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Josh Poimboeuf adb1fe9ae2 mm/page_alloc: Remove kernel address exposure in free_reserved_area() 
Linus suggested we try to remove some of the low-hanging fruit related
to kernel address exposure in dmesg.  The only leaks I see on my local
system are:

  Freeing SMP alternatives memory: 32K (ffffffff9e309000 - ffffffff9e311000)
  Freeing initrd memory: 10588K (ffffa0b736b42000 - ffffa0b737599000)
  Freeing unused kernel memory: 3592K (ffffffff9df87000 - ffffffff9e309000)
  Freeing unused kernel memory: 1352K (ffffa0b7288ae000 - ffffa0b728a00000)
  Freeing unused kernel memory: 632K (ffffa0b728d62000 - ffffa0b728e00000)

Linus says:

  "I suspect we should just remove [the addresses in the 'Freeing'
   messages]. I'm sure they are useful in theory, but I suspect they
   were more useful back when the whole "free init memory" was
   originally done.

   These days, if we have a use-after-free, I suspect the init-mem
   situation is the easiest situation by far. Compared to all the dynamic
   allocations which are much more likely to show it anyway. So having
   debug output for that case is likely not all that productive."

With this patch the freeing messages now look like this:

  Freeing SMP alternatives memory: 32K
  Freeing initrd memory: 10588K
  Freeing unused kernel memory: 3592K
  Freeing unused kernel memory: 1352K
  Freeing unused kernel memory: 632K

Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/6836ff90c45b71d38e5d4405aec56fa9e5d1d4b2.1477405374.git.jpoimboe@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2016-10-25 18:40:37 +02:00
..
kasan kprobes: Unpoison stack in jprobe_return() for KASAN 2016-10-16 11:02:31 +02:00
backing-dev.c block: fix bdi vs gendisk lifetime mismatch 2016-08-04 14:19:16 -06:00
balloon_compaction.c mm: balloon: use general non-lru movable page feature 2016-07-26 16:19:19 -07:00
bootmem.c mm: kmemleak: avoid using __va() on addresses that don't have a lowmem mapping 2016-10-11 15:06:33 -07:00
cleancache.c cleancache: constify cleancache_ops structure 2016-01-27 09:09:57 -05:00
cma_debug.c
cma.c mm: kmemleak: avoid using __va() on addresses that don't have a lowmem mapping 2016-10-11 15:06:33 -07:00
cma.h
compaction.c mm, compaction: restrict fragindex to costly orders 2016-10-07 18:46:29 -07:00
debug_page_ref.c mm/page_ref: add tracepoint to track down page reference manipulation 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
debug.c mm: clarify why we avoid page_mapcount() for slab pages in dump_page() 2016-10-07 18:46:29 -07:00
dmapool.c mm: convert printk(KERN_<LEVEL> to pr_<level> 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
early_ioremap.c mm/early_ioremap: use offset_in_page macro 2015-11-05 19:34:48 -08:00
fadvise.c mm/fadvise.c: do not discard partial pages with POSIX_FADV_DONTNEED 2016-06-09 14:23:11 -07:00
failslab.c mm: fault-inject take over bootstrap kmem_cache check 2016-03-15 16:55:16 -07:00
filemap.c Merge branch 'work.splice_read' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2016-10-10 13:38:49 -07:00
frame_vector.c mm: replace get_vaddr_frames() write/force parameters with gup_flags 2016-10-19 08:11:24 -07:00
frontswap.c mm, frontswap: convert frontswap_enabled to static key 2016-07-26 16:19:19 -07:00
gup.c mm: replace get_user_pages_remote() write/force parameters with gup_flags 2016-10-19 08:12:02 -07:00
highmem.c mm/highmem: make nr_free_highpages() handles all highmem zones by itself 2016-05-19 19:12:14 -07:00
huge_memory.c mm: vm_page_prot: update with WRITE_ONCE/READ_ONCE 2016-10-07 18:46:29 -07:00
hugetlb_cgroup.c mm, hugetlb_cgroup: round limit_in_bytes down to hugepage size 2016-05-20 17:58:30 -07:00
hugetlb.c mm: remove unnecessary condition in remove_inode_hugepages 2016-10-07 18:46:29 -07:00
hwpoison-inject.c hwpoison: use page_cgroup_ino for filtering by memcg 2015-09-10 13:29:01 -07:00
init-mm.c
internal.h mm, compaction: make full priority ignore pageblock suitability 2016-10-07 18:46:29 -07:00
interval_tree.c
Kconfig mm: clarify COMPACTION Kconfig text 2016-08-26 17:39:35 -07:00
Kconfig.debug PM / Hibernate: allow hibernation with PAGE_POISONING_ZERO 2016-09-13 02:35:27 +02:00
khugepaged.c mm, thp: fix leaking mapped pte in __collapse_huge_page_swapin() 2016-09-19 15:36:16 -07:00
kmemcheck.c mm: convert printk(KERN_<LEVEL> to pr_<level> 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
kmemleak-test.c mm: convert printk(KERN_<LEVEL> to pr_<level> 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
kmemleak.c mm: kmemleak: avoid using __va() on addresses that don't have a lowmem mapping 2016-10-11 15:06:33 -07:00
ksm.c mm,ksm: add __GFP_HIGH to the allocation in alloc_stable_node() 2016-10-07 18:46:29 -07:00
list_lru.c mm: memcontrol: move kmem accounting code to CONFIG_MEMCG 2016-01-20 17:09:18 -08:00
maccess.c x86: remove more uaccess_32.h complexity 2016-05-22 17:21:27 -07:00
madvise.c mm: make mmap_sem for write waits killable for mm syscalls 2016-05-23 17:04:14 -07:00
Makefile Disable the __builtin_return_address() warning globally after all 2016-10-12 10:23:41 -07:00
memblock.c mm: kmemleak: avoid using __va() on addresses that don't have a lowmem mapping 2016-10-11 15:06:33 -07:00
memcontrol.c mm: memcontrol: consolidate cgroup socket tracking 2016-10-07 18:46:29 -07:00
memory_hotplug.c mm/hugetlb: check for reserved hugepages during memory offline 2016-10-07 18:46:29 -07:00
memory-failure.c mm: hwpoison: remove incorrect comments 2016-07-28 16:07:41 -07:00
memory.c mm: replace access_process_vm() write parameter with gup_flags 2016-10-19 08:31:25 -07:00
mempolicy.c mm: replace get_user_pages() write/force parameters with gup_flags 2016-10-19 08:11:43 -07:00
mempool.c Revert "mm, mempool: only set __GFP_NOMEMALLOC if there are free elements" 2016-07-28 16:07:41 -07:00
memtest.c
migrate.c mm: vm_page_prot: update with WRITE_ONCE/READ_ONCE 2016-10-07 18:46:29 -07:00
mincore.c mm, swap: use offset of swap entry as key of swap cache 2016-10-07 18:46:28 -07:00
mlock.c mm: mlock: avoid increase mm->locked_vm on mlock() when already mlock2(,MLOCK_ONFAULT) 2016-10-07 18:46:28 -07:00
mm_init.c mm: convert printk(KERN_<LEVEL> to pr_<level> 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
mmap.c mm: vma_merge: correct false positive from __vma_unlink->validate_mm_rb 2016-10-07 18:46:29 -07:00
mmu_context.c mm/mmu_context, sched/core: Fix mmu_context.h assumption 2016-04-28 11:44:19 +02:00
