linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 02/11] sparc64/mm: setting fields in deferred pages

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Date:   Tue, 29 Aug 2017 18:09:28 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     pasha.tatashin@...cle.com
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, sparclinux@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
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        catalin.marinas@....com, sam@...nborg.org,
        mgorman@...hsingularity.net, Steven.Sistare@...cle.com,
        daniel.m.jordan@...cle.com, bob.picco@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 02/11] sparc64/mm: setting fields in deferred pages

From: Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@...cle.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2017 22:02:13 -0400

> Without deferred struct page feature (CONFIG_DEFERRED_STRUCT_PAGE_INIT),
> flags and other fields in "struct page"es are never changed prior to first
> initializing struct pages by going through __init_single_page().
> 
> With deferred struct page feature enabled there is a case where we set some
> fields prior to initializing:
> 
> mem_init() {
>      register_page_bootmem_info();
>      free_all_bootmem();
>      ...
> }
> 
> When register_page_bootmem_info() is called only non-deferred struct pages
> are initialized. But, this function goes through some reserved pages which
> might be part of the deferred, and thus are not yet initialized.
> 
> mem_init
> register_page_bootmem_info
> register_page_bootmem_info_node
>  get_page_bootmem
>   .. setting fields here ..
>   such as: page->freelist = (void *)type;
> 
> free_all_bootmem()
> free_low_memory_core_early()
>  for_each_reserved_mem_region()
>   reserve_bootmem_region()
>    init_reserved_page() <- Only if this is deferred reserved page
>     __init_single_pfn()
>      __init_single_page()
>       memset(0) <-- Loose the set fields here
> 
> We end-up with similar issue as in the previous patch, where currently we
> do not observe problem as memory is zeroed. But, if flag asserts are
> changed we can start hitting issues.
> 
> Also, because in this patch series we will stop zeroing struct page memory
> during allocation, we must make sure that struct pages are properly
> initialized prior to using them.
> 
> The deferred-reserved pages are initialized in free_all_bootmem().
> Therefore, the fix is to switch the above calls.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@...cle.com>
> Reviewed-by: Steven Sistare <steven.sistare@...cle.com>
> Reviewed-by: Daniel Jordan <daniel.m.jordan@...cle.com>
> Reviewed-by: Bob Picco <bob.picco@...cle.com>

Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>