On Tue 31-10-17 16:37:10, Minchan Kim wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 08:31:07AM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > On Tue 31-10-17 11:17:02, Minchan Kim wrote:
> > > On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 09:02:30AM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > > > On Mon 30-10-17 08:57:13, Minchan Kim wrote:
> > > > [...]
> > > > > Although it's better than old, we can make it simple, still.
> > > > >
> > > > > diff --git a/include/linux/swapops.h b/include/linux/swapops.h
> > > > > index 291c4b534658..f50d5a48f03a 100644
> > > > > --- a/include/linux/swapops.h
> > > > > +++ b/include/linux/swapops.h
> > > > > @@ -41,6 +41,13 @@ static inline unsigned swp_type(swp_entry_t entry)
> > > > > return (entry.val >> SWP_TYPE_SHIFT(entry));
> > > > > }
> > > > >
> > > > > +extern struct swap_info_struct *swap_info[];
> > > > > +
> > > > > +static inline struct swap_info_struct *swp_si(swp_entry_t entry)
> > > > > +{
> > > > > + return swap_info[swp_type(entry)];
> > > > > +}
> > > > > +
> > > > > /*
> > > > > * Extract the `offset' field from a swp_entry_t. The swp_entry_t is in
> > > > > * arch-independent format
> > > > > diff --git a/mm/swap_state.c b/mm/swap_state.c
> > > > > index 378262d3a197..a0fe2d54ad09 100644
> > > > > --- a/mm/swap_state.c
> > > > > +++ b/mm/swap_state.c
> > > > > @@ -554,6 +554,7 @@ struct page *swapin_readahead(swp_entry_t entry, gfp_t gfp_mask,
> > > > > struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr)
> > > > > {
> > > > > struct page *page;
> > > > > + struct swap_info_struct *si = swp_si(entry);
> > > >
> > > > Aren't you accessing beyond the array here?
> > >
> > > I couldn't understand what you intend. Could you explain what case does it accesses
> > > beyond the arrary?
> >
> > what if swp_type > nr_swapfiles
>
> Logicall, it shouldn't be happen but it's a bug once it happens.
> Such a bug can happen everywhere.
> Why do you want to take care in this logic?
You are right. It was my misunderstanding of the patch. I though the
readahead swap entries could overflow swp_type as well as the offset.
My bad.
--
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs
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