The patch titled Check for PageSlab in arch flush_dcache_page to avoid triggering VM_BUG_ON has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was check-for-pageslab-in-arch-flush_dcache_page-to-avoid-triggering-vm_bug_on.patch This patch was dropped because it was nacked ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: Check for PageSlab in arch flush_dcache_page to avoid triggering VM_BUG_ON From: Christoph Lameter <clameter@xxxxxxx> We added a VM_BUG_ON in include/linux/mm.h to detect page cache functions used on slab pages. However, arches that have virtual caches may call flush_dcache_page for slab pages since they may have been put on scatter gather lists. Modify the functions in the affected arches to check for PageSlab() and use a NULL mapping if such a page is encountered. This may only be necessary for parisc and arm since sparc64 and xtensa do not scan over processes mapping a page but I have modified those two arches also for correctnesses sake since they use page_mapping() in flush_dcache_page(). If we have done that then we no longer need to return a NULL mapping in page_mapping() for slab pages (Its a bit strange to have that given the earlier VM_BUG_ON(PageSlab(page)). Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@xxxxxxx> Cc: Russell King <rmk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Kyle McMartin <kyle@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Christian Zankel <chris@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hugh@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/arm/mm/flush.c | 12 +++++++++++- arch/parisc/kernel/cache.c | 11 ++++++++++- arch/sparc64/mm/init.c | 10 +++++++++- arch/xtensa/mm/init.c | 11 ++++++++++- include/linux/mm.h | 4 ---- 5 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff -puN arch/arm/mm/flush.c~check-for-pageslab-in-arch-flush_dcache_page-to-avoid-triggering-vm_bug_on arch/arm/mm/flush.c --- a/arch/arm/mm/flush.c~check-for-pageslab-in-arch-flush_dcache_page-to-avoid-triggering-vm_bug_on +++ a/arch/arm/mm/flush.c @@ -188,7 +188,17 @@ static void __flush_dcache_aliases(struc */ void flush_dcache_page(struct page *page) { - struct address_space *mapping = page_mapping(page); + struct address_space *mapping; + + /* + * This function is special in that a page struct obtained via + * virt_to_page from a slab object may be passed to it. However, slab + * allocators may use the mapping field for their own purposes. As a + * result mapping may be != NULL here although the page is not mapped. + * Slab objects are never mapped into user space so use NULL for that + * special case. + */ + mapping = PageSlab(page) ? NULL : page_mapping(page); #ifndef CONFIG_SMP if (mapping && !mapping_mapped(mapping)) diff -puN arch/parisc/kernel/cache.c~check-for-pageslab-in-arch-flush_dcache_page-to-avoid-triggering-vm_bug_on arch/parisc/kernel/cache.c --- a/arch/parisc/kernel/cache.c~check-for-pageslab-in-arch-flush_dcache_page-to-avoid-triggering-vm_bug_on +++ a/arch/parisc/kernel/cache.c @@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ __flush_cache_page(struct vm_area_struct void flush_dcache_page(struct page *page) { - struct address_space *mapping = page_mapping(page); + struct address_space *mapping; struct vm_area_struct *mpnt; struct prio_tree_iter iter; unsigned long offset; @@ -347,6 +347,15 @@ void flush_dcache_page(struct page *page pgoff_t pgoff; unsigned long pfn = page_to_pfn(page); + /* + * This function is special in that a page struct obtained via + * virt_to_page from a slab object may be passed to it. However, slab + * allocators may use the mapping field for their own purposes. As a + * result mapping may be != NULL here although the page is not mapped. + * Slab objects are never mapped into user space so use NULL for that + * special case. + */ + mapping = PageSlab(page) ? NULL : page_mapping(page); if (mapping && !mapping_mapped(mapping)) { set_bit(PG_dcache_dirty, &page->flags); diff -puN arch/sparc64/mm/init.c~check-for-pageslab-in-arch-flush_dcache_page-to-avoid-triggering-vm_bug_on arch/sparc64/mm/init.c --- a/arch/sparc64/mm/init.c~check-for-pageslab-in-arch-flush_dcache_page-to-avoid-triggering-vm_bug_on +++ a/arch/sparc64/mm/init.c @@ -339,7 +339,15 @@ void flush_dcache_page(struct page *page this_cpu = get_cpu(); - mapping = page_mapping(page); + /* + * This function is special in that a page struct obtained via + * virt_to_page from a slab object may be passed to it. However, slab + * allocators may use the mapping field for their own purposes. As a + * result mapping may be != NULL here although the page is not mapped. + * Slab objects are never mapped into user space so use NULL for that + * special case. + */ + mapping = PageSlab(page) ? NULL : page_mapping(page); if (mapping && !mapping_mapped(mapping)) { int dirty = test_bit(PG_dcache_dirty, &page->flags); if (dirty) { diff -puN arch/xtensa/mm/init.c~check-for-pageslab-in-arch-flush_dcache_page-to-avoid-triggering-vm_bug_on arch/xtensa/mm/init.c --- a/arch/xtensa/mm/init.c~check-for-pageslab-in-arch-flush_dcache_page-to-avoid-triggering-vm_bug_on +++ a/arch/xtensa/mm/init.c @@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ void copy_user_page(void* to, void* from void flush_dcache_page(struct page *page) { unsigned long addr = __pa(page_address(page)); - struct address_space *mapping = page_mapping(page); + struct address_space *mapping; __flush_invalidate_dcache_page_phys(addr); @@ -442,6 +442,15 @@ void flush_dcache_page(struct page *page /* If this page hasn't been mapped, yet, handle I$/D$ coherency later.*/ #if 0 + /* + * This function is special in that a page struct obtained via + * virt_to_page from a slab object may be passed to it. However, slab + * allocators may use the mapping field for their own purposes. As a + * result mapping may be != NULL although the page is not mapped. + * Slab objects are never mapped into user space so use NULL for that + * special case. + */ + mapping = PageSlab(page) ? NULL : page_mapping(page); if (mapping && !mapping_mapped(mapping)) clear_bit(PG_cache_clean, &page->flags); else diff -puN include/linux/mm.h~check-for-pageslab-in-arch-flush_dcache_page-to-avoid-triggering-vm_bug_on include/linux/mm.h --- a/include/linux/mm.h~check-for-pageslab-in-arch-flush_dcache_page-to-avoid-triggering-vm_bug_on +++ a/include/linux/mm.h @@ -631,10 +631,6 @@ static inline struct address_space *page VM_BUG_ON(PageSlab(page)); if (unlikely(PageSwapCache(page))) mapping = &swapper_space; -#ifdef CONFIG_SLUB - else if (unlikely(PageSlab(page))) - mapping = NULL; -#endif else if (unlikely((unsigned long)mapping & PAGE_MAPPING_ANON)) mapping = NULL; return mapping; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from clameter@xxxxxxx are process_zones-fix-recovery-code.patch fix-rcu_read_lock-in-page-migraton.patch do-not-fail-if-we-cannot-register-a-slab-with-sysfs.patch page-migration-do-not-accept-invalid-nodes-in-the-target-nodeset.patch check-for-pageslab-in-arch-flush_dcache_page-to-avoid-triggering-vm_bug_on.patch infiniband-work-around-gcc-slub-problem.patch pa-risc-use-page-allocator-instead-of-slab-allocator.patch x86_64-get-boot_cpu_id-as-early-for-k8_scan_nodes.patch x86_64-family-10h-and-11h-to-k8topology.patch x86_64-get-mp_bus_to_node-as-early-v3.patch x86_64-get-mp_bus_to_node-as-early-v3-update.patch x86_64-use-bus-conf-in-nb-conf-fun1-to-get-bus-range-on-node.patch try-parent-numa_node-at-first-before-using-default.patch net-use-numa_node-in-net_devcice-dev-instead-of-parent.patch dma-use-dev_to_node-to-get-node-for-device-in-dma_alloc_pages.patch x86-fix-cpu_to_node-references.patch x86-convert-cpu_core_map-to-be-a-per-cpu-variable.patch x86-convert-cpu_sibling_map-to-be-a-per-cpu-variable.patch x86-convert-x86_cpu_to_apicid-to-be-a-per-cpu-variable.patch x86-convert-cpu_llc_id-to-be-a-per-cpu-variable.patch x86-acpi-use-cpu_physical_id.patch sparsemem-clean-up-spelling-error-in-comments.patch sparsemem-record-when-a-section-has-a-valid-mem_map.patch generic-virtual-memmap-support-for-sparsemem.patch generic-virtual-memmap-support-for-sparsemem-remove-excess-debugging.patch generic-virtual-memmap-support-for-sparsemem-simplify-initialisation-code-and-reduce-duplication.patch generic-virtual-memmap-support-for-sparsemem-pull-out-the-vmemmap-code-into-its-own-file.patch generic-virtual-memmap-support-vmemmap-generify-initialisation-via-helpers.patch x86_64-sparsemem_vmemmap-2m-page-size-support.patch x86_64-sparsemem_vmemmap-2m-page-size-support-ensure-end-of-section-memmap-is-initialised.patch