[3.13.y-ckt,stable] Patch "mm/hugetlb: fix getting refcount 0 page in hugetlb_fault()" has been added to staging queue

diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index f6f1972..70e6b84 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -2923,6 +2923,7 @@  int hugetlb_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	struct page *pagecache_page = NULL;
 	static DEFINE_MUTEX(hugetlb_instantiation_mutex);
 	struct hstate *h = hstate_vma(vma);
+	int need_wait_lock = 0;

 	address &= huge_page_mask(h);

@@ -2956,6 +2957,16 @@  int hugetlb_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	ret = 0;

 	/*
+	 * entry could be a migration/hwpoison entry at this point, so this
+	 * check prevents the kernel from going below assuming that we have
+	 * a active hugepage in pagecache. This goto expects the 2nd page fault,
+	 * and is_hugetlb_entry_(migration|hwpoisoned) check will properly
+	 * handle it.
+	 */
+	if (!pte_present(entry))
+		goto out_mutex;
+
+	/*
 	 * If we are going to COW the mapping later, we examine the pending
 	 * reservations for this page now. This will ensure that any
 	 * allocations necessary to record that reservation occur outside the
@@ -2974,30 +2985,31 @@  int hugetlb_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 								vma, address);
 	}

+	ptl = huge_pte_lock(h, mm, ptep);
+
+	/* Check for a racing update before calling hugetlb_cow */
+	if (unlikely(!pte_same(entry, huge_ptep_get(ptep))))
+		goto out_ptl;
+
 	/*
 	 * hugetlb_cow() requires page locks of pte_page(entry) and
 	 * pagecache_page, so here we need take the former one
 	 * when page != pagecache_page or !pagecache_page.
-	 * Note that locking order is always pagecache_page -> page,
-	 * so no worry about deadlock.
 	 */
 	page = pte_page(entry);
-	get_page(page);
 	if (page != pagecache_page)
-		lock_page(page);
-
-	ptl = huge_pte_lockptr(h, mm, ptep);
-	spin_lock(ptl);
-	/* Check for a racing update before calling hugetlb_cow */
-	if (unlikely(!pte_same(entry, huge_ptep_get(ptep))))
-		goto out_ptl;
+		if (!trylock_page(page)) {
+			need_wait_lock = 1;
+			goto out_ptl;
+		}

+	get_page(page);

 	if (flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE) {
 		if (!huge_pte_write(entry)) {
 			ret = hugetlb_cow(mm, vma, address, ptep, entry,
 					pagecache_page, ptl);
-			goto out_ptl;
+			goto out_put_page;
 		}
 		entry = huge_pte_mkdirty(entry);
 	}
@@ -3005,7 +3017,10 @@  int hugetlb_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	if (huge_ptep_set_access_flags(vma, address, ptep, entry,
 						flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE))
 		update_mmu_cache(vma, address, ptep);
-
+out_put_page:
+	if (page != pagecache_page)
+		unlock_page(page);
+	put_page(page);
 out_ptl:
 	spin_unlock(ptl);

@@ -3013,13 +3028,18 @@  out_ptl:
 		unlock_page(pagecache_page);
 		put_page(pagecache_page);
 	}
-	if (page != pagecache_page)
-		unlock_page(page);
-	put_page(page);
-
 out_mutex:
 	mutex_unlock(&hugetlb_instantiation_mutex);

+	/*
+	 * Generally it's safe to hold refcount during waiting page lock. But
+	 * here we just wait to defer the next page fault to avoid busy loop and
+	 * the page is not used after unlocked before returning from the current
+	 * page fault. So we are safe from accessing freed page, even if we wait
+	 * here without taking refcount.
+	 */
+	if (need_wait_lock)
+		wait_on_page_locked(page);
 	return ret;
 }