linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] move_pages.2: not return ENOENT if the page are already on the target nodes

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Fri, 6 Dec 2019 00:25:53 -0800
From:   John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>
To:     Yang Shi <yang.shi@...ux.alibaba.com>, <mtk.manpages@...il.com>,
        <cl@...ux.com>, <mhocko@...e.com>, <cai@....pw>,
        <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:     <linux-man@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-mm@...ck.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] move_pages.2: not return ENOENT if the page are already
 on the target nodes

On 12/5/19 5:34 PM, Yang Shi wrote:
> Since commit e78bbfa82624 ("mm: stop returning -ENOENT
> from sys_move_pages() if nothing got migrated"), move_pages doesn't
> return -ENOENT anymore if the pages are already on the target nodes, but
> this change is never reflected in manpage.
> 
> Cc: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...il.com>
> Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
> Cc: John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>
> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>
> Cc: Qian Cai <cai@....pw>
> Signed-off-by: Yang Shi <yang.shi@...ux.alibaba.com>
> ---
>   man2/move_pages.2 | 5 ++---
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/man2/move_pages.2 b/man2/move_pages.2
> index 2d96468..2a2f3cd 100644
> --- a/man2/move_pages.2
> +++ b/man2/move_pages.2
> @@ -192,9 +192,8 @@ was specified or an attempt was made to migrate pages of a kernel thread.
>   One of the target nodes is not online.
>   .TP
>   .B ENOENT
> -No pages were found that require moving.
> -All pages are either already
> -on the target node, not present, had an invalid address or could not be
> +No pages were found.
> +All pages are either not present, had an invalid address or could not be
>   moved because they were mapped by multiple processes.
>   .TP
>   .B EPERM
> 

whoa, hold on. If I'm reading through the various error paths correctly, then this
code is *never* going to return ENOENT for the whole function. It can fill in that
value per-page, in the status array, but that's all. Did I get that right?

If so, we need to redo this part of the man page.


thanks,
-- 
John Hubbard
NVIDIA