[PATCH v2 1/1] mm, memory_hotplug: Initialize struct pages for the full memory section

Mikhail Zaslonko
2018-12-12T17:27:23Z

If memory end is not aligned with the sparse memory section boundary, the
mapping of such a section is only partly initialized. This may lead to
VM_BUG_ON due to uninitialized struct page access from
is_mem_section_removable() or test_pages_in_a_zone() function triggered by
memory_hotplug sysfs handlers:

Here are the the panic examples:
CONFIG_DEBUG_VM=y
CONFIG_DEBUG_VM_PGFLAGS=y

kernel parameter mem=2050M
--------------------------
page:000003d082008000 is uninitialized and poisoned
page dumped because: VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PagePoisoned(p))
Call Trace:
([<0000000000385b26>] test_pages_in_a_zone+0xde/0x160)
[<00000000008f15c4>] show_valid_zones+0x5c/0x190
[<00000000008cf9c4>] dev_attr_show+0x34/0x70
[<0000000000463ad0>] sysfs_kf_seq_show+0xc8/0x148
[<00000000003e4194>] seq_read+0x204/0x480
[<00000000003b53ea>] __vfs_read+0x32/0x178
[<00000000003b55b2>] vfs_read+0x82/0x138
[<00000000003b5be2>] ksys_read+0x5a/0xb0
[<0000000000b86ba0>] system_call+0xdc/0x2d8
Last Breaking-Event-Address:
[<0000000000385b26>] test_pages_in_a_zone+0xde/0x160
Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception: panic_on_oops

kernel parameter mem=3075M
--------------------------
page:000003d08300c000 is uninitialized and poisoned
page dumped because: VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PagePoisoned(p))
Call Trace:
([<000000000038596c>] is_mem_section_removable+0xb4/0x190)
[<00000000008f12fa>] show_mem_removable+0x9a/0xd8
[<00000000008cf9c4>] dev_attr_show+0x34/0x70
[<0000000000463ad0>] sysfs_kf_seq_show+0xc8/0x148
[<00000000003e4194>] seq_read+0x204/0x480
[<00000000003b53ea>] __vfs_read+0x32/0x178
[<00000000003b55b2>] vfs_read+0x82/0x138
[<00000000003b5be2>] ksys_read+0x5a/0xb0
[<0000000000b86ba0>] system_call+0xdc/0x2d8
Last Breaking-Event-Address:
[<000000000038596c>] is_mem_section_removable+0xb4/0x190
Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception: panic_on_oops

Fix the problem by initializing the last memory section of each zone
in memmap_init_zone() till the very end, even if it goes beyond the zone
end.

Signed-off-by: Mikhail Zaslonko <zaslonko@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Gerald Schaefer <gerald.schaefer@de.ibm.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
---
mm/page_alloc.c | 12 ++++++++++++
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 2ec9cc407216..e2afdb2dc2c5 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -5542,6 +5542,18 @@ void __meminit memmap_init_zone(unsigned long size, int nid, unsigned long zone,
cond_resched();
}
}
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM
+ /*
+ * If the zone does not span the rest of the section then
+ * we should at least initialize those pages. Otherwise we
+ * could blow up on a poisoned page in some paths which depend
+ * on full sections being initialized (e.g. memory hotplug).
+ */
+ while (end_pfn % PAGES_PER_SECTION) {
+ __init_single_page(pfn_to_page(end_pfn), end_pfn, zone, nid);
+ end_pfn++;
+ }
+#endif
}

#ifdef CONFIG_ZONE_DEVICE
--
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