Re: [PATCH 3/5] mm/mremap: use pmd_addr_end to calculate next in move_page_tables()

From: Dmitry Osipenko
Date: Tue Jan 28 2020 - 10:59:57 EST


28.01.2020 03:43, Wei Yang ÐÐÑÐÑ:
> On Sun, Jan 26, 2020 at 05:47:57PM +0300, Dmitry Osipenko wrote:
>> 18.01.2020 02:22, Wei Yang ÐÐÑÐÑ:
>>> Use the general helper instead of do it by hand.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Wei Yang <richardw.yang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>> mm/mremap.c | 7 ++-----
>>> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/mm/mremap.c b/mm/mremap.c
>>> index c2af8ba4ba43..a258914f3ee1 100644
>>> --- a/mm/mremap.c
>>> +++ b/mm/mremap.c
>>> @@ -253,11 +253,8 @@ unsigned long move_page_tables(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>>>
>>> for (; old_addr < old_end; old_addr += extent, new_addr += extent) {
>>> cond_resched();
>>> - next = (old_addr + PMD_SIZE) & PMD_MASK;
>>> - /* even if next overflowed, extent below will be ok */
>>> + next = pmd_addr_end(old_addr, old_end);
>>> extent = next - old_addr;
>>> - if (extent > old_end - old_addr)
>>> - extent = old_end - old_addr;
>>> old_pmd = get_old_pmd(vma->vm_mm, old_addr);
>>> if (!old_pmd)
>>> continue;
>>> @@ -301,7 +298,7 @@ unsigned long move_page_tables(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>>>
>>> if (pte_alloc(new_vma->vm_mm, new_pmd))
>>> break;
>>> - next = (new_addr + PMD_SIZE) & PMD_MASK;
>>> + next = pmd_addr_end(new_addr, new_addr + len);
>>> if (extent > next - new_addr)
>>> extent = next - new_addr;
>>> move_ptes(vma, old_pmd, old_addr, old_addr + extent, new_vma,
>>>
>>
>> Hello Wei,
>>
>> Starting with next-20200122, I'm seeing the following in KMSG on NVIDIA
>> Tegra (ARM32):
>>
>> BUG: Bad rss-counter state mm:(ptrval) type:MM_ANONPAGES val:190
>>
>
> Thanks.
>
> Would you mind letting me know which case you are testing?

Nothing special, systemd starts to fall apart during boot.

> Or the special thing is 32-bit platform?
I have a limited knowledge about mm/, so can't provide detailed explanation.

Please take a look at this:

[1]
https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v5.5/source/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable-2level.h#L210

[2]
https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v5.5/source/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h#L549

[3]
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c0ba10b512eb2e2a3888b6e6cc0e089f5e7a191b