I've made mistake during converting hugetlb code to 5-level paging:
in huge_pte_alloc() we have to use p4d_alloc(), not p4d_offset().
Otherwise it leads to crash -- NULL-pointer dereference in pud_alloc()
if p4d table is not yet allocated.
It only can happen in 5-level paging mode. In 4-level paging mode
p4d_offset() always returns pgd, so we are fine.
Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: c2febafc6773 ("mm: convert generic code to 5-level paging")
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # v4.11+
---
mm/hugetlb.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 2d2ff5e8bf2b..94a4c0b63580 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -4617,7 +4617,9 @@ pte_t *huge_pte_alloc(struct mm_struct *mm,
pte_t *pte = NULL;
pgd = pgd_offset(mm, addr);
- p4d = p4d_offset(pgd, addr);
+ p4d = p4d_alloc(mm, pgd, addr);
+ if (!p4d)
+ return NULL;
pud = pud_alloc(mm, p4d, addr);
if (pud) {
if (sz == PUD_SIZE) {
--
2.15.0