Re: [PATCH] mm: make apply_to_page_range more robust

From: David Rientjes
Date: Tue Jan 19 2016 - 17:21:44 EST


On Fri, 15 Jan 2016, Mika Penttilà wrote:

> Recent changes (4.4.0+) in module loader triggered oops on ARM. While
> loading a module, size in :
>
> apply_to_page_range(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr, unsigned
> long size, pte_fn_t fn, void *data);
>
> can be 0 triggering the bug BUG_ON(addr >= end);.
>
> Fix by letting call with zero size succeed.
>
> --Mika
>
> Signed-off-by: mika.penttila@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
>
> diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
> index c387430..c3d1a2e 100644
> --- a/mm/memory.c
> +++ b/mm/memory.c
> @@ -1884,6 +1884,9 @@ int apply_to_page_range(struct mm_struct *mm,
> unsigned long addr,
> unsigned long end = addr + size;
> int err;
>
> + if (!size)
> + return 0;
> +
> BUG_ON(addr >= end);
> pgd = pgd_offset(mm, addr);
> do {

What is calling apply_to_page_range() with size == 0? I'm not sure we
should be adding "robust"ness here and that size == 0 is actually an
indication of a bug somewhere else that we want to know about.

Btw, your patch is line-wrapped and your sign-off-line doesn't include
your full name.