[PATCH 0/2] fix a kernel oops in reading sysfs valid_zones

[PATCH 0/2] fix a kernel oops in reading sysfs valid_zones

[Toshi Kani]

A sysfs memory file is created for each 128MiB or 2GiB of a memory
block on x86. [1]  When the start address of a memory block is not
backed by struct page, i.e. memory range is not aligned by the memory
block size, reading its valid_zones attribute file leads to a kernel
oops.  This patch-set fixes this issue.

Patch 1 first fixes an issue in test_pages_in_a_zone() that it does
not test the start section.

Patch 2 then fixes the kernel oops by extending test_pages_in_a_zone()
to return valid [start, end).

[1] 2GB when the system has 64GB or larger memory.

---
Toshi Kani (2):
 1/2 mm/memory_hotplug.c: check start_pfn in test_pages_in_a_zone() 
 2/2 base/memory, hotplug: fix a kernel oops in show_valid_zones()

---
 drivers/base/memory.c          | 12 ++++++------
 include/linux/memory_hotplug.h |  3 ++-
 mm/memory_hotplug.c            | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++-------
 3 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

[PATCH 0/2] fix a kernel oops in reading sysfs valid_zones

[Toshi Kani]

A sysfs memory file is created for each 128MiB or 2GiB of a memory
block on x86. [1]  When the start address of a memory block is not
backed by struct page, i.e. memory range is not aligned by the memory
block size, reading its valid_zones attribute file leads to a kernel
oops.  This patch-set fixes this issue.

Patch 1 first fixes an issue in test_pages_in_a_zone() that it does
not test the start section.

Patch 2 then fixes the kernel oops by extending test_pages_in_a_zone()
to return valid [start, end).

[1] 2GB when the system has 64GB or larger memory.

---
Toshi Kani (2):
 1/2 mm/memory_hotplug.c: check start_pfn in test_pages_in_a_zone() 
 2/2 base/memory, hotplug: fix a kernel oops in show_valid_zones()

---
 drivers/base/memory.c          | 12 ++++++------
 include/linux/memory_hotplug.h |  3 ++-
 mm/memory_hotplug.c            | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++-------
 3 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

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[PATCH 1/2] mm/memory_hotplug.c: check start_pfn in test_pages_in_a_zone()

[Toshi Kani]

test_pages_in_a_zone() does not check 'start_pfn' when it is
aligned by section since 'sec_end_pfn' is set equal to 'pfn'.
Since this function is called for testing the range of a sysfs
memory file, 'start_pfn' is always aligned by section.

Fix it by properly setting 'sec_end_pfn' to the next section pfn.

Also make sure that this function returns 1 only when the range
belongs to a zone.

Signed-off-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hpe.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Andrew Banman <abanman@sgi.com>
Cc: Reza Arbab <arbab@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 mm/memory_hotplug.c |   12 ++++++++----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index e43142c1..7836606 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -1477,7 +1477,7 @@ bool is_mem_section_removable(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long nr_pages)
 }
 
 /*
- * Confirm all pages in a range [start, end) is belongs to the same zone.
+ * Confirm all pages in a range [start, end) belong to the same zone.
  */
 int test_pages_in_a_zone(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
 {
@@ -1485,9 +1485,9 @@ int test_pages_in_a_zone(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
 	struct zone *zone = NULL;
 	struct page *page;
 	int i;
-	for (pfn = start_pfn, sec_end_pfn = SECTION_ALIGN_UP(start_pfn);
+	for (pfn = start_pfn, sec_end_pfn = SECTION_ALIGN_UP(start_pfn + 1);
 	     pfn < end_pfn;
-	     pfn = sec_end_pfn + 1, sec_end_pfn += PAGES_PER_SECTION) {
+	     pfn = sec_end_pfn, sec_end_pfn += PAGES_PER_SECTION) {
 		/* Make sure the memory section is present first */
 		if (!present_section_nr(pfn_to_section_nr(pfn)))
 			continue;
@@ -1506,7 +1506,11 @@ int test_pages_in_a_zone(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
 			zone = page_zone(page);
 		}
 	}
-	return 1;
+
+	if (zone)
+		return 1;
+	else
+		return 0;
 }
 
 /*

[PATCH 1/2] mm/memory_hotplug.c: check start_pfn in test_pages_in_a_zone()

[Toshi Kani]

test_pages_in_a_zone() does not check 'start_pfn' when it is
aligned by section since 'sec_end_pfn' is set equal to 'pfn'.
Since this function is called for testing the range of a sysfs
memory file, 'start_pfn' is always aligned by section.

