linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: add pte_present() check on existing hugetlb

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Message-ID: <531657DC.4050204@oracle.com>
Date:	Tue, 04 Mar 2014 17:46:52 -0500
From:	Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com>
To:	Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@...jp.nec.com>
CC:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, riel@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: add pte_present() check on existing hugetlb_entry
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On 03/04/2014 04:32 PM, Naoya Horiguchi wrote:
> # sorry if duplicate message
> 
> On Mon, Mar 03, 2014 at 04:38:41PM -0500, Sasha Levin wrote:
>> On 03/03/2014 03:06 PM, Sasha Levin wrote:
>>> On 03/03/2014 12:02 AM, Naoya Horiguchi wrote:
>>>> Hi Sasha,
>>>>
>>>>>> I can confirm that with this patch the lockdep issue is gone. However, the NULL deref in
>>>>>> walk_pte_range() and the BUG at mm/hugemem.c:3580 still appear.
>>>> I spotted the cause of this problem.
>>>> Could you try testing if this patch fixes it?
>>>
>>> I'm seeing a different failure with this patch:
>>
>> And the NULL deref still happens.
> 
> I don't yet find out the root reason why this issue remains.
> So I tried to run trinity myself but the problem didn't reproduce.
> (I did simply like "./trinity --group vm --dangerous" a few hours.)
> Could you show more detail or tips about how the problem occurs?

I run it as root in a disposable vm, that may be the difference here.


Thanks,
Sasha

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