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Dan Williams f931ab479d mm: fix devm_memremap_pages crash, use mem_hotplug_{begin, done}
Both arch_add_memory() and arch_remove_memory() expect a single threaded
context.

For example, arch/x86/mm/init_64.c::kernel_physical_mapping_init() does
not hold any locks over this check and branch:

    if (pgd_val(*pgd)) {
    	pud = (pud_t *)pgd_page_vaddr(*pgd);
    	paddr_last = phys_pud_init(pud, __pa(vaddr),
    				   __pa(vaddr_end),
    				   page_size_mask);
    	continue;
    }

    pud = alloc_low_page();
    paddr_last = phys_pud_init(pud, __pa(vaddr), __pa(vaddr_end),
    			   page_size_mask);

The result is that two threads calling devm_memremap_pages()
simultaneously can end up colliding on pgd initialization.  This leads
to crash signatures like the following where the loser of the race
initializes the wrong pgd entry:

    BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at ffff888ebfff0000
    IP: memcpy_erms+0x6/0x10
    PGD 2f8e8fc067 PUD 0 /* <---- Invalid PUD */
    Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP DEBUG_PAGEALLOC
    CPU: 54 PID: 3818 Comm: systemd-udevd Not tainted 4.6.7+ #13
    task: ffff882fac290040 ti: ffff882f887a4000 task.ti: ffff882f887a4000
    RIP: memcpy_erms+0x6/0x10
    [..]
    Call Trace:
      ? pmem_do_bvec+0x205/0x370 [nd_pmem]
      ? blk_queue_enter+0x3a/0x280
      pmem_rw_page+0x38/0x80 [nd_pmem]
      bdev_read_page+0x84/0xb0

Hold the standard memory hotplug mutex over calls to
arch_{add,remove}_memory().

Fixes: 41e94a8513 ("add devm_memremap_pages")
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/148357647831.9498.12606007370121652979.stgit@dwillia2-desk3.amr.corp.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2017-01-10 18:31:54 -08:00
arch Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2017-01-09 11:58:28 -08:00
block Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2017-01-04 09:03:37 -08:00
certs certs: Add a secondary system keyring that can be added to dynamically 2016-04-11 22:48:09 +01:00
crypto crypto: testmgr - Use heap buffer for acomp test input 2016-12-27 17:32:11 +08:00
Documentation VFIO fixes for v4.10-rc3 2017-01-06 11:19:03 -08:00
drivers amdgpu, radeon, msm, meson, tilcdc, drm fixes. 2017-01-09 12:54:20 -08:00
firmware WHENCE: use https://linuxtv.org for LinuxTV URLs 2015-12-04 10:35:11 -02:00
fs ocfs2: fix crash caused by stale lvb with fsdlm plugin 2017-01-10 18:31:54 -08:00
include mm, slab: make sure that KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE will fit into MAX_ORDER 2017-01-10 18:31:54 -08:00
init mm: add PageWaiters indicating tasks are waiting for a page bit 2016-12-25 11:54:48 -08:00
ipc ipc/sem: avoid idr tree lookup for interrupted semop 2016-12-14 16:04:08 -08:00
kernel mm: fix devm_memremap_pages crash, use mem_hotplug_{begin, done} 2017-01-10 18:31:54 -08:00
lib mm: workingset: fix use-after-free in shadow node shrinker 2017-01-07 18:22:40 -08:00
mm dax: wrprotect pmd_t in dax_mapping_entry_mkclean 2017-01-10 18:31:54 -08:00
net netlabel: add CALIPSO to the list of built-in protocols 2017-01-06 22:20:45 -05:00
samples vfio-mdev: fix some error codes in the sample code 2017-01-04 08:32:23 -07:00
scripts gcc-plugins: update gcc-common.h for gcc-7 2017-01-03 12:08:59 -08:00
security Replace <asm/uaccess.h> with <linux/uaccess.h> globally 2016-12-24 11:46:01 -08:00
sound Revert "ALSA: firewire-lib: change structure member with proper type" 2017-01-05 08:39:47 +01:00
tools Merge branch 'turbostat' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux 2016-12-25 14:01:28 -08:00
usr kbuild: initramfs cleanup, set target from Kconfig 2017-01-05 09:40:16 -08:00
virt Merge branch 'timers-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2016-12-25 14:30:04 -08:00
.cocciconfig scripts: add Linux .cocciconfig for coccinelle 2016-07-22 12:13:39 +02:00
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.gitattributes .gitattributes: set git diff driver for C source code files 2016-10-07 18:46:30 -07:00
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Kbuild scripts/gdb: provide linux constants 2016-05-23 17:04:14 -07:00
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MAINTAINERS MAINTAINERS: remove duplicate bug filling description 2017-01-10 18:31:54 -08:00
Makefile Linux 4.10-rc3 2017-01-08 14:18:17 -08:00
README README: add a new README file, pointing to the Documentation/ 2016-10-24 08:12:35 -02:00

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