On Tue, 14 Aug 2012 11:33:20 +0300, "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 09:29:49AM +0930, Rusty Russell wrote:
> > On Mon, 13 Aug 2012 11:41:23 +0300, "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 02:55:15PM -0300, Rafael Aquini wrote:
> > > > +/*
> > > > + * Populate balloon_mapping->a_ops->freepage method to help compaction on
> > > > + * re-inserting an isolated page into the balloon page list.
> > > > + */
> > > > +void virtballoon_putbackpage(struct page *page)
> > > > +{
> > > > + spin_lock(&pages_lock);
> > > > + list_add(&page->lru, &vb_ptr->pages);
> > > > + spin_unlock(&pages_lock);
> > >
> > > Could the following race trigger:
> > > migration happens while module unloading is in progress,
> > > module goes away between here and when the function
> > > returns, then code for this function gets overwritten?
> > > If yes we need locking external to module to prevent this.
> > > Maybe add a spinlock to struct address_space?
> >
> > The balloon module cannot be unloaded until it has leaked all its pages,
> > so I think this is safe:
> >
> > static void remove_common(struct virtio_balloon *vb)
> > {
> > /* There might be pages left in the balloon: free them. */
> > while (vb->num_pages)
> > leak_balloon(vb, vb->num_pages);
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Rusty.
>
> I know I meant something else.
> Let me lay this out:
>
> CPU1 executes:
> void virtballoon_putbackpage(struct page *page)
> {
> spin_lock(&pages_lock);
> list_add(&page->lru, &vb_ptr->pages);
> spin_unlock(&pages_lock);
>
>
> at this point CPU2 unloads module:
> leak_balloon
> ......
>
> next CPU2 loads another module so code memory gets overwritten
>
> now CPU1 executes the next instruction:
>
> }
>
> which would normally return to function's caller,
> but it has been overwritten by CPU2 so we get corruption.
Actually, I have no idea.
Where does virtballoon_putbackpage get called from? It's some weird mm
thing, and I stay out of that mess.
The vb thread is stopped before we spin checking vb->num_pages, so it's
not touching pages; who would be calling this?
Confused,
Rusty.
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