mmu_notifier.c fix Christoph's email addresses 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
mmzone.c mm, page_alloc: inline the fast path of the zonelist iterator 2016-05-19 19:12:14 -07:00
mprotect.c Merge branch 'mm-pkeys-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2016-10-10 11:01:51 -07:00
mremap.c mm: thp: check pmd_trans_unstable() after split_huge_pmd() 2016-07-26 16:19:19 -07:00
msync.c mm/msync: use offset_in_page macro 2015-11-05 19:34:48 -08:00
nobootmem.c mm: kmemleak: avoid using __va() on addresses that don't have a lowmem mapping 2016-10-11 15:06:33 -07:00
nommu.c mm: replace access_process_vm() write parameter with gup_flags 2016-10-19 08:31:25 -07:00
oom_kill.c oom: print nodemask in the oom report 2016-10-07 18:46:29 -07:00
page_alloc.c mm/page_alloc: Remove kernel address exposure in free_reserved_area() 2016-10-25 18:40:37 +02:00
page_counter.c mm: page_counter: let page_counter_try_charge() return bool 2015-11-05 19:34:48 -08:00
page_ext.c mm/page_ext: support extra space allocation by page_ext user 2016-10-07 18:46:27 -07:00
page_idle.c mm, vmscan: move lru_lock to the node 2016-07-28 16:07:41 -07:00
page_io.c mm/page_io.c: replace some BUG_ON()s with VM_BUG_ON_PAGE() 2016-10-07 18:46:29 -07:00
page_isolation.c mm/page_isolation: fix typo: "paes" -> "pages" 2016-10-07 18:46:29 -07:00
page_owner.c mm/page_owner: don't define fields on struct page_ext by hard-coding 2016-10-07 18:46:27 -07:00
page_poison.c mm: check the return value of lookup_page_ext for all call sites 2016-06-03 15:06:22 -07:00
page-writeback.c mm: don't use radix tree writeback tags for pages in swap cache 2016-10-07 18:46:28 -07:00
pagewalk.c thp: rename split_huge_page_pmd() to split_huge_pmd() 2016-01-15 17:56:32 -08:00
percpu-km.c mm: percpu: use pr_fmt to prefix output 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
percpu-vm.c
percpu.c mm/percpu.c: fix potential memory leakage for pcpu_embed_first_chunk() 2016-10-05 11:52:55 -04:00
pgtable-generic.c mm/thp/migration: switch from flush_tlb_range to flush_pmd_tlb_range 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
process_vm_access.c mm: remove write/force parameters from __get_user_pages_unlocked() 2016-10-18 14:13:37 -07:00
quicklist.c fix Christoph's email addresses 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
readahead.c mm: silently skip readahead for DAX inodes 2016-08-26 17:39:35 -07:00
rmap.c rmap: fix compound check logic in page_remove_file_rmap 2016-08-10 16:40:56 -07:00
shmem.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2016-10-10 20:16:43 -07:00
slab_common.c mm: charge/uncharge kmemcg from generic page allocator paths 2016-07-26 16:19:19 -07:00
slab.c slab: Convert to hotplug state machine 2016-09-06 18:30:20 +02:00
slab.h mm, kasan: switch SLUB to stackdepot, enable memory quarantine for SLUB 2016-07-28 16:07:41 -07:00
slob.c mm: slab: free kmem_cache_node after destroy sysfs file 2016-02-18 16:23:24 -08:00
slub.c slub: Convert to hotplug state machine 2016-09-06 18:30:20 +02:00
sparse-vmemmap.c treewide: replace obsolete _refok by __ref 2016-08-02 17:31:41 -04:00
sparse.c treewide: replace obsolete _refok by __ref 2016-08-02 17:31:41 -04:00
swap_cgroup.c mm: convert printk(KERN_<LEVEL> to pr_<level> 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
swap_state.c mm, swap: use offset of swap entry as key of swap cache 2016-10-07 18:46:28 -07:00
swap.c thp: reduce usage of huge zero page's atomic counter 2016-10-07 18:46:28 -07:00
swapfile.c mm, swap: use offset of swap entry as key of swap cache 2016-10-07 18:46:28 -07:00
truncate.c truncate: handle file thp 2016-07-26 16:19:19 -07:00
usercopy.c mm: usercopy: Check for module addresses 2016-09-20 16:07:39 -07:00
userfaultfd.c mm, fs: get rid of PAGE_CACHE_* and page_cache_{get,release} macros 2016-04-04 10:41:08 -07:00
util.c mm: replace access_process_vm() write parameter with gup_flags 2016-10-19 08:31:25 -07:00
vmacache.c mm: unrig VMA cache hit ratio 2016-10-07 18:46:27 -07:00
vmalloc.c mm: consolidate warn_alloc_failed users 2016-10-07 18:46:29 -07:00
vmpressure.c mm/vmpressure.c: fix subtree pressure detection 2016-02-03 08:28:43 -08:00
vmscan.c mm: use zonelist name instead of using hardcoded index 2016-10-07 18:46:28 -07:00
vmstat.c seq/proc: modify seq_put_decimal_[u]ll to take a const char *, not char 2016-10-07 18:46:30 -07:00
workingset.c mm: workingset: fix crash in shadow node shrinker caused by replace_page_cache_page() 2016-09-30 15:26:52 -07:00
z3fold.c mm/z3fold.c: avoid modifying HEADLESS page and minor cleanup 2016-06-03 16:02:55 -07:00
zbud.c mm/zbud.c: use list_last_entry() instead of list_tail_entry() 2016-01-15 11:40:52 -08:00
zpool.c mm: zsmalloc: constify struct zs_pool name 2015-11-06 17:50:42 -08:00
zsmalloc.c zsmalloc: Delete an unnecessary check before the function call "iput" 2016-07-28 16:07:41 -07:00
zswap.c mm/zswap: use workqueue to destroy pool 2016-05-20 17:58:30 -07:00