[patch 4/5] mm: incorrect VM_FAULT_OOM returns from drivers

From: Nick Piggin
Date: Thu Oct 12 2006 - 10:11:16 EST


Some drivers are returning OOM when it is not in response to a memory
shortage.

Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxx>

Index: linux-2.6/drivers/char/drm/drm_vm.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/char/drm/drm_vm.c
+++ linux-2.6/drivers/char/drm/drm_vm.c
@@ -147,14 +147,14 @@ static __inline__ struct page *drm_do_vm
if (address > vma->vm_end)
return NOPAGE_SIGBUS; /* Disallow mremap */
if (!map)
- return NOPAGE_OOM; /* Nothing allocated */
+ return NOPAGE_SIGBUS; /* Nothing allocated */

offset = address - vma->vm_start;
i = (unsigned long)map->handle + offset;
page = (map->type == _DRM_CONSISTENT) ?
virt_to_page((void *)i) : vmalloc_to_page((void *)i);
if (!page)
- return NOPAGE_OOM;
+ return NOPAGE_SIGBUS;
get_page(page);

DRM_DEBUG("shm_nopage 0x%lx\n", address);
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ static __inline__ struct page *drm_do_vm
if (address > vma->vm_end)
return NOPAGE_SIGBUS; /* Disallow mremap */
if (!dma->pagelist)
- return NOPAGE_OOM; /* Nothing allocated */
+ return NOPAGE_SIGBUS; /* Nothing allocated */

offset = address - vma->vm_start; /* vm_[pg]off[set] should be 0 */
page_nr = offset >> PAGE_SHIFT;
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ static __inline__ struct page *drm_do_vm
if (address > vma->vm_end)
return NOPAGE_SIGBUS; /* Disallow mremap */
if (!entry->pagelist)
- return NOPAGE_OOM; /* Nothing allocated */
+ return NOPAGE_SIGBUS; /* Nothing allocated */

offset = address - vma->vm_start;
map_offset = map->offset - (unsigned long)dev->sg->virtual;
Index: linux-2.6/sound/core/pcm_native.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/sound/core/pcm_native.c
+++ linux-2.6/sound/core/pcm_native.c
@@ -3025,7 +3025,7 @@ static struct page * snd_pcm_mmap_status
struct page * page;

if (substream == NULL)
- return NOPAGE_OOM;
+ return NOPAGE_SIGBUS;
runtime = substream->runtime;
page = virt_to_page(runtime->status);
get_page(page);
@@ -3068,7 +3068,7 @@ static struct page * snd_pcm_mmap_contro
struct page * page;

if (substream == NULL)
- return NOPAGE_OOM;
+ return NOPAGE_SIGBUS;
runtime = substream->runtime;
page = virt_to_page(runtime->control);
get_page(page);
@@ -3129,18 +3129,18 @@ static struct page *snd_pcm_mmap_data_no
size_t dma_bytes;

if (substream == NULL)
- return NOPAGE_OOM;
+ return NOPAGE_SIGBUS;
runtime = substream->runtime;
offset = area->vm_pgoff << PAGE_SHIFT;
offset += address - area->vm_start;
- snd_assert((offset % PAGE_SIZE) == 0, return NOPAGE_OOM);
+ snd_assert((offset % PAGE_SIZE) == 0, return NOPAGE_SIGBUS);
dma_bytes = PAGE_ALIGN(runtime->dma_bytes);
if (offset > dma_bytes - PAGE_SIZE)
return NOPAGE_SIGBUS;
if (substream->ops->page) {
page = substream->ops->page(substream, offset);
if (! page)
- return NOPAGE_OOM;
+ return NOPAGE_OOM; /* XXX: is this really due to OOM? */
} else {
vaddr = runtime->dma_area + offset;
page = virt_to_page(vaddr);
Index: linux-2.6/sound/oss/via82cxxx_audio.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/sound/oss/via82cxxx_audio.c
+++ linux-2.6/sound/oss/via82cxxx_audio.c
@@ -2120,8 +2120,8 @@ static struct page * via_mm_nopage (stru
return NOPAGE_SIGBUS; /* Disallow mremap */
}
if (!card) {
- DPRINTK ("EXIT, returning NOPAGE_OOM\n");
- return NOPAGE_OOM; /* Nothing allocated */
+ DPRINTK ("EXIT, returning NOPAGE_SIGBUS\n");
+ return NOPAGE_SIGBUS; /* Nothing allocated */
}

pgoff = vma->vm_pgoff + ((address - vma->vm_start) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
Index: linux-2.6/sound/usb/usx2y/usX2Yhwdep.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/sound/usb/usx2y/usX2Yhwdep.c
+++ linux-2.6/sound/usb/usx2y/usX2Yhwdep.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ static struct page * snd_us428ctls_vm_no

offset = area->vm_pgoff << PAGE_SHIFT;
offset += address - area->vm_start;
- snd_assert((offset % PAGE_SIZE) == 0, return NOPAGE_OOM);
+ snd_assert((offset % PAGE_SIZE) == 0, return NOPAGE_SIGBUS);
vaddr = (char*)((struct usX2Ydev *)area->vm_private_data)->us428ctls_sharedmem + offset;
page = virt_to_page(vaddr);
get_page(page);
-
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