public inbox for linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
* Taint kernel when we detect a corrupted slab.
@ 2012-09-18 15:05 Dave Jones
  2012-09-18 16:57 ` Christoph Lameter
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Dave Jones @ 2012-09-18 15:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Linux Kernel; +Cc: cl

It doesn't seem worth adding a new taint flag for this, so just re-use
the one from 'bad page'

Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>

diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 2fdd96f..0c5009d 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -568,6 +568,8 @@ static void slab_bug(struct kmem_cache *s, char *fmt, ...)
 	printk(KERN_ERR "BUG %s (%s): %s\n", s->name, print_tainted(), buf);
 	printk(KERN_ERR "----------------------------------------"
 			"-------------------------------------\n\n");
+
+	add_taint(TAINT_BAD_PAGE);
 }
 
 static void slab_fix(struct kmem_cache *s, char *fmt, ...)

^ permalink raw reply related	[flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread

* Re: Taint kernel when we detect a corrupted slab.
  2012-09-18 15:05 Taint kernel when we detect a corrupted slab Dave Jones
@ 2012-09-18 16:57 ` Christoph Lameter
  2012-09-18 19:27   ` David Rientjes
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Christoph Lameter @ 2012-09-18 16:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Dave Jones; +Cc: Linux Kernel, Pekka Enberg

On Tue, 18 Sep 2012, Dave Jones wrote:

> It doesn't seem worth adding a new taint flag for this, so just re-use
> the one from 'bad page'

Acked-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>

^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread

* Re: Taint kernel when we detect a corrupted slab.
  2012-09-18 16:57 ` Christoph Lameter
@ 2012-09-18 19:27   ` David Rientjes
  2012-09-18 19:54     ` Dave Jones
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: David Rientjes @ 2012-09-18 19:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Christoph Lameter; +Cc: Dave Jones, Linux Kernel, Pekka Enberg

On Tue, 18 Sep 2012, Christoph Lameter wrote:

> On Tue, 18 Sep 2012, Dave Jones wrote:
> 
> > It doesn't seem worth adding a new taint flag for this, so just re-use
> > the one from 'bad page'
> 
> Acked-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>

[Fixing Pekka's email address]

Dave, would you like to add something similar to __slab_error() for 
CONFIG_SLAB?

^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread

* Re: Taint kernel when we detect a corrupted slab.
  2012-09-18 19:27   ` David Rientjes
@ 2012-09-18 19:54     ` Dave Jones
  2012-09-18 20:19       ` David Rientjes
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Dave Jones @ 2012-09-18 19:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: David Rientjes; +Cc: Christoph Lameter, Linux Kernel, Pekka Enberg

On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 12:27:58PM -0700, David Rientjes wrote:
 > On Tue, 18 Sep 2012, Christoph Lameter wrote:
 > 
 > > On Tue, 18 Sep 2012, Dave Jones wrote:
 > > 
 > > > It doesn't seem worth adding a new taint flag for this, so just re-use
 > > > the one from 'bad page'
 > > 
 > > Acked-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
 > 
 > [Fixing Pekka's email address]
 > 
 > Dave, would you like to add something similar to __slab_error() for 
 > CONFIG_SLAB?

Sure. This ?

	Dave

-- 


Taint kernel when we detect a corrupted slab.

It doesn't seem worth adding a new taint flag for this, so just re-use
the one from 'bad page'

Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>

diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 2fdd96f..0c5009d 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -568,6 +568,8 @@ static void slab_bug(struct kmem_cache *s, char *fmt, ...)
 	printk(KERN_ERR "BUG %s (%s): %s\n", s->name, print_tainted(), buf);
 	printk(KERN_ERR "----------------------------------------"
 			"-------------------------------------\n\n");
+
+	add_taint(TAINT_BAD_PAGE);
 }
 
 static void slab_fix(struct kmem_cache *s, char *fmt, ...)
diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index c685475..cbce8c9 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -818,6 +818,7 @@ static void __slab_error(const char *function, struct kmem_cache *cachep,
 	printk(KERN_ERR "slab error in %s(): cache `%s': %s\n",
 	       function, cachep->name, msg);
 	dump_stack();
+	add_taint(TAINT_BAD_PAGE);
 }
 
 /*

^ permalink raw reply related	[flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread

* Re: Taint kernel when we detect a corrupted slab.
  2012-09-18 19:54     ` Dave Jones
@ 2012-09-18 20:19       ` David Rientjes
  2012-09-19  7:09         ` Pekka Enberg
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: David Rientjes @ 2012-09-18 20:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Dave Jones, Christoph Lameter, Linux Kernel, Pekka Enberg

On Tue, 18 Sep 2012, Dave Jones wrote:

> It doesn't seem worth adding a new taint flag for this, so just re-use
> the one from 'bad page'
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>

Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>

^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread

* Re: Taint kernel when we detect a corrupted slab.
  2012-09-18 20:19       ` David Rientjes
@ 2012-09-19  7:09         ` Pekka Enberg
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Pekka Enberg @ 2012-09-19  7:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: David Rientjes; +Cc: Dave Jones, Christoph Lameter, Linux Kernel, Andrew Morton

On Tue, 18 Sep 2012, Dave Jones wrote:
>> It doesn't seem worth adding a new taint flag for this, so just re-use
>> the one from 'bad page'
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>

On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 11:19 PM, David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> wrote:
> Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>

Applied, thanks!

^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread

end of thread, other threads:[~2012-09-19  7:09 UTC | newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages (download: mbox.gz follow: Atom feed
-- links below jump to the message on this page --
2012-09-18 15:05 Taint kernel when we detect a corrupted slab Dave Jones
2012-09-18 16:57 ` Christoph Lameter
2012-09-18 19:27   ` David Rientjes
2012-09-18 19:54     ` Dave Jones
2012-09-18 20:19       ` David Rientjes
2012-09-19  7:09         ` Pekka Enberg

This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox