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Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 21:20:04 +0200
From: Frederik Deweerdt <deweerdt@...e.fr>
To: Mathieu Desnoyers <compudj@...stal.dyndns.org>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>, akpm@...l.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] i386 CPA fix - do not free reserved pages
On Tue, Jul 03, 2007 at 01:33:24PM -0400, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> Right, there is a test missing, can you try this fix on top of my
> x86_64 mm cpa cache flush fix ?
No warning with both patches applied, thanks Mathieu.
Frederik
>
>
> i386 CPA fix - do not free reserved pages
>
> We have to use the same conditions found in change_page_attr in
> global_tlb_flush regarding the conditions that leads to free the page.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca>
> ---
> arch/i386/mm/pageattr.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> Index: linux-2.6-lttng/arch/i386/mm/pageattr.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6-lttng.orig/arch/i386/mm/pageattr.c 2007-07-03 13:25:48.000000000 -0400
> +++ linux-2.6-lttng/arch/i386/mm/pageattr.c 2007-07-03 13:28:34.000000000 -0400
> @@ -247,7 +247,7 @@
> list_for_each_entry_safe(pg, next, &l, lru) {
> clear_bit(PG_arch_1, &pg->flags);
> list_del(&pg->lru);
> - if (page_private(pg) != 0)
> + if (PageReserved(pg) || !cpu_has_pse || page_private(pg) != 0)
> continue;
> ClearPagePrivate(pg);
> __free_page(pg);
>
>
> * Frederik Deweerdt (deweerdt@...e.fr) wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 03, 2007 at 11:37:47AM -0400, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> > > Hi Alan,
> > >
> > > I already sent a fix to Andrew and Andi for this (hrm, forget to CC
> > > lkml on the original message):
> > >
> > >
> > > x86_64 mm cpa cache flush fix
> > >
> > > X86_64 and i386 cpa cache flush fix:
> > >
> > > list_del the deferred list entries to poison their pointers.
> > > clear the flag for every page put in the list.
> > >
> > Hi Mathieu,
> >
> > I've tried the patch on rc6-mm1, but it doesn't seem to fix the
> > problem. From what I understood, the bad_page() is called on PG_reserved
> > being set (flags:0x00000400), not the lru pointer being not NULL or
> > PG_arch_1 being set.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Frederik
> >
> > > Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca>
> > > CC: Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
> > [...]
> > > flush_map(&l);
> > > list_for_each_entry_safe(pg, next, &l, lru) {
> > > + clear_bit(PG_arch_1, &pg->flags);
> > > + list_del(&pg->lru);
> > > if (page_private(pg) != 0)
> > > continue;
> > > ClearPagePrivate(pg);
> > > - clear_bit(PG_arch_1, &pg->flags);
> > > __free_page(pg);
> > > }
> > > }
> > [...]
> > > * Alan Cox (alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk) wrote:
> > > > X86 32bit with lots of debug turned on I get this:
> > [...]
> > > > Bad page state in process 'swapper'
> > > > page:c10000c0 flags:0x00000400 mapping:00000000 mapcount:0 count:0
> > > > Trying to fix it up, but a reboot is needed
> > > > Backtrace:
> > > > [<c024589c>] bad_page+0x6c/0x100
> > > > [<c024648d>] free_hot_cold_page+0x5d/0x140
> > > > [<c02116c2>] global_flush_tlb+0x112/0x130
> > > > [<c020102d>] init_post+0xd/0xe0
> > > > [<c047c876>] kernel_init+0x216/0x220
> > > > [<c0214c50>] schedule_tail+0x0/0xe0
> > > > [<c047c660>] kernel_init+0x0/0x220
> > > > [<c047c660>] kernel_init+0x0/0x220
> > > > [<c0204227>] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10
> > > > =======================
> > > > Hexdump:
> > > > 000: 00 06 00 00 01 00 00 00 ff ff ff ff 0f 00 00 00
> > > > 010: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 78 00 00 c1 b8 00 00 c1
> > > > 020: 00 06 00 00 01 00 00 00 ff ff ff ff a7 03 00 00
> > > > 030: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 98 00 00 c1 d8 00 00 c1
> > > > 040: 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 ff ff ff ff 00 00 00 00
> > > > 050: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 b8 00 00 c1 f8 00 00 c1
> > > > 060: 00 06 00 00 01 00 00 00 ff ff ff ff 00 04 00 00
> > > > 070: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 d8 00 00 c1 18 01 00 c1
> > > > 080: 00 06 00 00 01 00 00 00 ff ff ff ff 9c 03 00 00
> > > > 090: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 f8 00 00 c1 38 01 00 c1
> > > > 0a0: 00 06 00 00 01 00 00 00 ff ff ff ff 00 04 00 00
> > > > 0b0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 18 01 00 c1 58 01 00 c1
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