shmem THP was split");
+ ASSERT_EQ(fchmod(fd, 0400), 0);
+ if (!drop_privileges())
+ SKIP(return, "could not drop privileges");
+
+ ASSERT_EQ(madvise(mapping, size / 2, MADV_PAGEOUT), 0);
+ for (offset = 0; offset < size; offset += page_size)
+ ASSERT_TRUE(page_is_present(self->pagemap_fd,
+ mapping + offset));
+ assert_filled(_metadata, mapping, size);
+
+ ASSERT_EQ(munmap(mapping, size), 0);
+ close(fd);
+}
+
TEST_HARNESS_MAIN
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