[PATCH 2/2] base/memory, hotplug: fix a kernel oops in show_valid_zones()

From: Toshi Kani
Date: Thu Jan 26 2017 - 15:50:46 EST


Reading a sysfs memoryN/valid_zones file leads to the following
oops when the first page of a range is not backed by struct page.
show_valid_zones() assumes that 'start_pfn' is always valid for
page_zone().

BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at ffffea017a000000
IP: show_valid_zones+0x6f/0x160

Since test_pages_in_a_zone() already checks holes, extend this
function to return 'valid_start' and 'valid_end' for a given range.
show_valid_zones() then proceeds with the valid range.

Signed-off-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Zhang Zhen <zhenzhang.zhang@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Reza Arbab <arbab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/base/memory.c | 12 ++++++------
include/linux/memory_hotplug.h | 3 ++-
mm/memory_hotplug.c | 20 +++++++++++++++-----
3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/memory.c b/drivers/base/memory.c
index 8ab8ea1..2c9aad9 100644
--- a/drivers/base/memory.c
+++ b/drivers/base/memory.c
@@ -389,33 +389,33 @@ static ssize_t show_valid_zones(struct device *dev,
{
struct memory_block *mem = to_memory_block(dev);
unsigned long start_pfn, end_pfn;
+ unsigned long valid_start, valid_end, valid_pages;
unsigned long nr_pages = PAGES_PER_SECTION * sections_per_block;
- struct page *first_page;
struct zone *zone;
int zone_shift = 0;

start_pfn = section_nr_to_pfn(mem->start_section_nr);
end_pfn = start_pfn + nr_pages;
- first_page = pfn_to_page(start_pfn);

/* The block contains more than one zone can not be offlined. */
- if (!test_pages_in_a_zone(start_pfn, end_pfn))
+ if (!test_pages_in_a_zone(start_pfn, end_pfn, &valid_start, &valid_end))
return sprintf(buf, "none\n");

- zone = page_zone(first_page);
+ zone = page_zone(pfn_to_page(valid_start));
+ valid_pages = valid_end - valid_start;

/* MMOP_ONLINE_KEEP */
sprintf(buf, "%s", zone->name);

/* MMOP_ONLINE_KERNEL */
- zone_shift = zone_can_shift(start_pfn, nr_pages, ZONE_NORMAL);
+ zone_shift = zone_can_shift(valid_start, valid_pages, ZONE_NORMAL);
if (zone_shift) {
strcat(buf, " ");
strcat(buf, (zone + zone_shift)->name);
}

/* MMOP_ONLINE_MOVABLE */
- zone_shift = zone_can_shift(start_pfn, nr_pages, ZONE_MOVABLE);
+ zone_shift = zone_can_shift(valid_start, valid_pages, ZONE_MOVABLE);
if (zone_shift) {
strcat(buf, " ");
strcat(buf, (zone + zone_shift)->name);
diff --git a/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h b/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
index 01033fa..b6aa972 100644
--- a/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
+++ b/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ extern int zone_grow_waitqueues(struct zone *zone, unsigned long nr_pages);
extern int add_one_highpage(struct page *page, int pfn, int bad_ppro);
/* VM interface that may be used by firmware interface */
extern int online_pages(unsigned long, unsigned long, int);
-extern int test_pages_in_a_zone(unsigned long, unsigned long);
+extern int test_pages_in_a_zone(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn,
+ unsigned long *valid_start, unsigned long *valid_end);
extern void __offline_isolated_pages(unsigned long, unsigned long);

typedef void (*online_page_callback_t)(struct page *page);
diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index 7836606..9de2f83 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -1478,10 +1478,13 @@ bool is_mem_section_removable(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long nr_pages)

/*
* Confirm all pages in a range [start, end) belong to the same zone.
+ * When true, return its valid [start, end).
*/
-int test_pages_in_a_zone(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
+int test_pages_in_a_zone(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn,
+ unsigned long *valid_start, unsigned long *valid_end)
{
unsigned long pfn, sec_end_pfn;
+ unsigned long start, end;
struct zone *zone = NULL;
struct page *page;
int i;
@@ -1503,14 +1506,20 @@ int test_pages_in_a_zone(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
page = pfn_to_page(pfn + i);
if (zone && page_zone(page) != zone)
return 0;
+ if (!zone)
+ start = pfn + i;
zone = page_zone(page);
+ end = pfn + MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES;
}
}

- if (zone)
+ if (zone) {
+ *valid_start = start;
+ *valid_end = end;
return 1;
- else
+ } else {
return 0;
+ }
}

/*
@@ -1837,6 +1846,7 @@ static int __ref __offline_pages(unsigned long start_pfn,
long offlined_pages;
int ret, drain, retry_max, node;
unsigned long flags;
+ unsigned long valid_start, valid_end;
struct zone *zone;
struct memory_notify arg;

@@ -1847,10 +1857,10 @@ static int __ref __offline_pages(unsigned long start_pfn,
return -EINVAL;
/* This makes hotplug much easier...and readable.
we assume this for now. .*/
- if (!test_pages_in_a_zone(start_pfn, end_pfn))
+ if (!test_pages_in_a_zone(start_pfn, end_pfn, &valid_start, &valid_end))
return -EINVAL;

- zone = page_zone(pfn_to_page(start_pfn));
+ zone = page_zone(pfn_to_page(valid_start));
node = zone_to_nid(zone);
nr_pages = end_pfn - start_pfn;