Fix it by properly setting 'sec_end_pfn' to the next section pfn.

Also make sure that this function returns 1 only when the range
belongs to a zone.

Signed-off-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hpe.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Andrew Banman <abanman@sgi.com>
Cc: Reza Arbab <arbab@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 mm/memory_hotplug.c |   12 ++++++++----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index e43142c1..7836606 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -1477,7 +1477,7 @@ bool is_mem_section_removable(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long nr_pages)
 }
 
 /*
- * Confirm all pages in a range [start, end) is belongs to the same zone.
+ * Confirm all pages in a range [start, end) belong to the same zone.
  */
 int test_pages_in_a_zone(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
 {
@@ -1485,9 +1485,9 @@ int test_pages_in_a_zone(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
 	struct zone *zone = NULL;
 	struct page *page;
 	int i;
-	for (pfn = start_pfn, sec_end_pfn = SECTION_ALIGN_UP(start_pfn);
+	for (pfn = start_pfn, sec_end_pfn = SECTION_ALIGN_UP(start_pfn + 1);
 	     pfn < end_pfn;
-	     pfn = sec_end_pfn + 1, sec_end_pfn += PAGES_PER_SECTION) {
+	     pfn = sec_end_pfn, sec_end_pfn += PAGES_PER_SECTION) {
 		/* Make sure the memory section is present first */
 		if (!present_section_nr(pfn_to_section_nr(pfn)))
 			continue;
@@ -1506,7 +1506,11 @@ int test_pages_in_a_zone(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
 			zone = page_zone(page);
 		}
 	}
-	return 1;
+
+	if (zone)
+		return 1;
+	else
+		return 0;
 }
 
 /*

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[PATCH 2/2] base/memory, hotplug: fix a kernel oops in show_valid_zones()

[Toshi Kani]

Reading a sysfs memoryN/valid_zones file leads to the following
oops when the first page of a range is not backed by struct page.
show_valid_zones() assumes that 'start_pfn' is always valid for
page_zone().

 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at ffffea017a000000
 IP: show_valid_zones+0x6f/0x160

Since test_pages_in_a_zone() already checks holes, extend this
function to return 'valid_start' and 'valid_end' for a given range.
show_valid_zones() then proceeds with the valid range.

Signed-off-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hpe.com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Zhang Zhen <zhenzhang.zhang@huawei.com>
Cc: Reza Arbab <arbab@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
---
 drivers/base/memory.c          |   12 ++++++------
 include/linux/memory_hotplug.h |    3 ++-
 mm/memory_hotplug.c            |   20 +++++++++++++++-----
 3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/memory.c b/drivers/base/memory.c
index 8ab8ea1..2c9aad9 100644
--- a/drivers/base/memory.c
+++ b/drivers/base/memory.c
@@ -389,33 +389,33 @@ static ssize_t show_valid_zones(struct device *dev,
 {
 	struct memory_block *mem = to_memory_block(dev);
 	unsigned long start_pfn, end_pfn;
+	unsigned long valid_start, valid_end, valid_pages;
 	unsigned long nr_pages = PAGES_PER_SECTION * sections_per_block;
-	struct page *first_page;
 	struct zone *zone;
 	int zone_shift = 0;
 
 	start_pfn = section_nr_to_pfn(mem->start_section_nr);
 	end_pfn = start_pfn + nr_pages;
-	first_page = pfn_to_page(start_pfn);
 
 	/* The block contains more than one zone can not be offlined. */
-	if (!test_pages_in_a_zone(start_pfn, end_pfn))
+	if (!test_pages_in_a_zone(start_pfn, end_pfn, &valid_start, &valid_end))
 		return sprintf(buf, "none\n");
 
-	zone = page_zone(first_page);
+	zone = page_zone(pfn_to_page(valid_start));
+	valid_pages = valid_end - valid_start;
 
 	/* MMOP_ONLINE_KEEP */
 	sprintf(buf, "%s", zone->name);
 
 	/* MMOP_ONLINE_KERNEL */
-	zone_shift = zone_can_shift(start_pfn, nr_pages, ZONE_NORMAL);
+	zone_shift = zone_can_shift(valid_start, valid_pages, ZONE_NORMAL);
 	if (zone_shift) {
 		strcat(buf, " ");
 		strcat(buf, (zone + zone_shift)->name);
 	}
 
 	/* MMOP_ONLINE_MOVABLE */
-	zone_shift = zone_can_shift(start_pfn, nr_pages, ZONE_MOVABLE);
+	zone_shift = zone_can_shift(valid_start, valid_pages, ZONE_MOVABLE);
 	if (zone_shift) {
 		strcat(buf, " ");
 		strcat(buf, (zone + zone_shift)->name);
diff --git a/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h b/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
index 01033fa..b6aa972 100644
--- a/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
+++ b/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ extern int zone_grow_waitqueues(struct zone *zone, unsigned long nr_pages);
 extern int add_one_highpage(struct page *page, int pfn, int bad_ppro);
 /* VM interface that may be used by firmware interface */
 extern int online_pages(unsigned long, unsigned long, int);
-extern int test_pages_in_a_zone(unsigned long, unsigned long);
+extern int test_pages_in_a_zone(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn,
+	unsigned long *valid_start, unsigned long *valid_end);
 extern void __offline_isolated_pages(unsigned long, unsigned long);
 
 typedef void (*online_page_callback_t)(struct page *page);
diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index 7836606..9de2f83 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -1478,10 +1478,13 @@ bool is_mem_section_removable(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long nr_pages)
 
 /*
  * Confirm all pages in a range [start, end) belong to the same zone.
+ * When true, return its valid [start, end).
  */
-int test_pages_in_a_zone(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
+int test_pages_in_a_zone(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn,
+			 unsigned long *valid_start, unsigned long *valid_end)
 {
 	unsigned long pfn, sec_end_pfn;
+	unsigned long start, end;
 	struct zone *zone = NULL;
 	struct page *page;
 	int i;
@@ -1503,14 +1506,20 @@ int test_pages_in_a_zone(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
 			page = pfn_to_page(pfn + i);
 			if (zone && page_zone(page) != zone)
 				return 0;
+			if (!zone)
+				start = pfn + i;
 			zone = page_zone(page);
+			end = pfn + MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES;
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (zone)
+	if (zone) {
+		*valid_start = start;
+		*valid_end = end;
 		return 1;
-	else
+	} else {
 		return 0;
+	}
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1837,6 +1846,7 @@ static int __ref __offline_pages(unsigned long start_pfn,
 	long offlined_pages;
 	int ret, drain, retry_max, node;
 	unsigned long flags;
+	unsigned long valid_start, valid_end;
 	struct zone *zone;
 	struct memory_notify arg;
 
@@ -1847,10 +1857,10 @@ static int __ref __offline_pages(unsigned long start_pfn,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	/* This makes hotplug much easier...and readable.
 	   we assume this for now. .*/
-	if (!test_pages_in_a_zone(start_pfn, end_pfn))
+	if (!test_pages_in_a_zone(start_pfn, end_pfn, &valid_start, &valid_end))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	zone = page_zone(pfn_to_page(start_pfn));
+	zone = page_zone(pfn_to_page(valid_start));
 	node = zone_to_nid(zone);
 	nr_pages = end_pfn - start_pfn;
 

[PATCH 2/2] base/memory, hotplug: fix a kernel oops in show_valid_zones()

[Toshi Kani]

Reading a sysfs memoryN/valid_zones file leads to the following
oops when the first page of a range is not backed by struct page.
show_valid_zones() assumes that 'start_pfn' is always valid for
page_zone().

 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at ffffea017a000000
 IP: show_valid_zones+0x6f/0x160

Since test_pages_in_a_zone() already checks holes, extend this
function to return 'valid_start' and 'valid_end' for a given range.
show_valid_zones() then proceeds with the valid range.

Signed-off-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hpe.com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Zhang Zhen <zhenzhang.zhang@huawei.com>
Cc: Reza Arbab <arbab@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
---
 drivers/base/memory.c          |   12 ++++++------
 include/linux/memory_hotplug.h |    3 ++-
 mm/memory_hotplug.c            |   20 +++++++++++++++-----
 3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/memory.c b/drivers/base/memory.c
index 8ab8ea1..2c9aad9 100644
--- a/drivers/base/memory.c
+++ b/drivers/base/memory.c
@@ -389,33 +389,33 @@ static ssize_t show_valid_zones(struct device *dev,
 {
 	struct memory_block *mem = to_memory_block(dev);
 	unsigned long start_pfn, end_pfn;
+	unsigned long valid_start, valid_end, valid_pages;
 	unsigned long nr_pages = PAGES_PER_SECTION * sections_per_block;
-	struct page *first_page;
 	struct zone *zone;
 	int zone_shift = 0;
 
 	start_pfn = section_nr_to_pfn(mem->start_section_nr);
 	end_pfn = start_pfn + nr_pages;
-	first_page = pfn_to_page(start_pfn);
 
