Re: [PATCH] Fix zero_user_segments() with start > end
From: OGAWA Hirofumi
Date: Fri Feb 26 2021 - 22:36:55 EST
Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
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On Sat, Feb 27, 2021 at 01:11:35AM +0900, OGAWA Hirofumi wrote:
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> zero_user_segments() is used from __block_write_begin_int(), for
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> example like the following
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> zero_user_segments(page, 4096, 1024, 512, 918)
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> But new zero_user_segments() implements for HIGMEM + TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
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> doesn't handle "start > end" case correctly, and hits BUG_ON(). (we
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> can fix __block_write_begin_int() instead though, it is the old and
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> multiple usage)
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Why don't we just take out the BUG_ON instead? The function doesn't
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actually do the wrong thing.
end1 is underflow with
if (start1 >= PAGE_SIZE) {
start1 -= PAGE_SIZE;
end1 -= PAGE_SIZE;
}
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> Also it calls kmap_atomic() unnecessary while start == end == 0.
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I'm OK with that. It always used to do that.
Old one is only one page, so it is always necessary if start1/end1 or
start2/end2 is valid range. But this one is multiple pages, so there are
completely unnecessary pages possibly.
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> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Signed-off-by: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Fixes: 0060ef3b4e6d ("mm: support THPs in zero_user_segments")
OK.
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OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>