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Patch series "Fix prep_compound_gigantic_page ref count adjustment". These patches address the possible race between prep_compound_gigantic_page and __page_cache_add_speculative as described by Jann Horn in [1]. The first patch simply removes the unnecessary/obsolete helper routine prep_compound_huge_page to make the actual fix a little simpler. The second patch is the actual fix and has a detailed explanation in the commit message. This potential issue has existed for almost 10 years and I am unaware of anyone actually hitting the race. I did not cc stable, but would be happy to squash the patches and send to stable if anyone thinks that is a good idea. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/CAG48ez23q0Jy9cuVnwAe7t_fdhMk2S7N5Hdi-GLcCeq5bsfLxw@mail.gmail.com/ This patch (of 2): I could not think of a reliable way to recreate the issue for testing. Rather, I 'simulated errors' to exercise all the error paths. The routine prep_compound_huge_page is a simple wrapper to call either prep_compound_gigantic_page or prep_compound_page. However, it is only called from gather_bootmem_prealloc which only processes gigantic pages. Eliminate the routine and call prep_compound_gigantic_page directly. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210622021423.154662-1-mike.kravetz@oracle.com Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210622021423.154662-2-mike.kravetz@oracle.com Signed-off-by: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@oracle.com> Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com> Cc: John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com> Cc: "Kirill A . Shutemov" <kirill@shutemov.name> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> Cc: Youquan Song <youquan.song@intel.com> Cc: Muchun Song <songmuchun@bytedance.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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