Re: [PATCH] PM: hibernate: clean up sync_read handling in snapshot_write_next

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On Fri, Sep 22, 2023 at 6:07 PM Brian Geffon <bgeffon@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> In snapshot_write_next sync_read is set and unset in three different
> spots unnecessiarly. As a result there is a subtle bug where the first
> page after the meta data has been loaded unconditionally sets sync_read
> to 0. If this first pfn was actually a highmem page then the returned
> buffer will be the global "buffer," and the page needs to be loaded
> synchronously.
>
> That is, I'm not sure we can always assume the following to be safe:
>                 handle->buffer = get_buffer(&orig_bm, &ca);
>                 handle->sync_read = 0;
>
> Because get_buffer can call get_highmem_page_buffer which can
> return 'buffer'
>
> The easiest way to address this is just set sync_read before
> snapshot_write_next returns if handle->buffer == buffer.
>
> Signed-off-by: Brian Geffon <bgeffon@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Fixes: 8357376d3df2 ("[PATCH] swsusp: Improve handling of highmem")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

If you send an update of a patch, it is always better to give it a
higher version number to avoid any possible confusion.

> ---
>  kernel/power/snapshot.c | 6 +-----
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/power/snapshot.c b/kernel/power/snapshot.c
> index 190ed707ddcc..362e6bae5891 100644
> --- a/kernel/power/snapshot.c
> +++ b/kernel/power/snapshot.c
> @@ -2780,8 +2780,6 @@ int snapshot_write_next(struct snapshot_handle *handle)
>         if (handle->cur > 1 && handle->cur > nr_meta_pages + nr_copy_pages + nr_zero_pages)
>                 return 0;
>
> -       handle->sync_read = 1;
> -
>         if (!handle->cur) {
>                 if (!buffer)
>                         /* This makes the buffer be freed by swsusp_free() */
> @@ -2824,7 +2822,6 @@ int snapshot_write_next(struct snapshot_handle *handle)
>                         memory_bm_position_reset(&zero_bm);
>                         restore_pblist = NULL;
>                         handle->buffer = get_buffer(&orig_bm, &ca);
> -                       handle->sync_read = 0;
>                         if (IS_ERR(handle->buffer))
>                                 return PTR_ERR(handle->buffer);
>                 }
> @@ -2834,9 +2831,8 @@ int snapshot_write_next(struct snapshot_handle *handle)
>                 handle->buffer = get_buffer(&orig_bm, &ca);
>                 if (IS_ERR(handle->buffer))
>                         return PTR_ERR(handle->buffer);
> -               if (handle->buffer != buffer)
> -                       handle->sync_read = 0;
>         }
> +       handle->sync_read = (handle->buffer == buffer);
>         handle->cur++;
>
>         /* Zero pages were not included in the image, memset it and move on. */
> --

Anyway, applied as 6.7 material with some minor edits in the subject
and changelog.

Thanks!



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