2019-06-26 06:12:23

by Alastair D'Silva

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Subject: [PATCH v2 2/3] mm: don't hide potentially null memmap pointer in sparse_remove_one_section

From: Alastair D'Silva <[email protected]>

By adding offset to memmap before passing it in to clear_hwpoisoned_pages,
we hide a potentially null memmap from the null check inside
clear_hwpoisoned_pages.

This patch passes the offset to clear_hwpoisoned_pages instead, allowing
memmap to successfully peform it's null check.

Signed-off-by: Alastair D'Silva <[email protected]>
---
mm/sparse.c | 10 ++++++----
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c
index 57a1a3d9c1cf..1ec32aef5590 100644
--- a/mm/sparse.c
+++ b/mm/sparse.c
@@ -753,7 +753,8 @@ int __meminit sparse_add_one_section(int nid, unsigned long start_pfn,

#ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE
#ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_FAILURE
-static void clear_hwpoisoned_pages(struct page *memmap, int nr_pages)
+static void clear_hwpoisoned_pages(struct page *memmap,
+ unsigned long start, unsigned long count)
{
int i;

@@ -769,7 +770,7 @@ static void clear_hwpoisoned_pages(struct page *memmap, int nr_pages)
if (atomic_long_read(&num_poisoned_pages) == 0)
return;

- for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++) {
+ for (i = start; i < start + count; i++) {
if (PageHWPoison(&memmap[i])) {
atomic_long_sub(1, &num_poisoned_pages);
ClearPageHWPoison(&memmap[i]);
@@ -777,7 +778,8 @@ static void clear_hwpoisoned_pages(struct page *memmap, int nr_pages)
}
}
#else
-static inline void clear_hwpoisoned_pages(struct page *memmap, int nr_pages)
+static inline void clear_hwpoisoned_pages(struct page *memmap,
+ unsigned long start, unsigned long count)
{
}
#endif
@@ -824,7 +826,7 @@ void sparse_remove_one_section(struct zone *zone, struct mem_section *ms,
ms->pageblock_flags = NULL;
}

- clear_hwpoisoned_pages(memmap + map_offset,
+ clear_hwpoisoned_pages(memmap, map_offset,
PAGES_PER_SECTION - map_offset);
free_section_usemap(memmap, usemap, altmap);
}
--
2.21.0


2019-06-26 06:25:48

by Michal Hocko

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] mm: don't hide potentially null memmap pointer in sparse_remove_one_section

On Wed 26-06-19 16:11:22, Alastair D'Silva wrote:
> From: Alastair D'Silva <[email protected]>
>
> By adding offset to memmap before passing it in to clear_hwpoisoned_pages,
> we hide a potentially null memmap from the null check inside
> clear_hwpoisoned_pages.
>
> This patch passes the offset to clear_hwpoisoned_pages instead, allowing
> memmap to successfully peform it's null check.

Same issue with the changelog as the previous patch (missing WHY).

>
> Signed-off-by: Alastair D'Silva <[email protected]>
> ---
> mm/sparse.c | 10 ++++++----
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c
> index 57a1a3d9c1cf..1ec32aef5590 100644
> --- a/mm/sparse.c
> +++ b/mm/sparse.c
> @@ -753,7 +753,8 @@ int __meminit sparse_add_one_section(int nid, unsigned long start_pfn,
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE
> #ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_FAILURE
> -static void clear_hwpoisoned_pages(struct page *memmap, int nr_pages)
> +static void clear_hwpoisoned_pages(struct page *memmap,
> + unsigned long start, unsigned long count)
> {
> int i;
>
> @@ -769,7 +770,7 @@ static void clear_hwpoisoned_pages(struct page *memmap, int nr_pages)
> if (atomic_long_read(&num_poisoned_pages) == 0)
> return;
>
> - for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++) {
> + for (i = start; i < start + count; i++) {
> if (PageHWPoison(&memmap[i])) {
> atomic_long_sub(1, &num_poisoned_pages);
> ClearPageHWPoison(&memmap[i]);
> @@ -777,7 +778,8 @@ static void clear_hwpoisoned_pages(struct page *memmap, int nr_pages)
> }
> }
> #else
> -static inline void clear_hwpoisoned_pages(struct page *memmap, int nr_pages)
> +static inline void clear_hwpoisoned_pages(struct page *memmap,
> + unsigned long start, unsigned long count)
> {
> }
> #endif
> @@ -824,7 +826,7 @@ void sparse_remove_one_section(struct zone *zone, struct mem_section *ms,
> ms->pageblock_flags = NULL;
> }
>
> - clear_hwpoisoned_pages(memmap + map_offset,
> + clear_hwpoisoned_pages(memmap, map_offset,
> PAGES_PER_SECTION - map_offset);
> free_section_usemap(memmap, usemap, altmap);
> }
> --
> 2.21.0

