From: Muchun Song <songmuchun@bytedance.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>,
Muchun Song <muchun.song@linux.dev>,
Oscar Salvador <osalvador@suse.de>,
Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>,
Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>,
"Liam R . Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>,
Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>,
Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>,
Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>,
Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>,
Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>,
Christophe Leroy <chleroy@kernel.org>,
Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@google.com>,
Frank van der Linden <fvdl@google.com>,
aneesh.kumar@linux.ibm.com, joao.m.martins@oracle.com,
linux-mm@kvack.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Muchun Song <songmuchun@bytedance.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 06/69] mm/sparse: Panic on memmap and usemap allocation failure
Date: Wed, 13 May 2026 21:04:34 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260513130542.35604-7-songmuchun@bytedance.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260513130542.35604-1-songmuchun@bytedance.com>
When vmemmap or usemap allocation fails, sparse_init_nid() currently
marks the section non-present and continues. Later boot-time code can
still walk PFNs in that section without checking for this partial setup,
which leads to invalid accesses. subsection_map_init() can also touch an
unallocated usemap.
Auditing and fixing all early PFN walkers for this case is not worth the
complexity. These allocation failures are expected to be fatal anyway,
and other memory models already treat them that way.
Make memmap and usemap allocation failures panic immediately instead of
trying to recover and crashing later in less obvious ways. This is also
consistent with how other memory model configurations handle memmap
allocation failures.
Signed-off-by: Muchun Song <songmuchun@bytedance.com>
Acked-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
---
v1->v2:
- Add Acked-by from Mike Rapoport
- I refrained from adding panic() to memmap_alloc() as it wouldn't simplify
the code. However, panic() is still required in sparse_init_nid() because
the architecture-specific vmemmap_populate() bypasses memmap_alloc().
---
mm/sparse.c | 44 +++++++++-----------------------------------
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c
index 16ac6df3c89f..c92bbc3f3aa3 100644
--- a/mm/sparse.c
+++ b/mm/sparse.c
@@ -239,15 +239,8 @@ struct page __init *__populate_section_memmap(unsigned long pfn,
struct dev_pagemap *pgmap)
{
unsigned long size = section_map_size();
- struct page *map;
- phys_addr_t addr = __pa(MAX_DMA_ADDRESS);
- map = memmap_alloc(size, size, addr, nid, false);
- if (!map)
- panic("%s: Failed to allocate %lu bytes align=0x%lx nid=%d from=%pa\n",
- __func__, size, PAGE_SIZE, nid, &addr);
-
- return map;
+ return memmap_alloc(size, size, __pa(MAX_DMA_ADDRESS), nid, false);
}
#endif /* !CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP */
@@ -300,17 +293,14 @@ static void __init sparse_init_nid(int nid, unsigned long pnum_begin,
unsigned long map_count)
{
unsigned long pnum;
- struct page *map;
- struct mem_section *ms;
- if (sparse_usage_init(nid, map_count)) {
- pr_err("%s: node[%d] usemap allocation failed", __func__, nid);
- goto failed;
- }
+ if (sparse_usage_init(nid, map_count))
+ panic("Failed to allocate usemap for node %d\n", nid);
sparse_vmemmap_init_nid_early(nid);
for_each_present_section_nr(pnum_begin, pnum) {
+ struct mem_section *ms;
unsigned long pfn = section_nr_to_pfn(pnum);
if (pnum >= pnum_end)
@@ -318,34 +308,18 @@ static void __init sparse_init_nid(int nid, unsigned long pnum_begin,
ms = __nr_to_section(pnum);
if (!preinited_vmemmap_section(ms)) {
+ struct page *map;
+
map = __populate_section_memmap(pfn, PAGES_PER_SECTION,
- nid, NULL, NULL);
- if (!map) {
- pr_err("%s: node[%d] memory map backing failed. Some memory will not be available.",
- __func__, nid);
- pnum_begin = pnum;
- sparse_usage_fini();
- goto failed;
- }
+ nid, NULL, NULL);
+ if (!map)
+ panic("Failed to allocate memmap for section %lu\n", pnum);
memmap_boot_pages_add(DIV_ROUND_UP(PAGES_PER_SECTION * sizeof(struct page),
PAGE_SIZE));
sparse_init_early_section(nid, map, pnum, 0);
}
}
sparse_usage_fini();
- return;
-failed:
- /*
- * We failed to allocate, mark all the following pnums as not present,
- * except the ones already initialized earlier.
