From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Trying to misuse a range outside its lifetime is a kernel bug. Use WARN_ON and poison bytes to detect this condition. Signed-off-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/hmm.c | 11 +++++++---- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/hmm.c b/mm/hmm.c index 6c3b7398672c29..02752d3ef2ed92 100644 --- a/mm/hmm.c +++ b/mm/hmm.c @@ -936,8 +936,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(hmm_range_register); */ void hmm_range_unregister(struct hmm_range *range) { - /* Sanity check this really should not happen. */ - if (range->hmm == NULL || range->end <= range->start) + if (WARN_ON(range->end <= range->start)) return; mutex_lock(&range->hmm->lock); @@ -945,9 +944,13 @@ void hmm_range_unregister(struct hmm_range *range) mutex_unlock(&range->hmm->lock); /* Drop reference taken by hmm_range_register() */ - range->valid = false; hmm_put(range->hmm); - range->hmm = NULL; + + /* The range is now invalid, leave it poisoned. */ + range->valid = false; + range->start = ULONG_MAX; + range->end = 0; + memset(&range->hmm, POISON_INUSE, sizeof(range->hmm)); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(hmm_range_unregister); -- 2.21.0