[PATCH] drm/pagemap: Fix folio allocation fallback and use-after-put
Matthew Brost <[email protected]> Tue, 4 Aug 2026 21:43:49 -0700
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.kernel.stable,gmane.comp.video.dri.devel |
|---|---|
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
drm_pagemap_migrate_populate_ram_pfn() had two issues when populating
RAM PFNs with higher-order folios:
1. The higher-order vma_alloc_folio()/folio_alloc() calls did not pass
__GFP_NOWARN, so a THP allocation failure under memory pressure
would spam the kernel log, and there was no fallback path despite a
TODO comment stating one was needed. Add __GFP_NOWARN to the
higher-order allocation and, on failure, fall back to order-0
allocations for the entire range originally covered by the failed
higher-order allocation, leaving MIGRATE_PFN_COMPOUND unset for
those PFNs.
2. In the free_pages error path, order was computed via
folio_order(page_folio(page)) *after* put_page(page) had already
dropped the reference, resulting in a use-after-free/put when that
was the last reference on the page. Compute order before releasing
the page.
Fixes: ddeda6136038 ("drm/pagemap: Allocate folios when possible")
Cc: [email protected]
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-sonnet-5
Signed-off-by: Matthew Brost <[email protected]>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/drm_pagemap.c | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_pagemap.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_pagemap.c
index 892b325fa99b..fb939fda80e8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_pagemap.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_pagemap.c
@@ -891,11 +891,34 @@ static int drm_pagemap_migrate_populate_ram_pfn(struct vm_area_struct *vas,
order = folio_order(page_folio(src_page));
- /* TODO: Support fallback to single pages if THP allocation fails */
if (vas)
- folio = vma_alloc_folio(GFP_HIGHUSER, order, vas, addr);
+ folio = vma_alloc_folio(GFP_HIGHUSER | __GFP_NOWARN, order, vas, addr);
else
- folio = folio_alloc(GFP_HIGHUSER, order);
+ folio = folio_alloc(GFP_HIGHUSER | __GFP_NOWARN, order);
+
+ if (!folio && order) {
+ /*
+ * Higher-order allocation failed, fall back to
+ * order-0 allocations for the entire range covered
+ * by the original higher-order allocation, without
+ * setting MIGRATE_PFN_COMPOUND, until we move past
+ * that range.
+ */
+ unsigned long nr = NR_PAGES(order);
+ unsigned long j;
+
+ for (j = 0; j < nr; j++, i++, addr += PAGE_SIZE) {
+ folio = vas ?
+ vma_alloc_folio(GFP_HIGHUSER, 0, vas, addr) :
+ folio_alloc(GFP_HIGHUSER, 0);
+ if (!folio)
+ goto free_pages;
+
+ page = folio_page(folio, 0);
+ mpfn[i] = migrate_pfn(page_to_pfn(page));
+ }
+ continue;
+ }
if (!folio)
goto free_pages;
@@ -940,11 +963,11 @@ static int drm_pagemap_migrate_populate_ram_pfn(struct vm_area_struct *vas,
if (!page)
goto next_put;
+ order = folio_order(page_folio(page));
+
put_page(page);
mpfn[i] = 0;
- order = folio_order(page_folio(page));
-
next_put:
i += NR_PAGES(order);
}
--
2.34.1