mm: remove the now-unnecessary mmget_still_valid() hack
The preceding patches have ensured that core dumping properly takes the
mmap_lock. Thanks to that, we can now remove mmget_still_valid() and all
its users.
Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: "Eric W . Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200827114932.3572699-8-jannh@google.com
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_main.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_main.c
index 37794d8..a4ba0b8 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_main.c
@@ -845,8 +845,6 @@
* will only be one mm, so no big deal.
*/
mmap_read_lock(mm);
- if (!mmget_still_valid(mm))
- goto skip_mm;
mutex_lock(&ufile->umap_lock);
list_for_each_entry_safe (priv, next_priv, &ufile->umaps,
list) {
@@ -865,7 +863,6 @@
}
}
mutex_unlock(&ufile->umap_lock);
- skip_mm:
mmap_read_unlock(mm);
mmput(mm);
}
diff --git a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci.c b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci.c
index 1ab1f5c..b0f4b92 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci.c
@@ -1480,31 +1480,29 @@
} else {
mmap_read_lock(mm);
}
- if (mmget_still_valid(mm)) {
- if (try) {
- if (!mutex_trylock(&vdev->vma_lock)) {
- mmap_read_unlock(mm);
- mmput(mm);
- return 0;
- }
- } else {
- mutex_lock(&vdev->vma_lock);
+ if (try) {
+ if (!mutex_trylock(&vdev->vma_lock)) {
+ mmap_read_unlock(mm);
+ mmput(mm);
+ return 0;
}
- list_for_each_entry_safe(mmap_vma, tmp,
- &vdev->vma_list, vma_next) {
- struct vm_area_struct *vma = mmap_vma->vma;
-
- if (vma->vm_mm != mm)
- continue;
-
- list_del(&mmap_vma->vma_next);
- kfree(mmap_vma);
-
- zap_vma_ptes(vma, vma->vm_start,
- vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start);
- }
- mutex_unlock(&vdev->vma_lock);
+ } else {
+ mutex_lock(&vdev->vma_lock);
}
+ list_for_each_entry_safe(mmap_vma, tmp,
+ &vdev->vma_list, vma_next) {
+ struct vm_area_struct *vma = mmap_vma->vma;
+
+ if (vma->vm_mm != mm)
+ continue;
+
+ list_del(&mmap_vma->vma_next);
+ kfree(mmap_vma);
+
+ zap_vma_ptes(vma, vma->vm_start,
+ vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start);
+ }
+ mutex_unlock(&vdev->vma_lock);
mmap_read_unlock(mm);
mmput(mm);
}
diff --git a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
index 846d43d..217aa27 100644
--- a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
+++ b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
@@ -1244,24 +1244,6 @@
count = -EINTR;
goto out_mm;
}
- /*
- * Avoid to modify vma->vm_flags
- * without locked ops while the
- * coredump reads the vm_flags.
- */
- if (!mmget_still_valid(mm)) {
- /*
- * Silently return "count"
- * like if get_task_mm()
- * failed. FIXME: should this
- * function have returned
- * -ESRCH if get_task_mm()
- * failed like if
- * get_proc_task() fails?
- */
- mmap_write_unlock(mm);
- goto out_mm;
- }
for (vma = mm->mmap; vma; vma = vma->vm_next) {
vma->vm_flags &= ~VM_SOFTDIRTY;
vma_set_page_prot(vma);
diff --git a/fs/userfaultfd.c b/fs/userfaultfd.c
index 0e4a383..000b457 100644
--- a/fs/userfaultfd.c
+++ b/fs/userfaultfd.c
@@ -601,8 +601,6 @@
/* the various vma->vm_userfaultfd_ctx still points to it */
mmap_write_lock(mm);
- /* no task can run (and in turn coredump) yet */
- VM_WARN_ON(!mmget_still_valid(mm));
for (vma = mm->mmap; vma; vma = vma->vm_next)
if (vma->vm_userfaultfd_ctx.ctx == release_new_ctx) {
vma->vm_userfaultfd_ctx = NULL_VM_UFFD_CTX;
@@ -842,7 +840,6 @@
/* len == 0 means wake all */
struct userfaultfd_wake_range range = { .len = 0, };
unsigned long new_flags;
- bool still_valid;
WRITE_ONCE(ctx->released, true);
@@ -858,7 +855,6 @@
* taking the mmap_lock for writing.