 	/* The block contains more than one zone can not be offlined. */
-	if (!test_pages_in_a_zone(start_pfn, end_pfn))
+	if (!test_pages_in_a_zone(start_pfn, end_pfn, &valid_start, &valid_end))
 		return sprintf(buf, "none\n");
 
-	zone = page_zone(first_page);
+	zone = page_zone(pfn_to_page(valid_start));
+	valid_pages = valid_end - valid_start;
 
 	/* MMOP_ONLINE_KEEP */
 	sprintf(buf, "%s", zone->name);
 
 	/* MMOP_ONLINE_KERNEL */
-	zone_shift = zone_can_shift(start_pfn, nr_pages, ZONE_NORMAL);
+	zone_shift = zone_can_shift(valid_start, valid_pages, ZONE_NORMAL);
 	if (zone_shift) {
 		strcat(buf, " ");
 		strcat(buf, (zone + zone_shift)->name);
 	}
 
 	/* MMOP_ONLINE_MOVABLE */
-	zone_shift = zone_can_shift(start_pfn, nr_pages, ZONE_MOVABLE);
+	zone_shift = zone_can_shift(valid_start, valid_pages, ZONE_MOVABLE);
 	if (zone_shift) {
 		strcat(buf, " ");
 		strcat(buf, (zone + zone_shift)->name);
diff --git a/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h b/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
index 01033fa..b6aa972 100644
--- a/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
+++ b/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ extern int zone_grow_waitqueues(struct zone *zone, unsigned long nr_pages);
 extern int add_one_highpage(struct page *page, int pfn, int bad_ppro);
 /* VM interface that may be used by firmware interface */
 extern int online_pages(unsigned long, unsigned long, int);
-extern int test_pages_in_a_zone(unsigned long, unsigned long);
+extern int test_pages_in_a_zone(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn,
+	unsigned long *valid_start, unsigned long *valid_end);
 extern void __offline_isolated_pages(unsigned long, unsigned long);
 
 typedef void (*online_page_callback_t)(struct page *page);
diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index 7836606..9de2f83 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -1478,10 +1478,13 @@ bool is_mem_section_removable(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long nr_pages)
 
 /*
  * Confirm all pages in a range [start, end) belong to the same zone.
+ * When true, return its valid [start, end).
  */
-int test_pages_in_a_zone(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
+int test_pages_in_a_zone(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn,
+			 unsigned long *valid_start, unsigned long *valid_end)
 {
 	unsigned long pfn, sec_end_pfn;
+	unsigned long start, end;
 	struct zone *zone = NULL;
 	struct page *page;
 	int i;
@@ -1503,14 +1506,20 @@ int test_pages_in_a_zone(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
 			page = pfn_to_page(pfn + i);
 			if (zone && page_zone(page) != zone)
 				return 0;
+			if (!zone)
+				start = pfn + i;
 			zone = page_zone(page);
+			end = pfn + MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES;
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (zone)
+	if (zone) {
+		*valid_start = start;
+		*valid_end = end;
 		return 1;
-	else
+	} else {
 		return 0;
+	}
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1837,6 +1846,7 @@ static int __ref __offline_pages(unsigned long start_pfn,
 	long offlined_pages;
 	int ret, drain, retry_max, node;
 	unsigned long flags;
+	unsigned long valid_start, valid_end;
 	struct zone *zone;
 	struct memory_notify arg;
 
@@ -1847,10 +1857,10 @@ static int __ref __offline_pages(unsigned long start_pfn,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	/* This makes hotplug much easier...and readable.
 	   we assume this for now. .*/
-	if (!test_pages_in_a_zone(start_pfn, end_pfn))
+	if (!test_pages_in_a_zone(start_pfn, end_pfn, &valid_start, &valid_end))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	zone = page_zone(pfn_to_page(start_pfn));
+	zone = page_zone(pfn_to_page(valid_start));
 	node = zone_to_nid(zone);
 	nr_pages = end_pfn - start_pfn;
 

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Re: [PATCH 2/2] base/memory, hotplug: fix a kernel oops in show_valid_zones()

[Andrew Morton]

On Thu, 26 Jan 2017 14:44:15 -0700 Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hpe.com> wrote:

> Reading a sysfs memoryN/valid_zones file leads to the following
> oops when the first page of a range is not backed by struct page.
> show_valid_zones() assumes that 'start_pfn' is always valid for
> page_zone().
> 
>  BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at ffffea017a000000
>  IP: show_valid_zones+0x6f/0x160
> 
> Since test_pages_in_a_zone() already checks holes, extend this
> function to return 'valid_start' and 'valid_end' for a given range.
> show_valid_zones() then proceeds with the valid range.

