linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -mm -V2] mm, swap: Fix false error message in __swp

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Message-ID: <20171031073710.GA857@bbox>
Date:   Tue, 31 Oct 2017 16:37:10 +0900
From:   Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>
To:     Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
Cc:     "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@...el.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Huang Ying <huang.ying.caritas@...il.com>,
        Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Christian Kujau <lists@...dbynature.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -mm -V2] mm, swap: Fix false error message in
 __swp_swapcount()

On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 08:31:07AM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote:
> On Tue 31-10-17 11:17:02, Minchan Kim wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 09:02:30AM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > > On Mon 30-10-17 08:57:13, Minchan Kim wrote:
> > > [...]
> > > > Although it's better than old, we can make it simple, still.
> > > > 
> > > > diff --git a/include/linux/swapops.h b/include/linux/swapops.h
> > > > index 291c4b534658..f50d5a48f03a 100644
> > > > --- a/include/linux/swapops.h
> > > > +++ b/include/linux/swapops.h
> > > > @@ -41,6 +41,13 @@ static inline unsigned swp_type(swp_entry_t entry)
> > > >  	return (entry.val >> SWP_TYPE_SHIFT(entry));
> > > >  }
> > > >  
> > > > +extern struct swap_info_struct *swap_info[];
> > > > +
> > > > +static inline struct swap_info_struct *swp_si(swp_entry_t entry)
> > > > +{
> > > > +	return swap_info[swp_type(entry)];
> > > > +}
> > > > +
> > > >  /*
> > > >   * Extract the `offset' field from a swp_entry_t.  The swp_entry_t is in
> > > >   * arch-independent format
> > > > diff --git a/mm/swap_state.c b/mm/swap_state.c
> > > > index 378262d3a197..a0fe2d54ad09 100644
> > > > --- a/mm/swap_state.c
> > > > +++ b/mm/swap_state.c
> > > > @@ -554,6 +554,7 @@ struct page *swapin_readahead(swp_entry_t entry, gfp_t gfp_mask,
> > > >  			struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr)
> > > >  {
> > > >  	struct page *page;
> > > > +	struct swap_info_struct *si = swp_si(entry);
> > > 
> > > Aren't you accessing beyond the array here?
> > 
> > I couldn't understand what you intend. Could you explain what case does it accesses
> > beyond the arrary?
> 
> what if swp_type > nr_swapfiles

Logicall, it shouldn't be happen but it's a bug once it happens.
Such a bug can happen everywhere.
Why do you want to take care in this logic?