542db12a9c
The following random segfault is observed from time to time with
map_hugetlb selftest:
root@localhost:~# ./map_hugetlb 1 19
524288 kB hugepages
Mapping 1 Mbytes
Segmentation fault
[ 31.219972] map_hugetlb[365]: segfault (11) at 117 nip 77974f8c lr 779a6834 code 1 in ld-2.23.so[77966000+21000]
[ 31.220192] map_hugetlb[365]: code: 9421ffc0 480318d1 93410028 90010044 9361002c 93810030 93a10034 93c10038
[ 31.220307] map_hugetlb[365]: code: 93e1003c 93210024 8123007c 81430038 <80e90004> 814a0004 7f443a14 813a0004
[ 31.221911] BUG: Bad rss-counter state mm:(ptrval) type:MM_FILEPAGES val:33
[ 31.229362] BUG: Bad rss-counter state mm:(ptrval) type:MM_ANONPAGES val:5
This fault is due to hugetlb_free_pgd_range() freeing page tables
that are also used by regular pages.
As explain in the comment at the beginning of
hugetlb_free_pgd_range(), the verification done in free_pgd_range()
on floor and ceiling is not done here, which means
hugetlb_free_pte_range() can free outside the expected range.
As the verification cannot be done in hugetlb_free_pgd_range(), it
must be done in hugetlb_free_pte_range().
Fixes: b250c8c08c79 ("powerpc/8xx: Manage 512k huge pages as standard pages.")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
Reviewed-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/f0cb2a5477cd87d1eaadb128042e20aeb2bc2859.1598860677.git.christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.