This doesn't apply to current mainline due to changes in
zone_can_shift().  Please redo and resend.

Please also update the changelog to provide sufficient information for
others to decide which kernel(s) need the fix.  In particular: under
what circumstances will it occur?  On real machines which real people
own?

Re: [PATCH 2/2] base/memory, hotplug: fix a kernel oops in show_valid_zones()

[Andrew Morton]

On Thu, 26 Jan 2017 14:44:15 -0700 Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hpe.com> wrote:

> Reading a sysfs memoryN/valid_zones file leads to the following
> oops when the first page of a range is not backed by struct page.
> show_valid_zones() assumes that 'start_pfn' is always valid for
> page_zone().
> 
>  BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at ffffea017a000000
>  IP: show_valid_zones+0x6f/0x160
> 
> Since test_pages_in_a_zone() already checks holes, extend this
> function to return 'valid_start' and 'valid_end' for a given range.
> show_valid_zones() then proceeds with the valid range.

This doesn't apply to current mainline due to changes in
zone_can_shift().  Please redo and resend.

Please also update the changelog to provide sufficient information for
others to decide which kernel(s) need the fix.  In particular: under
what circumstances will it occur?  On real machines which real people
own?

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Re: [PATCH 2/2] base/memory, hotplug: fix a kernel oops in show_valid_zones()

[Kani, Toshimitsu]

On Thu, 2017-01-26 at 13:52 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Jan 2017 14:44:15 -0700 Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hpe.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > Reading a sysfs memoryN/valid_zones file leads to the following
> > oops when the first page of a range is not backed by struct page.
> > show_valid_zones() assumes that 'start_pfn' is always valid for
> > page_zone().
> > 
> >  BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at ffffea017a000000
> >  IP: show_valid_zones+0x6f/0x160
> > 
> > Since test_pages_in_a_zone() already checks holes, extend this
> > function to return 'valid_start' and 'valid_end' for a given range.
> > show_valid_zones() then proceeds with the valid range.
> 
> This doesn't apply to current mainline due to changes in
> zone_can_shift().  Please redo and resend.

Sorry, I will rebase to the -mm tree and resend the patches.

> Please also update the changelog to provide sufficient information
> for others to decide which kernel(s) need the fix.  In particular:
> under what circumstances will it occur?  On real machines which real
> people own?

Yes, this issue happens on real x86 machines with 64GiB or more memory.
 On such systems, the memory block size is bumped up to 2GiB. [1]

Here is an example system.  0x3240000000 is only aligned by 1GiB and
its memory block starts from 0x3200000000, which is not backed by
struct page.

 BIOS-e820: [mem 0x0000003240000000-0x000000603fffffff] usable

I will add the descriptions to the patch.

[1] http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1411.0/02287.html

Thanks,
-Toshi

Re: [PATCH 2/2] base/memory, hotplug: fix a kernel oops in show_valid_zones()

[gregkh]

On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 10:26:23PM +0000, Kani, Toshimitsu wrote:
> On Thu, 2017-01-26 at 13:52 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > On Thu, 26 Jan 2017 14:44:15 -0700 Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hpe.com>
> > wrote:
> > 
> > > Reading a sysfs memoryN/valid_zones file leads to the following
> > > oops when the first page of a range is not backed by struct page.
> > > show_valid_zones() assumes that 'start_pfn' is always valid for
> > > page_zone().
> > > 
> > >  BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at ffffea017a000000
> > >  IP: show_valid_zones+0x6f/0x160
> > > 
> > > Since test_pages_in_a_zone() already checks holes, extend this
> > > function to return 'valid_start' and 'valid_end' for a given range.
> > > show_valid_zones() then proceeds with the valid range.
> > 
> > This doesn't apply to current mainline due to changes in
> > zone_can_shift().  Please redo and resend.
> 
> Sorry, I will rebase to the -mm tree and resend the patches.
> 
> > Please also update the changelog to provide sufficient information
> > for others to decide which kernel(s) need the fix.  In particular:
> > under what circumstances will it occur?  On real machines which real
> > people own?
> 
> Yes, this issue happens on real x86 machines with 64GiB or more memory.
>  On such systems, the memory block size is bumped up to 2GiB. [1]
> 
> Here is an example system.  0x3240000000 is only aligned by 1GiB and
> its memory block starts from 0x3200000000, which is not backed by
> struct page.
> 
>  BIOS-e820: [mem 0x0000003240000000-0x000000603fffffff] usable
> 
> I will add the descriptions to the patch.

