linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arm: flush: don't abuse pfn

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Message-ID: <28b48c2a-37ab-4d20-a6f1-d12141c192ba@broadcom.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2024 08:16:06 -0800
From: Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@...adcom.com>
To: Yongqiang Liu <liuyongqiang13@...wei.com>,
 linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Cc: yanaijie@...wei.com, zhangxiaoxu5@...wei.com, wangkefeng.wang@...wei.com,
 sunnanyong@...wei.com, linux@...linux.org.uk, rppt@...ux.ibm.com,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, keescook@...omium.org, arnd@...db.de,
 m.szyprowski@...sung.com, willy@...radead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm: flush: don't abuse pfn_valid() to check if pfn is in
 RAM



On 1/31/2024 4:59 AM, Yongqiang Liu wrote:
> Since commit a4d5613c4dc6 ("arm: extend pfn_valid to take into account
> freed memory map alignment") changes the semantics of pfn_valid() to check
> presence of the memory map for a PFN. __sync_icache_dcache() should use
> memblock_is_map_memory() instead of pfn_valid() to check if a PFN is in
> RAM or not.In Some uio case we will get a crash on a system with the
> following memory layout:
> 
>   node   0: [mem 0x00000000c0a00000-0x00000000cc8fffff]
>   node   0: [mem 0x00000000d0000000-0x00000000da1fffff]
>   the uio layout is：0xc0900000, 0x100000
> 
> the crash backtrace like:
> 
>    Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address bff00000
>    [...]
>    CPU: 1 PID: 465 Comm: startapp.bin Tainted: G           O      5.10.0 #1
>    Hardware name: Generic DT based system
>    PC is at b15_flush_kern_dcache_area+0x24/0x3c

Humm, what Broadcom platform using a Brahma-B15 CPU are you using out of 
curiosity?

>    LR is at __sync_icache_dcache+0x6c/0x98
>    [...]
>     (b15_flush_kern_dcache_area) from (__sync_icache_dcache+0x6c/0x98)
>     (__sync_icache_dcache) from (set_pte_at+0x28/0x54)
>     (set_pte_at) from (remap_pfn_range+0x1a0/0x274)
>     (remap_pfn_range) from (uio_mmap+0x184/0x1b8 [uio])
>     (uio_mmap [uio]) from (__mmap_region+0x264/0x5f4)
>     (__mmap_region) from (__do_mmap_mm+0x3ec/0x440)
>     (__do_mmap_mm) from (do_mmap+0x50/0x58)
>     (do_mmap) from (vm_mmap_pgoff+0xfc/0x188)
>     (vm_mmap_pgoff) from (ksys_mmap_pgoff+0xac/0xc4)
>     (ksys_mmap_pgoff) from (ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x5c)
>    Code: e0801001 e2423001 e1c00003 f57ff04f (ee070f3e)
>    ---[ end trace 09cf0734c3805d52 ]---
>    Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception
> 
> Fixes: a4d5613c4dc6 ("arm: extend pfn_valid to take into account freed memory map alignment")
> Signed-off-by: Yongqiang Liu <liuyongqiang13@...wei.com>
> ---
>   arch/arm/mm/flush.c | 3 ++-
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/flush.c b/arch/arm/mm/flush.c
> index d19d140a10c7..11ec6c5ff5fc 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mm/flush.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/mm/flush.c
> @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
>   #include <asm/smp_plat.h>
>   #include <asm/tlbflush.h>
>   #include <linux/hugetlb.h>
> +#include <linux/memblock.h>
>   
>   #include "mm.h"
>   
> @@ -292,7 +293,7 @@ void __sync_icache_dcache(pte_t pteval)
>   		/* only flush non-aliasing VIPT caches for exec mappings */
>   		return;
>   	pfn = pte_pfn(pteval);
> -	if (!pfn_valid(pfn))
> +	if (!memblock_is_map_memory(PFN_PHYS(pfn)))
>   		return;
>   
>   	folio = page_folio(pfn_to_page(pfn));

-- 
Florian

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