linux-kernel - [patch -mm] mm, mempool: poison elements backed by page allocator fix fix

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Date:	Thu, 2 Apr 2015 18:07:16 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
cc:	Andrey Ryabinin <a.ryabinin@...sung.com>,
	Dave Kleikamp <shaggy@...nel.org>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
	Sebastian Ott <sebott@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@...hat.com>,
	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	jfs-discussion@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: [patch -mm] mm, mempool: poison elements backed by page allocator
 fix fix

Elements backed by the page allocator might not be directly mapped into 
lowmem, so do k{,un}map_atomic() before poisoning and verifying contents 
to map into lowmem and return the virtual adddress.

Reported-by: Andrey Ryabinin <a.ryabinin@...sung.com>
Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
---
 mm/mempool.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/mempool.c b/mm/mempool.c
--- a/mm/mempool.c
+++ b/mm/mempool.c
@@ -61,9 +61,10 @@ static void check_element(mempool_t *pool, void *element)
 	/* Mempools backed by page allocator */
 	if (pool->free == mempool_free_pages) {
 		int order = (int)(long)pool->pool_data;
-		void *addr = page_address(element);
+		void *addr = kmap_atomic((struct page *)element);
 
 		__check_element(pool, addr, 1UL << (PAGE_SHIFT + order));
+		kunmap_atomic(addr);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -84,9 +85,10 @@ static void poison_element(mempool_t *pool, void *element)
 	/* Mempools backed by page allocator */
 	if (pool->alloc == mempool_alloc_pages) {
 		int order = (int)(long)pool->pool_data;
-		void *addr = page_address(element);
+		void *addr = kmap_atomic((struct page *)element);
 
 		__poison_element(addr, 1UL << (PAGE_SHIFT + order));
+		kunmap_atomic(addr);
 	}
 }
 #else /* CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB || CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON */
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