Re: [PATCH] mm: remove WARN_ON_ONCE() in file_has_valid_mmap_hooks()

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Andrew:

(to save you having to dive into rest of thread)

Could you add the Fixes line suggested by David below?

Thanks! :)

On Wed, May 14, 2025 at 10:49:57AM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> On 14.05.25 10:40, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> > Having encountered a trinity report in linux-next (Linked in the 'Closes'
> > tag) it appears that there are legitimate situations where a file-backed
> > mapping can be acquired but no file->f_op->mmap or file->f_op->mmap_prepare
> > is set, at which point do_mmap() should simply error out with -ENODEV.
> >
> > Since previously we did not warn in this scenario and it appears we rely
> > upon this, restore this situation, while retaining a WARN_ON_ONCE() for the
> > case where both are set, which is absolutely incorrect and must be
> > addressed and thus always requires a warning.
> >
> > If further work is required to chase down precisely what is causing this,
> > then we can later restore this, but it makes no sense to hold up this
> > series to do so, as this is existing and apparently expected behaviour.
> >
> > Reported-by: kernel test robot <oliver.sang@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-lkp/202505141434.96ce5e5d-lkp@xxxxxxxxx
> > Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >
> > Andrew -
> >
> > Since this series is in mm-stable we should take this fix there asap (and
> > certainly get it to -next to fix any further error reports). I didn't know
> > whether it was best for it to be a fix-patch or not, so have sent
> > separately so you can best determine what to do with it :)
>
> A couple more days in mm-unstable probably wouldn't have hurt here,
> especially given that I recall reviewing + seeing review yesterday?
>
> Fixes: c84bf6dd2b83 ("mm: introduce new .mmap_prepare() file callback")
>
> Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> --
> Cheers,
>
> David / dhildenb
>




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