Re: [PATCH v2] NUMA x86: add constraints check for nid parameters

From: David Rientjes
Date: Wed Dec 07 2011 - 16:46:08 EST


On Wed, 7 Dec 2011, Petr Holasek wrote:

> This patch adds constraints checks for numa_set_distance()
> function. It emits warning when pxms are used uninitialized
> when parsing the SRAT.
>

The changelog also needs to indicate that, in addition to emitting the
warning, that this will avoid a store to a negative index in the
numa_distance[] array, that's the real thing you're trying to catch. This
would happen if pxm_to_node() is returning NUMA_NO_NODE which is what the
pxm-to-node mapping is initialized to.

> Signed-off-by: Petr Holasek <pholasek@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/mm/numa.c | 8 +++++---
> 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/numa.c b/arch/x86/mm/numa.c
> index fbeaaf4..42c12b6 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/mm/numa.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/mm/numa.c
> @@ -430,8 +430,9 @@ static int __init numa_alloc_distance(void)
> * calls are ignored until the distance table is reset with
> * numa_reset_distance().
> *
> - * If @from or @to is higher than the highest known node at the time of
> - * table creation or @distance doesn't make sense, the call is ignored.
> + * If @from or @to is higher than the highest known node or lower than zero
> + * at the time of table creation or @distance doesn't make sense, the call
> + * is ignored.
> * This is to allow simplification of specific NUMA config implementations.
> */
> void __init numa_set_distance(int from, int to, int distance)
> @@ -439,7 +440,8 @@ void __init numa_set_distance(int from, int to, int distance)
> if (!numa_distance && numa_alloc_distance() < 0)
> return;
>
> - if (from >= numa_distance_cnt || to >= numa_distance_cnt) {
> + if (from >= numa_distance_cnt || to >= numa_distance_cnt ||
> + from < 0 || to < 0) {
> printk_once(KERN_DEBUG "NUMA: Debug: distance out of bound, from=%d to=%d distance=%d\n",
> from, to, distance);

That warning doesn't look appropriate for negative node ids, it should be
modified to say the node ids or distance are out of bounds. One more
revision?

> return;
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