linux-kernel - Re: Bug with report THP eligibility for each vma

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Date:   Mon, 24 Dec 2018 19:51:06 +0100
From:   Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
To:     Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Paul Oppenheimer <bepvte@...il.com>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Bug with report THP eligibility for each vma

On Mon 24-12-18 14:12:51, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 24, 2018 at 08:49:16AM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > [Cc-ing mailing list and people involved in the original patch]
> > 
> > On Fri 21-12-18 13:42:24, Paul Oppenheimer wrote:
> > > Hello! I've never reported a kernel bug before, and since its on the
> > > "next" tree I was told to email the author of the relevant commit.
> > > Please redirect me to the correct place if I've made a mistake.
> > > 
> > > When opening firefox or chrome, and using it for a good 7 seconds, it
> > > hangs in "uninterruptible sleep" and I recieve a "BUG" in dmesg. This
> > > doesn't occur when reverting this commit:
> > > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/?id=48cf516f8c.
> > > Ive attached the output of decode_stacktrace.sh and the relevant dmesg
> > > log to this email.
> > > 
> > > Thanks
> > 
> > > BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000000000000e8
> > 
> > Thanks for the bug report! This is offset 232 and that matches
> > file->f_mapping as per pahole
> > pahole -C file ./vmlinux | grep f_mapping
> >         struct address_space *     f_mapping;            /*   232     8 */
> > 
> > I thought that each file really has to have a mapping. But the following
> > should heal the issue and add an extra care.
> > 
> > diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
> > index f64733c23067..fc9d70a9fbd1 100644
> > --- a/mm/huge_memory.c
> > +++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
> > @@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ bool transparent_hugepage_enabled(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
> >  {
> >  	if (vma_is_anonymous(vma))
> >  		return __transparent_hugepage_enabled(vma);
> > +	if (!vma->vm_file || !vma->vm_file->f_mapping)
> > +		return false;
> >  	if (shmem_mapping(vma->vm_file->f_mapping) && shmem_huge_enabled(vma))
> >  		return __transparent_hugepage_enabled(vma);
> 
> We have vma_is_shmem(), it can be used to replace shmem_mapping() without
> adding the check for !vma->vm_file

Yes, this looks like a much better choice. Thanks! Andrew, could you
fold this in instead.

diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index f64733c23067..e093cf5e4640 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ bool transparent_hugepage_enabled(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
 	if (vma_is_anonymous(vma))
 		return __transparent_hugepage_enabled(vma);
-	if (shmem_mapping(vma->vm_file->f_mapping) && shmem_huge_enabled(vma))
+	if (vma_is_shmem(vma) && shmem_huge_enabled(vma))
 		return __transparent_hugepage_enabled(vma);
 
 	return false;
-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs