Replace kmap_atomic_pfn() with kmap_local_pfn() which is preemptible and can take page faults. Remove the indirection of the dump page and the related cruft which is not longer required. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- V3: New patch --- arch/x86/kernel/crash_dump_32.c | 48 ++++++++-------------------------------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-) --- a/arch/x86/kernel/crash_dump_32.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/crash_dump_32.c @@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ #include <linux/uaccess.h> -static void *kdump_buf_page; - static inline bool is_crashed_pfn_valid(unsigned long pfn) { #ifndef CONFIG_X86_PAE @@ -41,15 +39,11 @@ static inline bool is_crashed_pfn_valid( * @userbuf: if set, @buf is in user address space, use copy_to_user(), * otherwise @buf is in kernel address space, use memcpy(). * - * Copy a page from "oldmem". For this page, there is no pte mapped - * in the current kernel. We stitch up a pte, similar to kmap_atomic. - * - * Calling copy_to_user() in atomic context is not desirable. Hence first - * copying the data to a pre-allocated kernel page and then copying to user - * space in non-atomic context. + * Copy a page from "oldmem". For this page, there might be no pte mapped + * in the current kernel. */ -ssize_t copy_oldmem_page(unsigned long pfn, char *buf, - size_t csize, unsigned long offset, int userbuf) +ssize_t copy_oldmem_page(unsigned long pfn, char *buf, size_t csize, + unsigned long offset, int userbuf) { void *vaddr; @@ -59,38 +53,16 @@ ssize_t copy_oldmem_page(unsigned long p if (!is_crashed_pfn_valid(pfn)) return -EFAULT; - vaddr = kmap_atomic_pfn(pfn); + vaddr = kmap_local_pfn(pfn); if (!userbuf) { - memcpy(buf, (vaddr + offset), csize); - kunmap_atomic(vaddr); + memcpy(buf, vaddr + offset, csize); } else { - if (!kdump_buf_page) { - printk(KERN_WARNING "Kdump: Kdump buffer page not" - " allocated\n"); - kunmap_atomic(vaddr); - return -EFAULT; - } - copy_page(kdump_buf_page, vaddr); - kunmap_atomic(vaddr); - if (copy_to_user(buf, (kdump_buf_page + offset), csize)) - return -EFAULT; + if (copy_to_user(buf, vaddr + offset, csize)) + csize = -EFAULT; } - return csize; -} + kunmap_local(vaddr); -static int __init kdump_buf_page_init(void) -{ - int ret = 0; - - kdump_buf_page = kmalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL); - if (!kdump_buf_page) { - printk(KERN_WARNING "Kdump: Failed to allocate kdump buffer" - " page\n"); - ret = -ENOMEM; - } - - return ret; + return csize; } -arch_initcall(kdump_buf_page_init);