The patch titled
Subject: hugetlb: don't use ERR_PTR with VM_FAULT* values
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
hugetlb-dont-use-err_ptr-with-vm_fault-values.patch
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From: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: hugetlb: don't use ERR_PTR with VM_FAULT* values
The current use of VM_FAULT_* codes with ERR_PTR requires us to ensure
VM_FAULT_* values will not exceed MAX_ERRNO value. Decouple the
VM_FAULT_* values from MAX_ERRNO.
Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Hillf Danton <dhillf@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/hugetlb.c | 18 +++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff -puN mm/hugetlb.c~hugetlb-dont-use-err_ptr-with-vm_fault-values mm/hugetlb.c
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c~hugetlb-dont-use-err_ptr-with-vm_fault-values
+++ a/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -1123,10 +1123,10 @@ static struct page *alloc_huge_page(stru
*/
chg = vma_needs_reservation(h, vma, addr);
if (chg < 0)
- return ERR_PTR(-VM_FAULT_OOM);
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
if (chg)
if (hugepage_subpool_get_pages(spool, chg))
- return ERR_PTR(-VM_FAULT_SIGBUS);
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENOSPC);
spin_lock(&hugetlb_lock);
page = dequeue_huge_page_vma(h, vma, addr, avoid_reserve);
@@ -1136,7 +1136,7 @@ static struct page *alloc_huge_page(stru
page = alloc_buddy_huge_page(h, NUMA_NO_NODE);
if (!page) {
hugepage_subpool_put_pages(spool, chg);
- return ERR_PTR(-VM_FAULT_SIGBUS);
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENOSPC);
}
}
@@ -2496,6 +2496,7 @@ retry_avoidcopy:
new_page = alloc_huge_page(vma, address, outside_reserve);
if (IS_ERR(new_page)) {
+ long err = PTR_ERR(new_page);
page_cache_release(old_page);
/*
@@ -2524,7 +2525,10 @@ retry_avoidcopy:
/* Caller expects lock to be held */
spin_lock(&mm->page_table_lock);
- return -PTR_ERR(new_page);
+ if (err == -ENOMEM)
+ return VM_FAULT_OOM;
+ else
+ return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
}
/*
@@ -2642,7 +2646,11 @@ retry:
goto out;
page = alloc_huge_page(vma, address, 0);
if (IS_ERR(page)) {
- ret = -PTR_ERR(page);
+ ret = PTR_ERR(page);
+ if (ret == -ENOMEM)
+ ret = VM_FAULT_OOM;
+ else
+ ret = VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
goto out;
}
clear_huge_page(page, address, pages_per_huge_page(h));
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Subject: Subject: hugetlb: don't use ERR_PTR with VM_FAULT* values
Patches currently in -mm which might be from aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
linux-next.patch
hugetlb-rename-max_hstate-to-hugetlb_max_hstate.patch
hugetlb-dont-use-err_ptr-with-vm_fault-values.patch
hugetlb-add-an-inline-helper-for-finding-hstate-index.patch
hugetlb-use-mmu_gather-instead-of-a-temporary-linked-list-for-accumulating-pages.patch
hugetlb-avoid-taking-i_mmap_mutex-in-unmap_single_vma-for-hugetlb.patch
hugetlb-simplify-migrate_huge_page.patch
hugetlb-add-a-list-for-tracking-in-use-hugetlb-pages.patch
hugetlb-make-some-static-variables-global.patch
mm-hugetlb-add-new-hugetlb-cgroup.patch
10-15-hugetlb-cgroup-add-the-cgroup-pointer-to-page-lru.patch
hugetlb-cgroup-add-charge-uncharge-routines-for-hugetlb-cgroup.patch
hugetlb-cgroup-add-support-for-cgroup-removal.patch
hugetlb-cgroup-add-hugetlb-cgroup-control-files.patch
hugetlb-cgroup-migrate-hugetlb-cgroup-info-from-oldpage-to-new-page-during-migration.patch
hugetlb-cgroup-add-hugetlb-controller-documentation.patch
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