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| author | Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com> | 2009-01-06 14:40:09 -0800 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-01-06 15:59:07 -0800 |
| commit | 22b31eec63e5f2e219a3ee15f456897272bc73e8 (patch) | |
| tree | 906e4975a0e2cdef15ef071b4890e3b28e36cf39 /mm/memory.c | |
| parent | 3dc147414ccad81dc33edb80774b1fed12a38c08 (diff) | |
| download | lwn-22b31eec63e5f2e219a3ee15f456897272bc73e8.tar.gz lwn-22b31eec63e5f2e219a3ee15f456897272bc73e8.zip | |
badpage: vm_normal_page use print_bad_pte
print_bad_pte() is so far being called only when zap_pte_range() finds
negative page_mapcount, or there's a fault on a pte_file where it does not
belong. That's weak coverage when we suspect pagetable corruption.
Originally, it was called when vm_normal_page() found an invalid pfn: but
pfn_valid is expensive on some architectures and configurations, so 2.6.24
put that under CONFIG_DEBUG_VM (which doesn't help in the field), then
2.6.26 replaced it by a VM_BUG_ON (likewise).
Reinstate the print_bad_pte() in vm_normal_page(), but use a cheaper test
than pfn_valid(): memmap_init_zone() (used in bootup and hotplug) keep a
__read_mostly note of the highest_memmap_pfn, vm_normal_page() then check
pfn against that. We could call this pfn_plausible() or pfn_sane(), but I
doubt we'll need it elsewhere: of course it's not reliable, but gives much
stronger pagetable validation on many boxes.
Also use print_bad_pte() when the pte_special bit is found outside a
VM_PFNMAP or VM_MIXEDMAP area, instead of VM_BUG_ON.
Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>
Cc: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'mm/memory.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/memory.c | 20 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c index cda04b19f733..890095f5f36d 100644 --- a/mm/memory.c +++ b/mm/memory.c @@ -467,21 +467,18 @@ static inline int is_cow_mapping(unsigned int flags) struct page *vm_normal_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr, pte_t pte) { - unsigned long pfn; + unsigned long pfn = pte_pfn(pte); if (HAVE_PTE_SPECIAL) { - if (likely(!pte_special(pte))) { - VM_BUG_ON(!pfn_valid(pte_pfn(pte))); - return pte_page(pte); - } - VM_BUG_ON(!(vma->vm_flags & (VM_PFNMAP | VM_MIXEDMAP))); + if (likely(!pte_special(pte))) + goto check_pfn; + if (!(vma->vm_flags & (VM_PFNMAP | VM_MIXEDMAP))) + print_bad_pte(vma, addr, pte, NULL); return NULL; } /* !HAVE_PTE_SPECIAL case follows: */ - pfn = pte_pfn(pte); - if (unlikely(vma->vm_flags & (VM_PFNMAP|VM_MIXEDMAP))) { if (vma->vm_flags & VM_MIXEDMAP) { if (!pfn_valid(pfn)) @@ -497,11 +494,14 @@ struct page *vm_normal_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr, } } - VM_BUG_ON(!pfn_valid(pfn)); +check_pfn: + if (unlikely(pfn > highest_memmap_pfn)) { + print_bad_pte(vma, addr, pte, NULL); + return NULL; + } /* * NOTE! We still have PageReserved() pages in the page tables. - * * eg. VDSO mappings can cause them to exist. */ out: |