In paravirtualized x86_64 kernels, vmalloc_fault may cause an oops
when lazy MMU updates are enabled, because set_pgd effects are being
deferred.
One instance of this problem is during process mm cleanup with memory
cgroups enabled. The chain of events is as follows:
- zap_pte_range enables lazy MMU updates
- zap_pte_range eventually calls mem_cgroup_charge_statistics,
which accesses the vmalloc'd mem_cgroup per-cpu stat area
- vmalloc_fault is triggered which tries to sync the corresponding
PGD entry with set_pgd, but the update is deferred
- vmalloc_fault oopses due to a mismatch in the PUD entries
The OOPs usually looks as so:
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kernel BUG at arch/x86/mm/fault.c:396!
invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP
.. snip ..
CPU 1
Pid: 10866, comm: httpd Not tainted 3.6.10-4.fc18.x86_64 #1
RIP: e030:[<ffffffff816271bf>] [<ffffffff816271bf>] vmalloc_fault+0x11f/0x208
.. snip ..
Call Trace:
[<ffffffff81627759>] do_page_fault+0x399/0x4b0
[<ffffffff81004f4c>] ? xen_mc_extend_args+0xec/0x110
[<ffffffff81624065>] page_fault+0x25/0x30
[<ffffffff81184d03>] ? mem_cgroup_charge_statistics.isra.13+0x13/0x50
[<ffffffff81186f78>] __mem_cgroup_uncharge_common+0xd8/0x350
[<ffffffff8118aac7>] mem_cgroup_uncharge_page+0x57/0x60
[<ffffffff8115fbc0>] page_remove_rmap+0xe0/0x150
[<ffffffff8115311a>] ? vm_normal_page+0x1a/0x80
[<ffffffff81153e61>] unmap_single_vma+0x531/0x870
[<ffffffff81154962>] unmap_vmas+0x52/0xa0
[<ffffffff81007442>] ? pte_mfn_to_pfn+0x72/0x100
[<ffffffff8115c8f8>] exit_mmap+0x98/0x170
[<ffffffff810050d9>] ? __raw_callee_save_xen_pmd_val+0x11/0x1e
[<ffffffff81059ce3>] mmput+0x83/0xf0
[<ffffffff810624c4>] exit_mm+0x104/0x130
[<ffffffff8106264a>] do_exit+0x15a/0x8c0
[<ffffffff810630ff>] do_group_exit+0x3f/0xa0
[<ffffffff81063177>] sys_exit_group+0x17/0x20
[<ffffffff8162bae9>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
Calling arch_flush_lazy_mmu_mode immediately after set_pgd makes the
changes visible to the consistency checks.
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
RedHat-Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=914737
Tested-by: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@redhat.com>
Reported-and-Tested-by: Krishna Raman <kraman@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Samu Kallio <samu.kallio@aberdeencloud.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1364045796-10720-1-git-send-email-konrad.wilk@oracle.com
Tested-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
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