Re: [PATCH v4 4/4] mm/vmalloc: don't assume vmap_area w/o VM_VM_AREAflag is vm_map_ram allocation

[Zhang Yanfei]

On 09/03/2013 03:01 PM, Wanpeng Li wrote:
> There is a race window between vmap_area free and show vmap_area information.
> 
> 	A                                                B
> 
> remove_vm_area
> spin_lock(&vmap_area_lock);
> va->flags &= ~VM_VM_AREA;

Here we also do: va->vm = NULL; And see below....

> spin_unlock(&vmap_area_lock);
> 						spin_lock(&vmap_area_lock);
> 						if (va->flags & (VM_LAZY_FREE | VM_LAZY_FREEZING))
> 							return 0;
> 						if (!(va->flags & VM_VM_AREA)) {
> 							seq_printf(m, "0x%pK-0x%pK %7ld vm_map_ram\n",
> 								(void *)va->va_start, (void *)va->va_end,
> 								va->va_end - va->va_start);
> 							return 0;
> 						}
> free_unmap_vmap_area(va);
> 	flush_cache_vunmap
> 	free_unmap_vmap_area_noflush
> 		unmap_vmap_area
> 		free_vmap_area_noflush
> 			va->flags |= VM_LAZY_FREE 
> 
> The assumption is introduced by commit: d4033afd(mm, vmalloc: iterate vmap_area_list, 
> instead of vmlist, in vmallocinfo()). This patch fix it by drop the assumption and 
> keep not dump vm_map_ram allocation information as the logic before that commit.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <liwanp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  mm/vmalloc.c | 7 -------
>  1 file changed, 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
> index 5368b17..62b7932 100644
> --- a/mm/vmalloc.c
> +++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
> @@ -2586,13 +2586,6 @@ static int s_show(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
>  	if (va->flags & (VM_LAZY_FREE | VM_LAZY_FREEING))
>  		return 0;
>  
> -	if (!(va->flags & VM_VM_AREA)) {
> -		seq_printf(m, "0x%pK-0x%pK %7ld vm_map_ram\n",
> -			(void *)va->va_start, (void *)va->va_end,
> -					va->va_end - va->va_start);
> -		return 0;
> -	}
> -
>  	v = va->vm;

If we remove the if test above, in the window you said above, va->vm is NULL,
but below we will still try to access the members of this vm_struct, which
will cause problems...

Correct me if I am wrong, please.

>  
>  	seq_printf(m, "0x%pK-0x%pK %7ld",
> 


-- 
Thanks.
Zhang Yanfei
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