linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: numa: disable change protection for vma(VM

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]

Date:	Tue, 31 Mar 2015 14:35:21 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@...jp.nec.com>
Cc:	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
	Naoya Horiguchi <nao.horiguchi@...il.com>,
	"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>,
	"David Rientjes" <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: numa: disable change protection for vma(VM_HUGETLB)

On Tue, 31 Mar 2015 01:45:55 +0000 Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@...jp.nec.com> wrote:

> Currently when a process accesses to hugetlb range protected with PROTNONE,
> unexpected COWs are triggered, which finally put hugetlb subsystem into
> broken/uncontrollable state, where for example h->resv_huge_pages is subtracted
> too much and wrapped around to a very large number, and free hugepage pool
> is no longer maintainable.
> 
> This patch simply stops changing protection for vma(VM_HUGETLB) to fix the
> problem. And this also allows us to avoid useless overhead of minor faults.
> 
> ...
>
> --- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> @@ -2161,8 +2161,10 @@ void task_numa_work(struct callback_head *work)
>  		vma = mm->mmap;
>  	}
>  	for (; vma; vma = vma->vm_next) {
> -		if (!vma_migratable(vma) || !vma_policy_mof(vma))
> +		if (!vma_migratable(vma) || !vma_policy_mof(vma) ||
> +			is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma)) {
>  			continue;
> +		}
>  
>  		/*
>  		 * Shared library pages mapped by multiple processes are not

Which kernel version(s) need this patch?
--
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/