2013-09-03 06:16:32

by Wanpeng Li

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Subject: [PATCH v3 1/3] mm/vmalloc: don't set area->caller twice

Changelog:
*v1 -> v2: rebase against mmotm tree

The caller address has already been set in set_vmalloc_vm(), there's no need
to set it again in __vmalloc_area_node.

Reviewed-by: Zhang Yanfei <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <[email protected]>
---
mm/vmalloc.c | 1 -
1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index 1074543..d78d117 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -1566,7 +1566,6 @@ static void *__vmalloc_area_node(struct vm_struct *area, gfp_t gfp_mask,
pages = kmalloc_node(array_size, nested_gfp, node);
}
area->pages = pages;
- area->caller = caller;
if (!area->pages) {
remove_vm_area(area->addr);
kfree(area);
--
1.8.1.2


2013-09-03 06:16:34

by Wanpeng Li

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Subject: [PATCH v3 2/3] mm/vmalloc: revert "mm/vmalloc.c: emit the failure message before return"

Changelog:
*v2 -> v3: revert commit 46c001a2 directly

Don't warning twice in __vmalloc_area_node and __vmalloc_node_range if
__vmalloc_area_node allocation failure. This patch revert commit 46c001a2
(mm/vmalloc.c: emit the failure message before return).

Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <[email protected]>
---
mm/vmalloc.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index d78d117..e3ec8b4 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -1635,7 +1635,7 @@ void *__vmalloc_node_range(unsigned long size, unsigned long align,

addr = __vmalloc_area_node(area, gfp_mask, prot, node, caller);
if (!addr)
- goto fail;
+ return NULL;

/*
* In this function, newly allocated vm_struct has VM_UNINITIALIZED
--
1.8.1.2

2013-09-03 06:16:42

by Wanpeng Li

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Subject: [PATCH v3 3/3] mm/vmalloc: revert "mm/vmalloc.c: check VM_UNINITIALIZED flag in s_show instead of show_numa_info"

Changelog:
*v2 -> v3: revert commit d157a558 directly

The VM_UNINITIALIZED/VM_UNLIST flag introduced by commit f5252e00(mm: avoid
null pointer access in vm_struct via /proc/vmallocinfo) is used to avoid
accessing the pages field with unallocated page when show_numa_info() is
called. This patch move the check just before show_numa_info in order that
some messages still can be dumped via /proc/vmallocinfo. This patch revert
commit d157a558 (mm/vmalloc.c: check VM_UNINITIALIZED flag in s_show instead
of show_numa_info);

Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <[email protected]>
---
mm/vmalloc.c | 10 +++++-----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index e3ec8b4..5368b17 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -2562,6 +2562,11 @@ static void show_numa_info(struct seq_file *m, struct vm_struct *v)
if (!counters)
return;

+ /* Pair with smp_wmb() in clear_vm_uninitialized_flag() */
+ smp_rmb();
+ if (v->flags & VM_UNINITIALIZED)
+ return;
+
memset(counters, 0, nr_node_ids * sizeof(unsigned int));

for (nr = 0; nr < v->nr_pages; nr++)
@@ -2590,11 +2595,6 @@ static int s_show(struct seq_file *m, void *p)

v = va->vm;

- /* Pair with smp_wmb() in clear_vm_uninitialized_flag() */
- smp_rmb();
- if (v->flags & VM_UNINITIALIZED)
- return 0;
-
seq_printf(m, "0x%pK-0x%pK %7ld",
v->addr, v->addr + v->size, v->size);

--
1.8.1.2