Hello, ----- Original Message ----- > I've just experienced this bug with ksmd: > > [ 55.837551] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at > 00000000000000e8 > [ 55.837598] IP: [<ffffffff810bb9b2>] __lock_acquire+0x62/0x1d70 > [ 55.837630] PGD 0 > [ 55.837643] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP > [ 55.837663] CPU 2 > [ 55.837674] Modules linked in: snd_hda_codec_hdmi > snd_hda_codec_conexant rtl8192ce rtl8192c_common rtlwifi mac80211 > usbhid hid cfg80211 snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec psmouse snd_pcm e1000e > thinkpad_acpi snd_timer snd_page_alloc snd soundcore nvram > [ 55.837816] > [ 55.837824] Pid: 33, comm: ksmd Not tainted 3.0.0-rc1+ #289 LENOVO > 4286CTO/4286CTO > [ 55.837850] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff810bb9b2>] [<ffffffff810bb9b2>] > __lock_acquire+0x62/0x1d70 > [ 55.837878] RSP: 0018:ffff88023d3abc50 EFLAGS: 00010046 > [ 55.837894] RAX: 0000000000000046 RBX: 00000000000000e8 RCX: > 0000000000000001 > [ 55.837915] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: > 00000000000000e8 > [ 55.837936] RBP: ffff88023d3abd40 R08: 0000000000000002 R09: > 0000000000000000 > [ 55.837957] R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: > ffff88023d3a3e00 > [ 55.837978] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000002 R15: > 0000000000000000 > [ 55.837999] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88023e280000(0000) > knlGS:0000000000000000 > [ 55.838022] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b > [ 55.838039] CR2: 00000000000000e8 CR3: 00000000016f5000 CR4: > 00000000000406e0 > [ 55.838060] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: > 0000000000000000 > [ 55.838081] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: > 0000000000000400 > [ 55.838102] Process ksmd (pid: 33, threadinfo ffff88023d3aa000, task > ffff88023d3a3e00) > [ 55.838131] Stack: > [ 55.838140] ffff88023d3abce0 0000000000000000 ffffffff81d46810 > 00000000000012c7 > [ 55.838168] 000000000000037c ffff88023d3a3e00 0000000000000001 > 0000000000000000 > [ 55.838338] 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000000001ba37c > ffffffff81a22000 > [ 55.838365] Call Trace: > [ 55.838375] [<ffffffff810be55f>] ? mark_held_locks+0x6f/0xa0 > [ 55.838394] [<ffffffff814e3360>] ? > _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x40/0x70 > [ 55.838416] [<ffffffff810bdc90>] lock_acquire+0x90/0x110 > [ 55.838434] [<ffffffff8114c652>] ? ksm_scan_thread+0x132/0xe20 > [ 55.838453] [<ffffffff8112df6c>] ? free_percpu+0x9c/0x130 > [ 55.838470] [<ffffffff814e1cbc>] down_read+0x4c/0x70 > [ 55.838486] [<ffffffff8114c652>] ? ksm_scan_thread+0x132/0xe20 > [ 55.838505] [<ffffffff814e33bb>] ? _raw_spin_unlock+0x2b/0x40 > [ 55.838523] [<ffffffff8114c652>] ksm_scan_thread+0x132/0xe20 > [ 55.838541] [<ffffffff814df822>] ? schedule+0x3b2/0x960 > [ 55.838559] [<ffffffff810a5690>] ? wake_up_bit+0x40/0x40 > [ 55.838576] [<ffffffff8114c520>] ? run_store+0x310/0x310 > [ 55.838593] [<ffffffff810a5186>] kthread+0x96/0xa0 > [ 55.838609] [<ffffffff814e5014>] kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10 > [ 55.838628] [<ffffffff814e3700>] ? retint_restore_args+0xe/0xe > [ 55.838647] [<ffffffff810a50f0>] ? __init_kthread_worker+0x70/0x70 > [ 55.838666] [<ffffffff814e5010>] ? gs_change+0xb/0xb > [ 55.838681] Code: b7 00 00 48 89 fb 85 c0 41 89 f5 45 0f 45 f0 8b 05 > 84 de 68 00 85 c0 0f 84 7b 09 00 00 8b 05 7a 49 7a 00 85 c0 0f 84 c6 > 01 00 00 > [ 55.838780] 8b 03 ba 01 00 00 00 48 3d e0 3c 8c 81 44 0f 44 f2 41 83 > fd > [ 55.838830] RIP [<ffffffff810bb9b2>] __lock_acquire+0x62/0x1d70 > [ 55.838850] RSP <ffff88023d3abc50> > [ 55.839567] CR2: 00000000000000e8 > [ 55.895721] ---[ end trace eea0fa5dfa6846f1 ]--- > > The bug can be easily reproduced using the following testcase: > > ======================== > #include <stdio.h> > #include <stdlib.h> > #include <unistd.h> > #include <sys/mman.h> > > #define BUFSIZE getpagesize() > > int main(int argc, char **argv) > { > void *ptr; > > if (posix_memalign(&ptr, getpagesize(), BUFSIZE) < 0) { > perror("posix_memalign"); > exit(1); > } > if (madvise(ptr, BUFSIZE, MADV_MERGEABLE) < 0) { > perror("madvise"); > exit(1); > } > *(char *)NULL = 0; Hmm, the reproducer gave something else here but no panic. $ strace ./test execve("./test", ["./test"], [/* 26 vars */]) = 0 brk(0) = 0x220f000 mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7fd18ec0a000 access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3 fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=41227, ...}) = 0 mmap(NULL, 41227, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x7fd18ebff000 close(3) = 0 open("/lib64/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\3\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\260\355\341n<\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832 fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1912928, ...}) = 0 mmap(0x3c6ee00000, 3737768, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x3c6ee00000 mprotect(0x3c6ef87000, 2097152, PROT_NONE) = 0 mmap(0x3c6f187000, 20480, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x187000) = 0x3c6f187000 mmap(0x3c6f18c000, 18600, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x3c6f18c000 close(3) = 0 mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7fd18ebfe000 mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7fd18ebfd000 mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7fd18ebfc000 arch_prctl(ARCH_SET_FS, 0x7fd18ebfd700) = 0 mprotect(0x3c6f187000, 16384, PROT_READ) = 0 mprotect(0x3c6e81f000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0 munmap(0x7fd18ebff000, 41227) = 0 brk(0) = 0x220f000 brk(0x2232000) = 0x2232000 madvise(0x2210000, 4096, 0xc /* MADV_??? */) = 0 --- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) @ 0 (0) --- +++ killed by SIGSEGV (core dumped) +++ Segmentation fault (core dumped) Did I miss anything? Thanks, CAI Qian > return 0; > } > ======================== > > It seems that when a task segfaults mm_slot->mm becomes NULL, but it's > still wrongly considered by the ksm scan. Is there a race with > __ksm_exit()? > > Probably the following is not the right way to fix it, but if I apply > this the problem disappears. Anyway, I'm posting this information, it > can help you to debug the problem better. > > Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <andrea@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > mm/ksm.c | 2 ++ > 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/mm/ksm.c b/mm/ksm.c > index d708b3e..f457feb 100644 > --- a/mm/ksm.c > +++ b/mm/ksm.c > @@ -1308,6 +1308,8 @@ next_mm: > } > > mm = slot->mm; > + if (unlikely(!mm)) > + return NULL; > down_read(&mm->mmap_sem); > if (ksm_test_exit(mm)) > vma = NULL; > > -- > To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in > the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxx For more info on Linux MM, > see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . > Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign > http://stopthemeter.ca/ > Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a> -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxx For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . 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