On Fri, Nov 04, 2022 at 03:35:47PM -0700, Rick Edgecombe wrote:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index 73b9b78f8cf4..7643a4db1b50 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -1803,6 +1803,13 @@ int change_huge_pmd(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
return 0;
preserve_write = prot_numa && pmd_write(*pmd);
+
+ /*
+ * Preserve only normal writable huge PMD, but not shadow
+ * stack (RW=0, Dirty=1).
+ */
+ if (vma->vm_flags & VM_SHADOW_STACK)
+ preserve_write = false;
ret = 1;
#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_ENABLE_THP_MIGRATION
diff --git a/mm/mprotect.c b/mm/mprotect.c
index 668bfaa6ed2a..ea82ce5f38fe 100644
--- a/mm/mprotect.c
+++ b/mm/mprotect.c
@@ -115,6 +115,13 @@ static unsigned long change_pte_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
pte_t ptent;
bool preserve_write = prot_numa && pte_write(oldpte);
+ /*
+ * Preserve only normal writable PTE, but not shadow
+ * stack (RW=0, Dirty=1).
+ */
+ if (vma->vm_flags & VM_SHADOW_STACK)
+ preserve_write = false;
+
/*
* Avoid trapping faults against the zero or KSM
* pages. See similar comment in change_huge_pmd.
These comments lack a why component; someone is going to wonder wtf this
code is doing in the near future -- that someone might be you.