On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 12:04 PM, Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@xxxxxxx> wrote: > The following oops was observed when mmap() with MAP_POPULATE > pre-faulted pmd mappings of a DAX file. follow_trans_huge_pmd() > expects that a target address has a struct page. > > BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at ffffea0012220000 > follow_trans_huge_pmd+0xba/0x390 > follow_page_mask+0x33d/0x420 > __get_user_pages+0xdc/0x800 > populate_vma_page_range+0xb5/0xe0 > __mm_populate+0xc5/0x150 > vm_mmap_pgoff+0xd5/0xe0 > SyS_mmap_pgoff+0x1c1/0x290 > SyS_mmap+0x1b/0x30 > > Fix it by making the PMD pre-fault handling consistent with PTE. > After pre-faulted in faultin_page(), follow_page_mask() calls > follow_trans_huge_pmd(), which is changed to call follow_pfn_pmd() > for VM_PFNMAP or VM_MIXEDMAP. follow_pfn_pmd() handles FOLL_TOUCH > and returns with -EEXIST. > > Reported-by: Mauricio Porto <mauricio.porto@xxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@xxxxxxx> > Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- Hey Toshi, I ended up fixing this differently with follow_pmd_devmap() introduced in this series: https://lists.01.org/pipermail/linux-nvdimm/2015-November/003033.html Does the latest libnvdimm-pending branch [1] pass your test case? [1]: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/djbw/nvdimm libnvdimm-pending -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
