[PATCH v3 13/47] mm/huge_memory: fix truncate racing with PMD zapping

From: David Hildenbrand (Arm)

Date: Sat Oct 31 2026 - 05:45:27 EST


From: Chris Mason <mason@xxxxxxxxxx>

zap_huge_pmd_folio() removes the rmap before calling folio_mark_dirty().
If this was the last mapping, truncation can skip unmapping the folio
and proceed without waiting for the PMD lock, racing with dirtying.

ifs_set_range_dirty() can oops if MADV_DONTNEED races with
ftruncate() on XFS, when we get the folio set dirty after it was found
to not be mapped anymore.

Move folio_mark_dirty() and folio_mark_accessed() before rmap removal,
matching the PTE zap path. This keeps the folio mapped while updating
its state, so truncation must wait for the page table lock.

Fix generated by an LLM and sent by Chris Mason in private.

Fixes: fe6cf984939d ("mm/huge_memory: transfer the pmd dirty bit to the folio on zap")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Chris Mason <mason@xxxxxxxxxx>
[ david: simplify comment and description ]
Reviewed-by: Gregory Price (Meta) <gourry@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/huge_memory.c | 11 +++++++----
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index 2b31a425c7a32..1d65c4f576f9c 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -2495,10 +2495,6 @@ static void zap_huge_pmd_folio(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
{
const bool is_device_private = folio_is_device_private(folio);

- /* Present and device private folios are rmappable. */
- if (is_present || is_device_private)
- folio_remove_rmap_pmd(folio, &folio->page, vma);
-
if (folio_test_anon(folio)) {
add_mm_counter(mm, MM_ANONPAGES, -HPAGE_PMD_NR);
} else {
@@ -2512,6 +2508,13 @@ static void zap_huge_pmd_folio(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
folio_mark_accessed(folio);
}

+ /*
+ * Present and device private folios are rmappable. Remove the
+ * rmap after transferring young+dirty to the folio.
+ */
+ if (is_present || is_device_private)
+ folio_remove_rmap_pmd(folio, &folio->page, vma);
+
/* Device private folios are pinned. */
if (is_device_private)
folio_put(folio);

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2.43.0