x86_64-sparsemem_vmemmap-vmemmap-x86_64-convert-to-new-helper-based-initialisation.patch ia64-sparsemem_vmemmap-16k-page-size-support.patch ia64-sparsemem_vmemmap-16k-page-size-support-convert-to-new-helper-based-initialisation.patch sparc64-sparsemem_vmemmap-support.patch sparc64-sparsemem_vmemmap-support-vmemmap-convert-to-new-config-options.patch ppc64-sparsemem_vmemmap-support.patch ppc64-sparsemem_vmemmap-support-vmemmap-ppc64-convert-vmm_-macros-to-a-real-function.patch ppc64-sparsemem_vmemmap-support-convert-to-new-config-options.patch slubcearly_kmem_cache_node_alloc-shouldnt-be.patch slub-direct-pass-through-of-page-size-or-higher-kmalloc.patch slub-slob-use-unlikely-for-kfreezero_or_null_ptr-check.patch slab-allocators-fail-if-ksize-is-called-with-a-null-parameter.patch memoryless-nodes-generic-management-of-nodemasks-for-various-purposes.patch memoryless-nodes-generic-management-of-nodemasks-for-various-purposes-fix.patch memoryless-nodes-introduce-mask-of-nodes-with-memory.patch memoryless-nodes-introduce-mask-of-nodes-with-memory-fix.patch memoryless-nodes-fix-interleave-behavior-for-memoryless-nodes.patch memoryless-nodes-oom-use-n_high_memory-map-instead-of-constructing-one-on-the-fly.patch memoryless-nodes-no-need-for-kswapd.patch memoryless-nodes-slab-support.patch memoryless-nodes-slub-support.patch memoryless-nodes-uncached-allocator-updates.patch memoryless-nodes-allow-profiling-data-to-fall-back-to-other-nodes.patch memoryless-nodes-update-memory-policy-and-page-migration.patch memoryless-nodes-add-n_cpu-node-state.patch memoryless-nodes-add-n_cpu-node-state-move-setup-of-n_cpu-node-state-mask.patch memoryless-nodes-drop-one-memoryless-node-boot-warning.patch memoryless-nodes-fix-gfp_thisnode-behavior.patch memoryless-nodes-use-n_high_memory-for-cpusets.patch memoryless-nodes-fixup-uses-of-node_online_map-in-generic-code.patch memoryless-nodes-fixup-uses-of-node_online_map-in-generic-code-fix.patch update-n_high_memory-node-state-for-memory-hotadd.patch categorize-gfp-flags.patch categorize-gfp-flags-fix.patch flush-cache-before-installing-new-page-at-migraton.patch flush-icache-before-set_pte-on-ia64-flush-icache-at-set_pte.patch flush-icache-before-set_pte-on-ia64-flush-icache-at-set_pte-fix.patch flush-icache-before-set_pte-on-ia64-flush-icache-at-set_pte-fix-update.patch group-short-lived-and-reclaimable-kernel-allocations.patch fix-calculation-in-move_freepages_block-for-counting-pages.patch breakout-page_order-to-internalh-to-avoid-special-knowledge-of-the-buddy-allocator.patch do-not-depend-on-max_order-when-grouping-pages-by-mobility.patch print-out-statistics-in-relation-to-fragmentation-avoidance-to-proc-pagetypeinfo.patch slub-avoid-page-struct-cacheline-bouncing-due-to-remote-frees-to-cpu-slab.patch slub-do-not-use-page-mapping.patch slub-move-page-offset-to-kmem_cache_cpu-offset.patch slub-avoid-touching-page-struct-when-freeing-to-per-cpu-slab.patch slub-place-kmem_cache_cpu-structures-in-a-numa-aware-way.patch slub-optimize-cacheline-use-for-zeroing.patch have-kswapd-keep-a-minimum-order-free-other-than-order-0.patch only-check-absolute-watermarks-for-alloc_high-and-alloc_harder-allocations.patch slub-exploit-page-mobility-to-increase-allocation-order.patch slub-reduce-antifrag-max-order.patch slub-slab-validation-move-tracking-information-alloc-outside-of-melstuff.patch memory-hotplug-hot-add-with-sparsemem-vmemmap.patch mm-mempolicyc-cleanups.patch mm-mempolicyc-cleanups-fix.patch mm-vmstatc-cleanups.patch cpu-hotplug-slab-cleanup-cpuup_callback.patch cpu-hotplug-slab-fix-memory-leak-in-cpu-hotplug-error-path.patch intel-iommu-dmar-detection-and-parsing-logic.patch intel-iommu-pci-generic-helper-function.patch intel-iommu-clflush_cache_range-now-takes-size-param.patch intel-iommu-iova-allocation-and-management-routines.patch intel-iommu-intel-iommu-driver.patch intel-iommu-avoid-memory-allocation-failures-in-dma-map-api-calls.patch intel-iommu-intel-iommu-cmdline-option-forcedac.patch intel-iommu-dmar-fault-handling-support.patch intel-iommu-iommu-gfx-workaround.patch intel-iommu-iommu-floppy-workaround.patch revoke-core-code.patch cpuset-zero-malloc-revert-the-old-cpuset-fix.patch hotplug-cpu-migrate-a-task-within-its-cpuset.patch 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