From: Miaohe Lin Subject: mm/madvise: fix potential pte_unmap_unlock pte error We can't assume pte_offset_map_lock will return same orig_pte value. So it's necessary to reacquire the orig_pte or pte_unmap_unlock will unmap the stale pte. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220416081416.23304-1-linmiaohe@huawei.com Fixes: 9c276cc65a58 ("mm: introduce MADV_COLD") Fixes: 854e9ed09ded ("mm: support madvise(MADV_FREE)") Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin Cc: Johannes Weiner Cc: Michal Hocko Cc: Hugh Dickins Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- mm/madvise.c | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) --- a/mm/madvise.c~mm-madvise-fix-potential-pte_unmap_unlock-pte-error +++ a/mm/madvise.c @@ -437,12 +437,12 @@ regular_page: if (split_huge_page(page)) { unlock_page(page); put_page(page); - pte_offset_map_lock(mm, pmd, addr, &ptl); + orig_pte = pte_offset_map_lock(mm, pmd, addr, &ptl); break; } unlock_page(page); put_page(page); - pte = pte_offset_map_lock(mm, pmd, addr, &ptl); + orig_pte = pte = pte_offset_map_lock(mm, pmd, addr, &ptl); pte--; addr -= PAGE_SIZE; continue; @@ -653,12 +653,12 @@ static int madvise_free_pte_range(pmd_t if (split_huge_page(page)) { unlock_page(page); put_page(page); - pte_offset_map_lock(mm, pmd, addr, &ptl); + orig_pte = pte_offset_map_lock(mm, pmd, addr, &ptl); goto out; } unlock_page(page); put_page(page); - pte = pte_offset_map_lock(mm, pmd, addr, &ptl); + orig_pte = pte = pte_offset_map_lock(mm, pmd, addr, &ptl); pte--; addr -= PAGE_SIZE; continue; _