Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] mm: Trigger bug on if a section is not found in __section_nr

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On Wed 26-06-19 16:11:21, Alastair D'Silva wrote:
> From: Alastair D'Silva <alastair@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> If a memory section comes in where the physical address is greater than
> that which is managed by the kernel, this function would not trigger the
> bug and instead return a bogus section number.
> 
> This patch tracks whether the section was actually found, and triggers the
> bug if not.

Why do we want/need that? In other words the changelog should contina
WHY and WHAT. This one contains only the later one.
 
> Signed-off-by: Alastair D'Silva <alastair@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/base/memory.c | 18 +++++++++++++++---
>  mm/sparse.c           |  7 ++++++-
>  2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/base/memory.c b/drivers/base/memory.c
> index f180427e48f4..9244c122abf1 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/memory.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/memory.c
> @@ -585,13 +585,21 @@ int __weak arch_get_memory_phys_device(unsigned long start_pfn)
>  struct memory_block *find_memory_block_hinted(struct mem_section *section,
>  					      struct memory_block *hint)
>  {
> -	int block_id = base_memory_block_id(__section_nr(section));
> +	int block_id, section_nr;
>  	struct device *hintdev = hint ? &hint->dev : NULL;
>  	struct device *dev;
>  
> +	section_nr = __section_nr(section);
> +	if (section_nr < 0) {
> +		if (hintdev)
> +			put_device(hintdev);
> +		return NULL;
> +	}
> +
> +	block_id = base_memory_block_id(section_nr);
>  	dev = subsys_find_device_by_id(&memory_subsys, block_id, hintdev);
> -	if (hint)
> -		put_device(&hint->dev);
> +	if (hintdev)
> +		put_device(hintdev);
>  	if (!dev)
>  		return NULL;
>  	return to_memory_block(dev);
> @@ -664,6 +672,10 @@ static int init_memory_block(struct memory_block **memory,
>  		return -ENOMEM;
>  
>  	scn_nr = __section_nr(section);
> +
> +	if (scn_nr < 0)
> +		return scn_nr;
> +
>  	mem->start_section_nr =
>  			base_memory_block_id(scn_nr) * sections_per_block;
>  	mem->end_section_nr = mem->start_section_nr + sections_per_block - 1;
> diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c
> index fd13166949b5..57a1a3d9c1cf 100644
> --- a/mm/sparse.c
> +++ b/mm/sparse.c
> @@ -113,10 +113,15 @@ int __section_nr(struct mem_section* ms)
>  			continue;
>  
>  		if ((ms >= root) && (ms < (root + SECTIONS_PER_ROOT)))
> -		     break;
> +			break;
>  	}
>  
>  	VM_BUG_ON(!root);
> +	if (root_nr == NR_SECTION_ROOTS) {
> +		VM_BUG_ON(true);
> +
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +	}
>  
>  	return (root_nr * SECTIONS_PER_ROOT) + (ms - root);
>  }
> -- 
> 2.21.0

-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs




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