- */
- for_each_present_section_nr(pnum_begin, pnum) {
- if (pnum >= pnum_end)
- break;
- ms = __nr_to_section(pnum);
- if (!preinited_vmemmap_section(ms))
- ms->section_mem_map = 0;
- }
}
/*
--
2.54.0
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Thread overview: 72+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-13 13:04 [PATCH v2 00/69] mm: Generalize HVO for HugeTLB and device DAX Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:04 ` [PATCH v2 01/69] mm/hugetlb: Fix boot panic with CONFIG_DEBUG_VM and HVO bootmem pages Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:04 ` [PATCH v2 02/69] mm/hugetlb_vmemmap: Fix __hugetlb_vmemmap_optimize_folios() Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:04 ` [PATCH v2 03/69] powerpc/mm: Fix wrong addr_pfn tracking in compound vmemmap population Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:04 ` [PATCH v2 04/69] mm/hugetlb: Initialize gigantic bootmem hugepage struct pages earlier Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:04 ` [PATCH v2 05/69] mm/mm_init: Simplify deferred_free_pages() migratetype init Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:04 ` Muchun Song [this message]
2026-05-13 13:04 ` [PATCH v2 07/69] mm/sparse: Move subsection_map_init() into sparse_init() Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:04 ` [PATCH v2 08/69] mm/mm_init: Defer sparse_init() until after zone initialization Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:04 ` [PATCH v2 09/69] mm/mm_init: Defer hugetlb reservation " Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:04 ` [PATCH v2 10/69] mm/mm_init: Remove set_pageblock_order() call from sparse_init() Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:04 ` [PATCH v2 11/69] mm/sparse: Move sparse_vmemmap_init_nid_late() into sparse_init_nid() Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:04 ` [PATCH v2 12/69] mm/hugetlb_cma: Validate hugetlb CMA range by zone at reserve time Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:04 ` [PATCH v2 13/69] mm/hugetlb: Refactor early boot gigantic hugepage allocation Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:04 ` [PATCH v2 14/69] mm/hugetlb: Free cross-zone bootmem gigantic pages after allocation Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:04 ` [PATCH v2 15/69] mm/hugetlb_vmemmap: Move bootmem HVO setup to early init Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:04 ` [PATCH v2 16/69] mm/hugetlb: Remove obsolete bootmem cross-zone checks Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:04 ` [PATCH v2 17/69] mm/sparse-vmemmap: Remove sparse_vmemmap_init_nid_late() Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:04 ` [PATCH v2 18/69] mm/hugetlb: Remove unused bootmem cma field Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:04 ` [PATCH v2 19/69] mm/mm_init: Make __init_page_from_nid() static Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:04 ` [PATCH v2 20/69] mm/sparse-vmemmap: Drop VMEMMAP_POPULATE_PAGEREF Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:04 ` [PATCH v2 21/69] mm: Rename vmemmap optimization macros around folio semantics Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:04 ` [PATCH v2 22/69] mm/sparse: Drop power-of-2 size requirement for struct mem_section Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:04 ` [PATCH v2 23/69] mm/sparse-vmemmap: track compound page order in " Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:04 ` [PATCH v2 24/69] mm/mm_init: Skip initializing shared vmemmap tail pages Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:04 ` [PATCH v2 25/69] mm/sparse-vmemmap: Initialize shared tail vmemmap pages on allocation Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:04 ` [PATCH v2 26/69] mm/sparse-vmemmap: Support section-based vmemmap accounting Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:04 ` [PATCH v2 27/69] mm/sparse-vmemmap: Support section-based vmemmap optimization Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:04 ` [PATCH v2 28/69] mm/hugetlb: Use generic vmemmap optimization macros Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:04 ` [PATCH v2 29/69] mm/sparse: Mark memblocks present earlier Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:04 ` [PATCH v2 30/69] mm/hugetlb: Switch HugeTLB to section-based vmemmap optimization Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:04 ` [PATCH v2 31/69] mm/sparse: Remove section_map_size() Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:05 ` [PATCH v2 32/69] mm/mm_init: Factor out pfn_to_zone() as a shared helper Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:05 ` [PATCH v2 33/69] mm/sparse: Remove SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP_PREINIT Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:05 ` [PATCH v2 34/69] mm/sparse: Inline usemap allocation into sparse_init_nid() Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:05 ` [PATCH v2 35/69] mm/hugetlb: Remove HUGE_BOOTMEM_HVO Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:05 ` [PATCH v2 36/69] mm/hugetlb: Remove HUGE_BOOTMEM_CMA Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:05 ` [PATCH v2 37/69] mm/sparse-vmemmap: Factor out shared vmemmap page allocation Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:05 ` [PATCH v2 38/69] mm/sparse-vmemmap: Introduce CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP_OPTIMIZATION Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:05 ` [PATCH v2 39/69] mm/sparse-vmemmap: Switch DAX to vmemmap_shared_tail_page() Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:05 ` [PATCH v2 40/69] powerpc/mm: " Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:05 ` [PATCH v2 41/69] mm/sparse-vmemmap: Drop the extra tail page from DAX reservation Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:05 ` [PATCH v2 42/69] mm/sparse-vmemmap: Switch DAX to section-based vmemmap optimization Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:05 ` [PATCH v2 43/69] mm/sparse-vmemmap: Unify DAX and HugeTLB population paths Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:05 ` [PATCH v2 44/69] mm/sparse-vmemmap: Remove the unused ptpfn argument Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:05 ` [PATCH v2 45/69] powerpc/mm: Make vmemmap_populate_compound_pages() static Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:05 ` [PATCH v2 46/69] mm/sparse-vmemmap: Map shared vmemmap tail pages read-only Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:20 ` [PATCH v2 47/69] powerpc/mm: " Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:20 ` [PATCH v2 48/69] mm/sparse-vmemmap: Inline vmemmap_populate_address() into its caller Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:20 ` [PATCH v2 49/69] mm/hugetlb_vmemmap: Remove vmemmap_wrprotect_hvo() Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:20 ` [PATCH v2 50/69] mm/sparse: Simplify section_nr_vmemmap_pages() Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:20 ` [PATCH v2 51/69] mm/sparse-vmemmap: Introduce vmemmap_nr_struct_pages() Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:20 ` [PATCH v2 52/69] powerpc/mm: Drop powerpc vmemmap_can_optimize() Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:20 ` [PATCH v2 53/69] mm/sparse-vmemmap: Drop vmemmap_can_optimize() Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:20 ` [PATCH v2 54/69] mm/sparse-vmemmap: Drop @pgmap from vmemmap population APIs Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:20 ` [PATCH v2 55/69] mm/sparse: Decouple section activation from ZONE_DEVICE Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:20 ` [PATCH v2 56/69] mm: Redefine HVO as Hugepage Vmemmap Optimization Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:20 ` [PATCH v2 57/69] mm/sparse-vmemmap: Consolidate HVO enable checks Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:20 ` [PATCH v2 58/69] mm/hugetlb: Make HVO optimizable checks depend on generic logic Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:20 ` [PATCH v2 59/69] mm/sparse-vmemmap: Localize init_compound_tail() Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:20 ` [PATCH v2 60/69] mm/mm_init: Check zone consistency on optimized vmemmap sections Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:20 ` [PATCH v2 61/69] mm/hugetlb: Drop boot-time HVO handling for gigantic folios Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:20 ` [PATCH v2 62/69] mm/hugetlb: Simplify hugetlb_folio_init_vmemmap() Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:20 ` [PATCH v2 63/69] mm/hugetlb: Initialize the full bootmem hugepage in hugetlb code Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:20 ` [PATCH v2 64/69] mm/mm_init: Factor out compound page initialization Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:20 ` [PATCH v2 65/69] mm/mm_init: Make __init_single_page() static Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:20 ` [PATCH v2 66/69] mm/cma: Move CMA pageblock initialization into cma_activate_area() Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:20 ` [PATCH v2 67/69] mm/cma: Move init_cma_pageblock() into cma.c Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:20 ` [PATCH v2 68/69] mm/mm_init: Initialize pageblock migratetype in memmap init helpers Muchun Song
2026-05-13 13:20 ` [PATCH v2 69/69] Documentation/mm: Rewrite vmemmap_dedup.rst for unified HVO Muchun Song
2026-05-13 17:46 ` [PATCH v2 00/69] mm: Generalize HVO for HugeTLB and device DAX Andrew Morton
2026-05-13 18:26 ` Oscar Salvador
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