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Message-ID: <20200703064318.GN18446@dhcp22.suse.cz>
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2020 08:43:18 +0200
From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
To: Bhupesh Sharma <bhsharma@...hat.com>
Cc: cgroups@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, bhupesh.linux@...il.com,
Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov.dev@...il.com>,
James Morse <james.morse@....com>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kexec@...ts.infradead.org,
Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] mm/memcontrol: Fix OOPS inside
mem_cgroup_get_nr_swap_pages()
[Cc Andrew - the patch is http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1593641660-13254-2-git-send-email-bhsharma@redhat.com]
On Thu 02-07-20 08:00:27, Michal Hocko wrote:
> On Thu 02-07-20 03:44:19, Bhupesh Sharma wrote:
> > Prabhakar reported an OOPS inside mem_cgroup_get_nr_swap_pages()
> > function in a corner case seen on some arm64 boards when kdump kernel
> > runs with "cgroup_disable=memory" passed to the kdump kernel via
> > bootargs.
> >
> > The root-cause behind the same is that currently mem_cgroup_swap_init()
> > function is implemented as a subsys_initcall() call instead of a
> > core_initcall(), this means 'cgroup_memory_noswap' still
> > remains set to the default value (false) even when memcg is disabled via
> > "cgroup_disable=memory" boot parameter.
> >
> > This may result in premature OOPS inside mem_cgroup_get_nr_swap_pages()
> > function in corner cases:
> >
> > [ 0.265617] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000188
> > [ 0.274495] Mem abort info:
> > [ 0.277311] ESR = 0x96000006
> > [ 0.280389] EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
> > [ 0.285751] SET = 0, FnV = 0
> > [ 0.288830] EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
> > [ 0.291995] Data abort info:
> > [ 0.294897] ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000006
> > [ 0.298765] CM = 0, WnR = 0
> > [ 0.301757] [0000000000000188] user address but active_mm is swapper
> > [ 0.308174] Internal error: Oops: 96000006 [#1] SMP
> > [ 0.313097] Modules linked in:
> > <..snip..>
> > [ 0.331384] pstate: 00400009 (nzcv daif +PAN -UAO BTYPE=--)
> > [ 0.337014] pc : mem_cgroup_get_nr_swap_pages+0x9c/0xf4
> > [ 0.342289] lr : mem_cgroup_get_nr_swap_pages+0x68/0xf4
> > [ 0.347564] sp : fffffe0012b6f800
> > [ 0.350905] x29: fffffe0012b6f800 x28: fffffe00116b3000
> > [ 0.356268] x27: fffffe0012b6fb00 x26: 0000000000000020
> > [ 0.361631] x25: 0000000000000000 x24: fffffc00723ffe28
> > [ 0.366994] x23: fffffe0010d5b468 x22: fffffe00116bfa00
> > [ 0.372357] x21: fffffe0010aabda8 x20: 0000000000000000
> > [ 0.377720] x19: 0000000000000000 x18: 0000000000000010
> > [ 0.383082] x17: 0000000043e612f2 x16: 00000000a9863ed7
> > [ 0.388445] x15: ffffffffffffffff x14: 202c303d70617773
> > [ 0.393808] x13: 6f6e5f79726f6d65 x12: 6d5f70756f726763
> > [ 0.399170] x11: 2073656761705f70 x10: 6177735f726e5f74
> > [ 0.404533] x9 : fffffe00100e9580 x8 : fffffe0010628160
> > [ 0.409895] x7 : 00000000000000a8 x6 : fffffe00118f5e5e
> > [ 0.415258] x5 : 0000000000000001 x4 : 0000000000000000
> > [ 0.420621] x3 : 0000000000000000 x2 : 0000000000000000
> > [ 0.425983] x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : fffffc0060079000
> > [ 0.431346] Call trace:
> > [ 0.433809] mem_cgroup_get_nr_swap_pages+0x9c/0xf4
> > [ 0.438735] shrink_lruvec+0x404/0x4f8
> > [ 0.442516] shrink_node+0x1a8/0x688
> > [ 0.446121] do_try_to_free_pages+0xe8/0x448
> > [ 0.450429] try_to_free_pages+0x110/0x230
> > [ 0.454563] __alloc_pages_slowpath.constprop.106+0x2b8/0xb48
> > [ 0.460366] __alloc_pages_nodemask+0x2ac/0x2f8
> > [ 0.464938] alloc_page_interleave+0x20/0x90
> > [ 0.469246] alloc_pages_current+0xdc/0xf8
> > [ 0.473379] atomic_pool_expand+0x60/0x210
> > [ 0.477514] __dma_atomic_pool_init+0x50/0xa4
> > [ 0.481910] dma_atomic_pool_init+0xac/0x158
> > [ 0.486220] do_one_initcall+0x50/0x218
> > [ 0.490091] kernel_init_freeable+0x22c/0x2d0
> > [ 0.494489] kernel_init+0x18/0x110
> > [ 0.498007] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x18
> > [ 0.501614] Code: aa1403e3 91106000 97f82a27 14000011 (f940c663)
> > [ 0.507770] ---[ end trace 9795948475817de4 ]---
> > [ 0.512429] Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception
> > [ 0.517705] Rebooting in 10 seconds..
> >
> > Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
> > Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
> > Cc: Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov.dev@...il.com>
> > Cc: James Morse <james.morse@....com>
> > Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
> > Cc: Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
> > Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
> > Cc: cgroups@...r.kernel.org
> > Cc: linux-mm@...ck.org
> > Cc: linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
> > Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> > Cc: kexec@...ts.infradead.org
>
> Fixes: eccb52e78809 ("mm: memcontrol: prepare swap controller setup for integration")
>
> > Reported-by: Prabhakar Kushwaha <pkushwaha@...vell.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Bhupesh Sharma <bhsharma@...hat.com>
>
> This is subtle as hell, I have to say. I find the ordering in the init
> calls very unintuitive and extremely hard to follow. The above commit
> has introduced the problem but the code previously has worked mostly by
> a luck because our default was flipped.
>
> Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>
>
> > ---
> > mm/memcontrol.c | 9 ++++++++-
> > 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
> > index 19622328e4b5..8323e4b7b390 100644
> > --- a/mm/memcontrol.c
> > +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
> > @@ -7186,6 +7186,13 @@ static struct cftype memsw_files[] = {
> > { }, /* terminate */
> > };
> >
> > +/*
> > + * If mem_cgroup_swap_init() is implemented as a subsys_initcall()
> > + * instead of a core_initcall(), this could mean cgroup_memory_noswap still
> > + * remains set to false even when memcg is disabled via "cgroup_disable=memory"
> > + * boot parameter. This may result in premature OOPS inside
> > + * mem_cgroup_get_nr_swap_pages() function in corner cases.
> > + */
> > static int __init mem_cgroup_swap_init(void)
> > {
> > /* No memory control -> no swap control */
> > @@ -7200,6 +7207,6 @@ static int __init mem_cgroup_swap_init(void)
> >
> > return 0;
> > }
> > -subsys_initcall(mem_cgroup_swap_init);
> > +core_initcall(mem_cgroup_swap_init);
> >
> > #endif /* CONFIG_MEMCG_SWAP */
> > --
> > 2.7.4
>
> --
> Michal Hocko
> SUSE Labs
--
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs
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