linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.35.5: hibernation broken... AGAIN

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-Id: <201012012323.31311.rjw@sisk.pl>
Date:	Wed, 1 Dec 2010 23:23:31 +0100
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
To:	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	Ondrej Zary <linux@...nbow-software.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	Kernel development list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Balbir Singh <balbir@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: 2.6.35.5: hibernation broken... AGAIN

On Wednesday, December 01, 2010, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Wednesday, December 01, 2010, KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki wrote:
> > On Wed, 1 Dec 2010 01:38:53 +0100
> > "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Wednesday, December 01, 2010, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > > > On Tuesday, November 30, 2010, Hugh Dickins wrote:
> > > > > On Sat, 27 Nov 2010, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > > > > > On Saturday, November 27, 2010, Ondrej Zary wrote:
> > > ...
> > > > > 
> > > > > Trivial point, I suppose, but it bothers me that PM is accumulating
> > > > > wrappers around wrappers around gfp_allowed_mask.  Looks like
> > > > > clear_gfp_allowed_mask and set_gfp_allowed_mask (oddly asymmetrical)
> > > > > were not really what we need.  How about scrapping them, and putting
> > > > > pm_restrict_gfp_mask() and pm_restore_gfp_mask() into page_alloc.c?
> > > > 
> > > > Sure, that sounds like a good idea indeed.
> > > 
> > > Below is an updated patch in which I tried to address your comments.
> > > 
> > > I didn't find it very useful to couple pm_restore_gfp_mask() with the thawing
> > > of tasks, but nevertheless I think all of the spots where it's needed are
> > > covered now.
> > > 
> > > The patch has only been compile-tested for now, so caveat emptor.
> > > 
> > 
> > Hmm, can't we have some error check as 
> > 
> > > +static gfp_t saved_gfp_mask;
> > 
> > atomic_t gfp_mask_save_mode_counter;
> > 
> > > +
> > > +void pm_restore_gfp_mask(void)
> > >  {
> > >  	WARN_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&pm_mutex));
> > > -	gfp_allowed_mask = mask;
> > 
> > 	if (atomic_dec_return(&gfp_mask_save_mode_counter))
> > 		WARN_ONCE()
> > 
> > > +	if (saved_gfp_mask) {
> > > +		gfp_allowed_mask = saved_gfp_mask;
> > > +		saved_gfp_mask = 0;
> > > +	}
> > >  }
> > 
> > > +void pm_restrict_gfp_mask(void)
> > >  {
> > > -	gfp_t ret = gfp_allowed_mask;
> > > -
> > >  	WARN_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&pm_mutex));
> > > -	gfp_allowed_mask &= ~mask;
> > > -	return ret;
> > > +	saved_gfp_mask = gfp_allowed_mask;
> > > +	gfp_allowed_mask &= ~GFP_IOFS;
> > 
> > 	if (atomic_inc_return(&gfp_mask_save_mode_counter) > 1)
> > 		WARN_ONCE()
> > 
> > or some ?
> 
> What exactly would that be useful for?

Please note that pm_restore_gfp_mask() can be legitimately called before
pm_restrict_gfp_mask() via the SNAPSHOT_CREATE_IMAGE hibernate ioctl, so the
test you're suggesting wouldn't really work.

Thanks,
Rafael
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/