linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/mm/64: Fix crash in remove

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Message-ID: <20170425185333.3ecz46gn5ufy4bwi@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 25 Apr 2017 20:53:34 +0200
From:   Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:     Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
Cc:     "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
        X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
        Linux MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/mm/64: Fix crash in remove_pagetable()


* Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 2:25 AM, Kirill A. Shutemov
> <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> > remove_pagetable() does page walk using p*d_page_vaddr() plus cast.
> > It's not canonical approach -- we usually use p*d_offset() for that.
> >
> > It works fine as long as all page table levels are present. We broke the
> > invariant by introducing folded p4d page table level.
> >
> > As result, remove_pagetable() interprets PMD as PUD and it leads to
> > crash:
> >
> >         BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at ffff880300000000
> >         IP: memchr_inv+0x60/0x110
> >         PGD 317d067
> >         P4D 317d067
> >         PUD 3180067
> >         PMD 33f102067
> >         PTE 8000000300000060
> >
> > Let's fix this by using p*d_offset() instead of p*d_page_vaddr() for
> > page walk.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
> > Reported-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
> > Fixes: f2a6a7050109 ("x86: Convert the rest of the code to support p4d_t")
> 
> Thanks! This patch on top of tip/master passes a full run of the
> nvdimm regression suite.
> 
> Tested-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>

Does a re-application of:

  "x86/mm/gup: Switch GUP to the generic get_user_page_fast() implementation"

still work (which you can achive via 'git revert 6dd29b3df975'), or is that 
another breakage?

Thanks,

	Ingo