--
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs

2019-06-26 06:33:14

by Alastair D'Silva

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] mm: don't hide potentially null memmap pointer in sparse_remove_one_section

On Wed, 2019-06-26 at 08:23 +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
> On Wed 26-06-19 16:11:22, Alastair D'Silva wrote:
> > From: Alastair D'Silva <[email protected]>
> >
> > By adding offset to memmap before passing it in to
> > clear_hwpoisoned_pages,
> > we hide a potentially null memmap from the null check inside
> > clear_hwpoisoned_pages.
> >
> > This patch passes the offset to clear_hwpoisoned_pages instead,
> > allowing
> > memmap to successfully peform it's null check.
>
> Same issue with the changelog as the previous patch (missing WHY).
>

The first paragraph explains what the problem is with the existing code
(same applies to 1/3 too).

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2019-06-26 07:00:04

by Michal Hocko

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] mm: don't hide potentially null memmap pointer in sparse_remove_one_section

On Wed 26-06-19 16:30:55, Alastair D'Silva wrote:
> On Wed, 2019-06-26 at 08:23 +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > On Wed 26-06-19 16:11:22, Alastair D'Silva wrote:
> > > From: Alastair D'Silva <[email protected]>
> > >
> > > By adding offset to memmap before passing it in to
> > > clear_hwpoisoned_pages,
> > > we hide a potentially null memmap from the null check inside
> > > clear_hwpoisoned_pages.
> > >
> > > This patch passes the offset to clear_hwpoisoned_pages instead,
> > > allowing
> > > memmap to successfully peform it's null check.
> >
> > Same issue with the changelog as the previous patch (missing WHY).
> >
>
> The first paragraph explains what the problem is with the existing code
> (same applies to 1/3 too).

Under what conditions that happens? Is this a theoretical problem or can
you hit this by a (buggy) code? Please be much more specific.

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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs

2019-06-28 11:31:08

by David Hildenbrand

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] mm: don't hide potentially null memmap pointer in sparse_remove_one_section

On 26.06.19 08:11, Alastair D'Silva wrote:
> From: Alastair D'Silva <[email protected]>
>
> By adding offset to memmap before passing it in to clear_hwpoisoned_pages,
> we hide a potentially null memmap from the null check inside
> clear_hwpoisoned_pages.
>
> This patch passes the offset to clear_hwpoisoned_pages instead, allowing
> memmap to successfully peform it's null check.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alastair D'Silva <[email protected]>
> ---
> mm/sparse.c | 10 ++++++----
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c
> index 57a1a3d9c1cf..1ec32aef5590 100644
> --- a/mm/sparse.c
> +++ b/mm/sparse.c
> @@ -753,7 +753,8 @@ int __meminit sparse_add_one_section(int nid, unsigned long start_pfn,
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE
> #ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_FAILURE
> -static void clear_hwpoisoned_pages(struct page *memmap, int nr_pages)
> +static void clear_hwpoisoned_pages(struct page *memmap,
> + unsigned long start, unsigned long count)
> {
> int i;
>
> @@ -769,7 +770,7 @@ static void clear_hwpoisoned_pages(struct page *memmap, int nr_pages)
> if (atomic_long_read(&num_poisoned_pages) == 0)
> return;
>
> - for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++) {
> + for (i = start; i < start + count; i++) {

start and count are unsigned long's, i is an int.

Besides that

Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <[email protected]>

> if (PageHWPoison(&memmap[i])) {
> atomic_long_sub(1, &num_poisoned_pages);
> ClearPageHWPoison(&memmap[i]);
> @@ -777,7 +778,8 @@ static void clear_hwpoisoned_pages(struct page *memmap, int nr_pages)
> }
> }
> #else
> -static inline void clear_hwpoisoned_pages(struct page *memmap, int nr_pages)
> +static inline void clear_hwpoisoned_pages(struct page *memmap,
> + unsigned long start, unsigned long count)
> {
> }
> #endif
> @@ -824,7 +826,7 @@ void sparse_remove_one_section(struct zone *zone, struct mem_section *ms,
> ms->pageblock_flags = NULL;
> }
>
> - clear_hwpoisoned_pages(memmap + map_offset,
> + clear_hwpoisoned_pages(memmap, map_offset,
> PAGES_PER_SECTION - map_offset);
> free_section_usemap(memmap, usemap, altmap);
> }
>


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Thanks,

David / dhildenb