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[merged] hugetlb-fix-update_and_free_page-contig-page-struct-assumption.patch removed from -mm tree

Message ID 20210225191724.8ziH2aj_k%akpm@linux-foundation.org
State New
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Series [merged] hugetlb-fix-update_and_free_page-contig-page-struct-assumption.patch removed from -mm tree | expand

Commit Message

Andrew Morton Feb. 25, 2021, 7:17 p.m. UTC
The patch titled
     Subject: hugetlb: fix update_and_free_page contig page struct assumption
has been removed from the -mm tree.  Its filename was
     hugetlb-fix-update_and_free_page-contig-page-struct-assumption.patch

This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree

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From: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@oracle.com>
Subject: hugetlb: fix update_and_free_page contig page struct assumption

page structs are not guaranteed to be contiguous for gigantic pages.  The
routine update_and_free_page can encounter a gigantic page, yet it assumes
page structs are contiguous when setting page flags in subpages.

If update_and_free_page encounters non-contiguous page structs, we can see
“BUG: Bad page state in process …” errors.

Non-contiguous page structs are generally not an issue.  However, they can
exist with a specific kernel configuration and hotplug operations.  For
example: Configure the kernel with CONFIG_SPARSEMEM and
!CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP.  Then, hotplug add memory for the area where
the gigantic page will be allocated.  Zi Yan outlined steps to reproduce
here [1].

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/16F7C58B-4D79-41C5-9B64-A1A1628F4AF2@nvidia.com/

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210217184926.33567-1-mike.kravetz@oracle.com
Fixes: 944d9fec8d7a ("hugetlb: add support for gigantic page allocation at runtime")
Signed-off-by: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@oracle.com>
Cc: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@suse.de>
Cc: "Kirill A . Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
Cc: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@suse.de>
Cc: Joao Martins <joao.m.martins@oracle.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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 mm/hugetlb.c |    6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
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--- a/mm/hugetlb.c~hugetlb-fix-update_and_free_page-contig-page-struct-assumption
+++ a/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -1321,14 +1321,16 @@  static inline void destroy_compound_giga
 static void update_and_free_page(struct hstate *h, struct page *page)
 {
 	int i;
+	struct page *subpage = page;
 
 	if (hstate_is_gigantic(h) && !gigantic_page_runtime_supported())
 		return;
 
 	h->nr_huge_pages--;
 	h->nr_huge_pages_node[page_to_nid(page)]--;
-	for (i = 0; i < pages_per_huge_page(h); i++) {
-		page[i].flags &= ~(1 << PG_locked | 1 << PG_error |
+	for (i = 0; i < pages_per_huge_page(h);
+	     i++, subpage = mem_map_next(subpage, page, i)) {
+		subpage->flags &= ~(1 << PG_locked | 1 << PG_error |
 				1 << PG_referenced | 1 << PG_dirty |
 				1 << PG_active | 1 << PG_private |
 				1 << PG_writeback);