*/
mmap_write_lock(mm);
- still_valid = mmget_still_valid(mm);
prev = NULL;
for (vma = mm->mmap; vma; vma = vma->vm_next) {
cond_resched();
@@ -869,17 +865,15 @@
continue;
}
new_flags = vma->vm_flags & ~(VM_UFFD_MISSING | VM_UFFD_WP);
- if (still_valid) {
- prev = vma_merge(mm, prev, vma->vm_start, vma->vm_end,
- new_flags, vma->anon_vma,
- vma->vm_file, vma->vm_pgoff,
- vma_policy(vma),
- NULL_VM_UFFD_CTX);
- if (prev)
- vma = prev;
- else
- prev = vma;
- }
+ prev = vma_merge(mm, prev, vma->vm_start, vma->vm_end,
+ new_flags, vma->anon_vma,
+ vma->vm_file, vma->vm_pgoff,
+ vma_policy(vma),
+ NULL_VM_UFFD_CTX);
+ if (prev)
+ vma = prev;
+ else
+ prev = vma;
vma->vm_flags = new_flags;
vma->vm_userfaultfd_ctx = NULL_VM_UFFD_CTX;
}
@@ -1309,8 +1303,6 @@
goto out;
mmap_write_lock(mm);
- if (!mmget_still_valid(mm))
- goto out_unlock;
vma = find_vma_prev(mm, start, &prev);
if (!vma)
goto out_unlock;
@@ -1511,8 +1503,6 @@
goto out;
mmap_write_lock(mm);
- if (!mmget_still_valid(mm))
- goto out_unlock;
vma = find_vma_prev(mm, start, &prev);
if (!vma)
goto out_unlock;
diff --git a/include/linux/sched/mm.h b/include/linux/sched/mm.h
index 15bfb06..981e34c 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/mm.h
@@ -49,31 +49,6 @@
__mmdrop(mm);
}
-/*
- * This has to be called after a get_task_mm()/mmget_not_zero()
- * followed by taking the mmap_lock for writing before modifying the
- * vmas or anything the coredump pretends not to change from under it.
- *
- * It also has to be called when mmgrab() is used in the context of
- * the process, but then the mm_count refcount is transferred outside
- * the context of the process to run down_write() on that pinned mm.
- *
- * NOTE: find_extend_vma() called from GUP context is the only place
- * that can modify the "mm" (notably the vm_start/end) under mmap_lock
- * for reading and outside the context of the process, so it is also
- * the only case that holds the mmap_lock for reading that must call
- * this function. Generally if the mmap_lock is hold for reading
- * there's no need of this check after get_task_mm()/mmget_not_zero().
- *
- * This function can be obsoleted and the check can be removed, after
- * the coredump code will hold the mmap_lock for writing before
- * invoking the ->core_dump methods.
- */
-static inline bool mmget_still_valid(struct mm_struct *mm)
-{
- return likely(!mm->core_state);
-}
-
/**
* mmget() - Pin the address space associated with a &struct mm_struct.
* @mm: The address space to pin.
diff --git a/mm/khugepaged.c b/mm/khugepaged.c
index 58b0d9c..4e3dff1 100644
--- a/mm/khugepaged.c
+++ b/mm/khugepaged.c
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@
static inline int khugepaged_test_exit(struct mm_struct *mm)
{
- return atomic_read(&mm->mm_users) == 0 || !mmget_still_valid(mm);
+ return atomic_read(&mm->mm_users) == 0;
}
static bool hugepage_vma_check(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c
index 68b761c..fd1f448b 100644
--- a/mm/madvise.c
+++ b/mm/madvise.c
@@ -1085,23 +1085,6 @@
if (write) {
if (mmap_write_lock_killable(current->mm))
return -EINTR;
-
- /*
- * We may have stolen the mm from another process
- * that is undergoing core dumping.
- *
- * Right now that's io_ring, in the future it may
- * be remote process management and not "current"
- * at all.
- *
- * We need to fix core dumping to not do this,
- * but for now we have the mmget_still_valid()
- * model.
- */
- if (!mmget_still_valid(current->mm)) {
- mmap_write_unlock(current->mm);
- return -EINTR;
- }
} else {
mmap_read_lock(current->mm);
}
diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index 9fb9f8a..ebb92f5 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -2562,7 +2562,7 @@
if (vma && (vma->vm_start <= addr))
return vma;
/* don't alter vm_end if the coredump is running */
- if (!prev || !mmget_still_valid(mm) || expand_stack(prev, addr))
+ if (!prev || expand_stack(prev, addr))
return NULL;
if (prev->vm_flags & VM_LOCKED)
populate_vma_page_range(prev, addr, prev->vm_end, NULL);
@@ -2588,9 +2588,6 @@
return vma;
if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_GROWSDOWN))
return NULL;
- /* don't alter vm_start if the coredump is running */
- if (!mmget_still_valid(mm))
- return NULL;
start = vma->vm_start;
if (expand_stack(vma, addr))
return NULL;
