[PATCH -V2] powerpc: thp: Fix crash on mremap

Aneesh Kumar K.V aneesh.kumar at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Thu Jan 2 20:17:46 EST 2014


From: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar at linux.vnet.ibm.com>

This patch fix the below crash

NIP [c00000000004cee4] .__hash_page_thp+0x2a4/0x440
LR [c0000000000439ac] .hash_page+0x18c/0x5e0
...
Call Trace:
[c000000736103c40] [00001ffffb000000] 0x1ffffb000000(unreliable)
[437908.479693] [c000000736103d50] [c0000000000439ac] .hash_page+0x18c/0x5e0
[437908.479699] [c000000736103e30] [c00000000000924c] .do_hash_page+0x4c/0x58

On ppc64 we use the pgtable for storing the hpte slot information and
store address to the pgtable at a constant offset (PTRS_PER_PMD) from
pmd. On mremap, when we switch the pmd, we need to withdraw and deposit
the pgtable again, so that we find the pgtable at PTRS_PER_PMD offset
from new pmd.

We also want to move the withdraw and deposit before the set_pmd so
that, when page fault find the pmd as trans huge we can be sure that
pgtable can be located at the offset.

Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
Changes from V1:
* limit the withraw/deposit to only ppc64

 arch/Kconfig                           |  3 +++
 arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype |  1 +
 include/linux/huge_mm.h                |  6 ++++++
 mm/huge_memory.c                       | 21 ++++++++++++---------
 4 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index f1cf895c040f..3759e70a649d 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -371,6 +371,9 @@ config HAVE_IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING
 config HAVE_ARCH_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
 	bool
 
+config ARCH_THP_MOVE_PMD_ALWAYS_WITHDRAW
+	bool
+
 config HAVE_ARCH_SOFT_DIRTY
 	bool
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype b/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype
index bca2465a9c34..5f83b4334e5f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ config PPC_BOOK3S_64
 	select PPC_FPU
 	select PPC_HAVE_PMU_SUPPORT
 	select SYS_SUPPORTS_HUGETLBFS
+	select ARCH_THP_MOVE_PMD_ALWAYS_WITHDRAW
 	select HAVE_ARCH_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE if PPC_64K_PAGES
 
 config PPC_BOOK3E_64
diff --git a/include/linux/huge_mm.h b/include/linux/huge_mm.h
index 91672e2deec3..836242a738a5 100644
--- a/include/linux/huge_mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/huge_mm.h
@@ -230,4 +230,10 @@ static inline int do_huge_pmd_numa_page(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_str
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE */
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_THP_MOVE_PMD_ALWAYS_WITHDRAW
+#define ARCH_THP_MOVE_PMD_ALWAYS_WITHDRAW 1
+#else
+#define ARCH_THP_MOVE_PMD_ALWAYS_WITHDRAW 0
+#endif
+
 #endif /* _LINUX_HUGE_MM_H */
diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index 7de1bf85f683..32006b51d102 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -1505,19 +1505,22 @@ int move_huge_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_area_struct *new_vma,
 			spin_lock_nested(new_ptl, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
 		pmd = pmdp_get_and_clear(mm, old_addr, old_pmd);
 		VM_BUG_ON(!pmd_none(*new_pmd));
-		set_pmd_at(mm, new_addr, new_pmd, pmd_mksoft_dirty(pmd));
-		if (new_ptl != old_ptl) {
+		/*
+		 * Archs like ppc64 use pgtable to store per pmd
+		 * specific information. So when we switch the pmd,
+		 * we should also withdraw and deposit the pgtable
+		 *
+		 * With split pmd lock we also need to move preallocated
+		 * PTE page table if new_pmd is on different PMD page table.
+		 */
+		if (new_ptl != old_ptl || ARCH_THP_MOVE_PMD_ALWAYS_WITHDRAW) {
 			pgtable_t pgtable;
-
-			/*
-			 * Move preallocated PTE page table if new_pmd is on
-			 * different PMD page table.
-			 */
 			pgtable = pgtable_trans_huge_withdraw(mm, old_pmd);
 			pgtable_trans_huge_deposit(mm, new_pmd, pgtable);
-
-			spin_unlock(new_ptl);
 		}
+		set_pmd_at(mm, new_addr, new_pmd, pmd_mksoft_dirty(pmd));
+		if (new_ptl != old_ptl)
+			spin_unlock(new_ptl);
 		spin_unlock(old_ptl);
 	}
 out:
-- 
1.8.3.2



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