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: 41e94a851304 ("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
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