From: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
To: Guilherme Giacomo Simoes <trintaeoitogc@gmail.com>
Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, david@kernel.org, ljs@kernel.org,
liam@infradead.org, vbabka@kernel.org, rppt@kernel.org,
surenb@google.com, mhocko@suse.com, riel@surriel.com,
harry@kernel.org, jannh@google.com, lance.yang@linux.dev,
linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
syzbot+395b7abe9696862fc188@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: fix the race on huge alloc failed
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2026 16:36:49 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <apL8kdB0j561wl5G@casper.infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260829100034.423064-1-trintaeoitogc@gmail.com>
On Sat, Aug 29, 2026 at 07:00:34AM -0300, Guilherme Giacomo Simoes wrote:
> The race occurs because the reader (__vmf_anon_prepare()) checks
> `vma->anon->vma` without holding the mmap_lock and withou the
> READ_ONCE() macro. Since the writer (__anon_vma_prepare()) is holding the
> mmap_lock and updating the pointer, it creates a data race as the two
> access are not properly synchronized.
also this explanation is bogus. i don't have time to fix it right now.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-29 15:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-29 10:00 Guilherme Giacomo Simoes
2026-08-29 15:33 ` Matthew Wilcox
2026-08-29 15:36 ` Matthew Wilcox [this message]
2026-08-29 18:02 ` Guilherme Giacomo Simoes
2026-08-30 3:06 ` Lance Yang
2026-08-30 3:34 ` Matthew Wilcox
2026-08-30 12:47 ` Guilherme Giacomo Simoes
2026-08-30 14:07 ` Pedro Falcato
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