Re: [PATCH] dma: iovlock: avoid dma_pin_iovec_pages() causing page allocator warns on order >= MAX_ORDER

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On Tue, Sep 09, 2014 at 02:22:38PM -0400, Rafael Aquini wrote:
> dma_pin_iovec_pages() eventually causes the page allocator to stumble across
> it warning case when a request for contigous mem block gets order >= MAX_ORDER.
> 
>    trinity(11230): Randomness reseeded to 0xaf76756f
>    trinity: trinity(11230) Randomness reseeded to 0xaf76756f
>    [ 7442.617160] ------------[ cut here ]------------
>    [ 7442.621890] WARNING: at mm/page_alloc.c:2410 __alloc_pages_nodemask+0x346/0xa00()
>    ...
>    [ 7442.797088] Call Trace:
>    [ 7442.799614]  [<ffffffff81600bf7>] dump_stack+0x19/0x1b
>    [ 7442.804860]  [<ffffffff8105f621>] warn_slowpath_common+0x61/0x80
>    [ 7442.810944]  [<ffffffff8105f6fa>] warn_slowpath_null+0x1a/0x20
>    [ 7442.816858]  [<ffffffff8113d016>] __alloc_pages_nodemask+0x346/0xa00
>    [ 7442.823294]  [<ffffffff81175f59>] alloc_pages_current+0xa9/0x170
>    [ 7442.829364]  [<ffffffff811384be>] __get_free_pages+0xe/0x50
>    [ 7442.835009]  [<ffffffff8118064e>] kmalloc_order_trace+0x2e/0xa0
>    [ 7442.841005]  [<ffffffff81182899>] __kmalloc+0x219/0x230
>    [ 7442.846284]  [<ffffffff81387c8b>] dma_pin_iovec_pages+0x9b/0x240
>    [ 7442.852323]  [<ffffffff8153ffb8>] tcp_recvmsg+0x888/0xd10
>    ...
> 
> dma_pin_iovec_pages() is actually being used for an unique callsite within
> tcp_recvmsg() which falls back to skb_copy_datagram_iovec() if the first
> routine fails to pin a DMA buffer for the iovec. The splatted calltrace is
> more scary than other thing, so lets just prevent it from getting out to
> the wild world. This patch also does a minor code style surgery on the
> surrounding hunk.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rafael Aquini <aquini@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/dma/iovlock.c | 7 ++++---
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/dma/iovlock.c b/drivers/dma/iovlock.c
> index bb48a57..4cb8379 100644
> --- a/drivers/dma/iovlock.c
> +++ b/drivers/dma/iovlock.c
> @@ -69,9 +69,10 @@ struct dma_pinned_list *dma_pin_iovec_pages(struct iovec *iov, size_t len)
>  	} while (iovec_len_used < len);
>  
>  	/* single kmalloc for pinned list, page_list[], and the page arrays */
> -	local_list = kmalloc(sizeof(*local_list)
> -		+ (nr_iovecs * sizeof (struct dma_page_list))
> -		+ (iovec_pages_used * sizeof (struct page*)), GFP_KERNEL);
> +	local_list = kmalloc(sizeof(*local_list) +
> +			     (nr_iovecs * sizeof(struct dma_page_list)) +
> +			     (iovec_pages_used * sizeof(struct page *)),
> +			     GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
>  	if (!local_list)
>  		goto out;
>  
> -- 
> 1.9.3
>

Guys, what's the word here?

Cheers,
-- Rafael
 
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