Should it also be backported to the stable kernels to resolve the issue
there?

thanks,

greg k-h

Re: [PATCH 2/2] base/memory, hotplug: fix a kernel oops in show_valid_zones()

[gregkh]

On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 10:26:23PM +0000, Kani, Toshimitsu wrote:
> On Thu, 2017-01-26 at 13:52 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > On Thu, 26 Jan 2017 14:44:15 -0700 Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hpe.com>
> > wrote:
> > 
> > > Reading a sysfs memoryN/valid_zones file leads to the following
> > > oops when the first page of a range is not backed by struct page.
> > > show_valid_zones() assumes that 'start_pfn' is always valid for
> > > page_zone().
> > > 
> > >  BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at ffffea017a000000
> > >  IP: show_valid_zones+0x6f/0x160
> > > 
> > > Since test_pages_in_a_zone() already checks holes, extend this
> > > function to return 'valid_start' and 'valid_end' for a given range.
> > > show_valid_zones() then proceeds with the valid range.
> > 
> > This doesn't apply to current mainline due to changes in
> > zone_can_shift().  Please redo and resend.
> 
> Sorry, I will rebase to the -mm tree and resend the patches.
> 
> > Please also update the changelog to provide sufficient information
> > for others to decide which kernel(s) need the fix.  In particular:
> > under what circumstances will it occur?  On real machines which real
> > people own?
> 
> Yes, this issue happens on real x86 machines with 64GiB or more memory.
>  On such systems, the memory block size is bumped up to 2GiB. [1]
> 
> Here is an example system.  0x3240000000 is only aligned by 1GiB and
> its memory block starts from 0x3200000000, which is not backed by
> struct page.
> 
>  BIOS-e820: [mem 0x0000003240000000-0x000000603fffffff] usable
> 
> I will add the descriptions to the patch.

Should it also be backported to the stable kernels to resolve the issue
there?

thanks,

greg k-h

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Re: [PATCH 2/2] base/memory, hotplug: fix a kernel oops in show_valid_zones()

[Kani, Toshimitsu]

On Fri, 2017-01-27 at 08:48 +0100, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 10:26:23PM +0000, Kani, Toshimitsu wrote:
> > On Thu, 2017-01-26 at 13:52 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > > On Thu, 26 Jan 2017 14:44:15 -0700 Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hpe.com
> > > >
> > > wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Reading a sysfs memoryN/valid_zones file leads to the following
> > > > oops when the first page of a range is not backed by struct
> > > > page. show_valid_zones() assumes that 'start_pfn' is always
> > > > valid for page_zone().
> > > > 
> > > >  BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at
> > > > ffffea017a000000
> > > >  IP: show_valid_zones+0x6f/0x160
> > > > 
> > > > Since test_pages_in_a_zone() already checks holes, extend this
> > > > function to return 'valid_start' and 'valid_end' for a given
> > > > range. show_valid_zones() then proceeds with the valid range.
> > > 
> > > This doesn't apply to current mainline due to changes in
> > > zone_can_shift().  Please redo and resend.
> > 
> > Sorry, I will rebase to the -mm tree and resend the patches.
> > 
> > > Please also update the changelog to provide sufficient
> > > information for others to decide which kernel(s) need the
> > > fix.  In particular: under what circumstances will it occur?  On
> > > real machines which real people own?
> > 
> > Yes, this issue happens on real x86 machines with 64GiB or more
> > memory.  On such systems, the memory block size is bumped up to
> > 2GiB. [1]
> > 
> > Here is an example system.  0x3240000000 is only aligned by 1GiB
> > and its memory block starts from 0x3200000000, which is not backed
> > by struct page.
> > 
> >  BIOS-e820: [mem 0x0000003240000000-0x000000603fffffff] usable
> > 
> > I will add the descriptions to the patch.
> 
> Should it also be backported to the stable kernels to resolve the
> issue there?

Yes, it should be backported to the stable kernels.  The memory block
size change was made by commit bdee237c034, which was accepted to 3.9. 
However, this patch-set depends on (and fixes) the change to
test_pages_in_a_zone() made by commit 5f0f2887f4, which was accepted to
4.4.  So, in the current form, I'd recommend we backport it up to 4.4.

Thanks,
-Toshi