linux-kernel - Re: ppc elf_map breakage with MAP_FIXED

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Date:   Tue, 9 Jan 2018 17:13:55 +0100
From:   Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
To:     Anshuman Khandual <khandual@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:     Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        mm-commits@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-next@...r.kernel.org, sfr@...b.auug.org.au,
        broonie@...nel.org
Subject: Re: ppc elf_map breakage with MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE

On Tue 09-01-18 17:18:38, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
> On 01/09/2018 03:42 AM, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> > Anshuman Khandual <khandual@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:
> > 
> >> On 01/07/2018 04:56 PM, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> >>> Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org> writes:
> >>>
> >>>> On Sun 07-01-18 12:19:32, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
> >>>>> On 01/05/2018 02:16 PM, Michal Hocko wrote:
> >>>> [...]
> >>>>>> Could you give us more information about the failure please. Debugging
> >>>>>> patch from http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20171218091302.GL16951@dhcp22.suse.cz
> >>>>>> should help to see what is the clashing VMA.
> >>>>> Seems like its re-requesting the same mapping again.
> >>>> It always seems to be the same mapping which is a bit strange as we
> >>>> have multiple binaries here. Are these binaries any special? Does this
> >>>> happen to all bianries (except for init which has obviously started
> >>>> successfully)? Could you add an additional debugging (at the do_mmap
> >>>> layer) to see who is requesting the mapping for the first time?
> >>>>
> >>>>> [   23.423642] 9148 (sed): Uhuuh, elf segment at 0000000010030000 requested but the memory is mapped already
> >>>>> [   23.423706] requested [10030000, 10040000] mapped [10030000, 10040000] 100073 anon
> >>>> I also find it a bit unexpected that this is an anonymous mapping
> >>>> because the elf loader should always map a file backed one.
> >>> Anshuman what machine is this on, and what distro and toolchain is it running?
> >>>
> >>> I don't see this on any of my machines, so I wonder if this is
> >>> toolchain/distro specific.
> >>
> >> POWER9, RHEL 7.4, gcc (GCC) 4.8.5 20150623, GNU Make 3.82 etc.
> > 
> > So what does readelf -a of /bin/sed look like?
> 
> Please find here.

Did you manage to catch _who_ is requesting that anonymous mapping? Do
you need a help with the debugging patch?
-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs