The patch titled
Subject: mm/memory_hotplug.c: check for missing sections when testing zones
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
drivers-memory-check-for-missing-sections-when-testing-zones.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/drivers-memory-check-for-missing-sections-when-testing-zones.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/drivers-memory-check-for-missing-sections-when-testing-zones.patch
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From: Andrew Banman <abanman@xxxxxxx>
Subject: mm/memory_hotplug.c: check for missing sections when testing zones
test_pages_in_a_zone() does not account for the possibility of missing
sections in the given pfn range. Since pfn_valid_within always returns 1
when CONFIG_HOLES_IN_ZONE is not set, invalid pfns from missing sections
will pass the test, resulting in a kernel oops. This is remedied by
simply checking for the presence of the pfn's section. We don't have to
remove the pfn_valid_within optimization.
The patch also prevents a crash from offlining memory devices with missing
sections.
Cc: Seth Jennings <sjennings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Russ Anderson <rja@xxxxxxx>
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/memory_hotplug.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff -puN mm/memory_hotplug.c~drivers-memory-check-for-missing-sections-when-testing-zones mm/memory_hotplug.c
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c~drivers-memory-check-for-missing-sections-when-testing-zones
+++ a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -1383,6 +1383,9 @@ int test_pages_in_a_zone(unsigned long s
pfn < end_pfn;
pfn += MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES) {
i = 0;
+ /* Make sure the memory section is present */
+ if (!present_section_nr(pfn_to_section_nr(pfn)))
+ continue;
/* This is just a CONFIG_HOLES_IN_ZONE check.*/
while ((i < MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES) && !pfn_valid_within(pfn + i))
i++;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from abanman@xxxxxxx are
drivers-memory-check-for-missing-sections-when-testing-zones.patch
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