linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] mm: vmalloc: Pass proper vm

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Date:   Thu, 3 May 2018 14:42:22 -0700
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Chintan Pandya <cpandya@...eaurora.org>
Cc:     vbabka@...e.cz, labbott@...hat.com, catalin.marinas@....com,
        hannes@...xchg.org, f.fainelli@...il.com, xieyisheng1@...wei.com,
        ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org, richard.weiyang@...il.com,
        byungchul.park@....com, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, khandual@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
        mhocko@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] mm: vmalloc: Pass proper vm_start into
 debugobjects

On Tue, 17 Apr 2018 16:13:48 +0530 Chintan Pandya <cpandya@...eaurora.org> wrote:

> Client can call vunmap with some intermediate 'addr'
> which may not be the start of the VM area. Entire
> unmap code works with vm->vm_start which is proper
> but debug object API is called with 'addr'. This
> could be a problem within debug objects.
> 
> Pass proper start address into debug object API.
> 
> --- a/mm/vmalloc.c
> +++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
> @@ -1124,15 +1124,15 @@ void vm_unmap_ram(const void *mem, unsigned int count)
>  	BUG_ON(addr > VMALLOC_END);
>  	BUG_ON(!PAGE_ALIGNED(addr));
>  
> -	debug_check_no_locks_freed(mem, size);
> -
>  	if (likely(count <= VMAP_MAX_ALLOC)) {
> +		debug_check_no_locks_freed(mem, size);
>  		vb_free(mem, size);
>  		return;
>  	}
>  
>  	va = find_vmap_area(addr);
>  	BUG_ON(!va);
> +	debug_check_no_locks_freed(va->va_start, (va->va_end - va->va_start));
>  	free_unmap_vmap_area(va);
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(vm_unmap_ram);

hm, how did this sneak through?

mm/vmalloc.c:1139:29: warning: passing argument 1 of debug_check_no_locks_freed makes pointer from integer without a cast [-Wint-conversion]
  debug_check_no_locks_freed(va->va_start, (va->va_end - va->va_start));

--- a/mm/vmalloc.c~mm-vmalloc-pass-proper-vm_start-into-debugobjects-fix
+++ a/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -1136,7 +1136,8 @@ void vm_unmap_ram(const void *mem, unsig
 
 	va = find_vmap_area(addr);
 	BUG_ON(!va);
-	debug_check_no_locks_freed(va->va_start, (va->va_end - va->va_start));
+	debug_check_no_locks_freed((void *)va->va_start,
+				    (va->va_end - va->va_start));
 	free_unmap_vmap_area(va);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vm_unmap_ram);