linux-kernel - [PATCH v4 3/4] mm/vmalloc: revert "mm/vmalloc.c: check VM_UNINITIALIZED flag in s_show instead of show_numa

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Message-Id: <1378191706-29696-3-git-send-email-liwanp@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Tue,  3 Sep 2013 15:01:45 +0800
From:	Wanpeng Li <liwanp@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei@...fujitsu.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Wanpeng Li <liwanp@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 3/4] mm/vmalloc: revert "mm/vmalloc.c: check VM_UNINITIALIZED flag in s_show instead of show_numa_info"

Changelog:
 *v2 -> v3: revert commit d157a558 directly

The VM_UNINITIALIZED/VM_UNLIST flag introduced by commit f5252e00(mm: avoid
null pointer access in vm_struct via /proc/vmallocinfo) is used to avoid
accessing the pages field with unallocated page when show_numa_info() is
called. This patch move the check just before show_numa_info in order that
some messages still can be dumped via /proc/vmallocinfo. This patch revert 
commit d157a558 (mm/vmalloc.c: check VM_UNINITIALIZED flag in s_show instead 
of show_numa_info);

Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <liwanp@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 mm/vmalloc.c | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index e3ec8b4..5368b17 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -2562,6 +2562,11 @@ static void show_numa_info(struct seq_file *m, struct vm_struct *v)
 		if (!counters)
 			return;
 
+		/* Pair with smp_wmb() in clear_vm_uninitialized_flag() */
+		smp_rmb();
+		if (v->flags & VM_UNINITIALIZED)
+			return;
+
 		memset(counters, 0, nr_node_ids * sizeof(unsigned int));
 
 		for (nr = 0; nr < v->nr_pages; nr++)
@@ -2590,11 +2595,6 @@ static int s_show(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
 
 	v = va->vm;
 
-	/* Pair with smp_wmb() in clear_vm_uninitialized_flag() */
-	smp_rmb();
-	if (v->flags & VM_UNINITIALIZED)
-		return 0;
-
 	seq_printf(m, "0x%pK-0x%pK %7ld",
 		v->addr, v->addr + v->size, v->size);
 
-- 
1.8.1.2

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