linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.9 118/120] arm64: hugetlb: remove the wrong pmd check in find_num

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Date:   Wed, 18 Jan 2017 11:47:16 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Steve Capper <steve.capper@....com>,
        Huang Shijie <shijie.huang@....com>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
Subject: [PATCH 4.9 118/120] arm64: hugetlb: remove the wrong pmd check in find_num_contig()

4.9-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Huang Shijie <shijie.huang@....com>

commit 20156ce2365d61beaa6f5a78a7a789044e0e7acc upstream.

The find_num_contig() will return 1 when the pmd is not present.
It will cause a kernel dead loop in the following scenaro:

   1.) pmd entry is not present.

   2.) the page fault occurs:
       ... hugetlb_fault() --> hugetlb_no_page() --> set_huge_pte_at()

   3.) set_huge_pte_at() will only set the first PMD entry, since the
       find_num_contig just return 1 in this case. So the PMD entries
       are all empty except the first one.

   4.) when kernel accesses the address mapped by the second PMD entry,
       a new page fault occurs:
       ... hugetlb_fault() --> huge_ptep_set_access_flags()

       The second PMD entry is still empty now.

   5.) When the kernel returns, the access will cause a page fault again.
       The kernel will run like the "4)" above.
       We will see a dead loop since here.

The dead loop is caught in the 32M hugetlb page (2M PMD + Contiguous bit).

This patch removes wrong pmd check, and fixes this dead loop.

This patch also removes the redundant checks for PGD/PUD in
the find_num_contig().

Acked-by: Steve Capper <steve.capper@....com>
Signed-off-by: Huang Shijie <shijie.huang@....com>
Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 arch/arm64/mm/hugetlbpage.c |   12 ------------
 1 file changed, 12 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/arm64/mm/hugetlbpage.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/hugetlbpage.c
@@ -51,20 +51,8 @@ static int find_num_contig(struct mm_str
 	*pgsize = PAGE_SIZE;
 	if (!pte_cont(pte))
 		return 1;
-	if (!pgd_present(*pgd)) {
-		VM_BUG_ON(!pgd_present(*pgd));
-		return 1;
-	}
 	pud = pud_offset(pgd, addr);
-	if (!pud_present(*pud)) {
-		VM_BUG_ON(!pud_present(*pud));
-		return 1;
-	}
 	pmd = pmd_offset(pud, addr);
-	if (!pmd_present(*pmd)) {
-		VM_BUG_ON(!pmd_present(*pmd));
-		return 1;
-	}
 	if ((pte_t *)pmd == ptep) {
 		*pgsize = PMD_SIZE;
 		return CONT_PMDS;