linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/3] zsmalloc: prevent mappping in interrupt context

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Message-Id: <1342630556-28686-2-git-send-email-sjenning@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Wed, 18 Jul 2012 11:55:55 -0500
From:	Seth Jennings <sjenning@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	Seth Jennings <sjenning@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Dan Magenheimer <dan.magenheimer@...cle.com>,
	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
	Nitin Gupta <ngupta@...are.org>,
	Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>,
	Robert Jennings <rcj@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] zsmalloc: prevent mappping in interrupt context

Because we use per-cpu mapping areas shared among the
pools/users, we can't allow mapping in interrupt context
because it can corrupt another users mappings.

Signed-off-by: Seth Jennings <sjenning@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 drivers/staging/zsmalloc/zsmalloc-main.c |    8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/zsmalloc/zsmalloc-main.c b/drivers/staging/zsmalloc/zsmalloc-main.c
index 3c83c65..b86133f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/zsmalloc/zsmalloc-main.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/zsmalloc/zsmalloc-main.c
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
 #include <linux/cpumask.h>
 #include <linux/cpu.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
+#include <linux/hardirq.h>
 
 #include "zsmalloc.h"
 #include "zsmalloc_int.h"
@@ -761,6 +762,13 @@ void *zs_map_object(struct zs_pool *pool, unsigned long handle,
 
 	BUG_ON(!handle);
 
+	/*
+	 * Because we use per-cpu mapping areas shared among the
+	 * pools/users, we can't allow mapping in interrupt context
+	 * because it can corrupt another users mappings.
+	 */
+	BUG_ON(in_interrupt());
+
 	obj_handle_to_location(handle, &page, &obj_idx);
 	get_zspage_mapping(get_first_page(page), &class_idx, &fg);
 	class = &pool->size_class[class_idx];
-- 
1.7.9.5

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