[PATCH] mmap_vmcore: skip non-ram pages reported by hypervisors

From: Vitaly Kuznetsov
Date: Mon Jul 07 2014 - 11:06:07 EST


we have a special check in read_vmcore() handler to check if the page was
reported as ram or not by the hypervisor (pfn_is_ram()). However, when
vmcore is read with mmap() no such check is performed. That can lead to
unpredictable results, e.g. when running Xen PVHVM guest memcpy() after
mmap() on /proc/vmcore will hang processing HVMMEM_mmio_dm pages creating
enormous load in both DomU and Dom0.

Fix the issue by mapping each non-ram page to the zero page. Keep direct
path with remap_oldmem_pfn_range() to avoid looping through all pages on
bare metal.

The issue can also be solved by overriding remap_oldmem_pfn_range() in
xen-specific code, as remap_oldmem_pfn_range() was been designed for.
That, however, would involve non-obvious xen code path for all x86 builds
with CONFIG_XEN_PVHVM=y and would prevent all other hypervisor-specific
code on x86 arch from doing the same override.

Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/proc/vmcore.c | 68 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 62 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/proc/vmcore.c b/fs/proc/vmcore.c
index 382aa89..2716e19 100644
--- a/fs/proc/vmcore.c
+++ b/fs/proc/vmcore.c
@@ -328,6 +328,46 @@ static inline char *alloc_elfnotes_buf(size_t notes_sz)
* virtually contiguous user-space in ELF layout.
*/
#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
+static u64 remap_oldmem_pfn_checked(struct vm_area_struct *vma, u64 len,
+ unsigned long pfn, unsigned long page_count)
+{
+ unsigned long pos;
+ size_t size;
+ unsigned long vma_addr;
+ unsigned long emptypage_pfn = __pa(empty_zero_page) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+
+ for (pos = pfn; (pos - pfn) <= page_count; pos++) {
+ if (!pfn_is_ram(pos) || (pos - pfn) == page_count) {
+ /* we hit a page which is not ram or reached the end */
+ if (pos - pfn > 0) {
+ /* remapping continuous region */
+ size = (pos - pfn) << PAGE_SHIFT;
+ vma_addr = vma->vm_start + len;
+ if (remap_oldmem_pfn_range(vma, vma_addr,
+ pfn, size,
+ vma->vm_page_prot))
+ return len;
+ len += size;
+ page_count -= (pos - pfn);
+ }
+ if (page_count > 0) {
+ /* we hit a page which is not ram, replacing
+ with an empty one */
+ vma_addr = vma->vm_start + len;
+ if (remap_oldmem_pfn_range(vma, vma_addr,
+ emptypage_pfn,
+ PAGE_SIZE,
+ vma->vm_page_prot))
+ return len;
+ len += PAGE_SIZE;
+ pfn = pos + 1;
+ page_count--;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ return len;
+}
+
static int mmap_vmcore(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
{
size_t size = vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start;
@@ -383,17 +423,33 @@ static int mmap_vmcore(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)

list_for_each_entry(m, &vmcore_list, list) {
if (start < m->offset + m->size) {
- u64 paddr = 0;
+ u64 paddr = 0, original_len;
+ unsigned long pfn, page_count;

tsz = min_t(size_t, m->offset + m->size - start, size);
paddr = m->paddr + start - m->offset;
- if (remap_oldmem_pfn_range(vma, vma->vm_start + len,
- paddr >> PAGE_SHIFT, tsz,
- vma->vm_page_prot))
- goto fail;
+
+ /* check if oldmem_pfn_is_ram was registered to avoid
+ looping over all pages without a reason */
+ if (oldmem_pfn_is_ram) {
+ pfn = paddr >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+ page_count = tsz >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+ original_len = len;
+ len = remap_oldmem_pfn_checked(vma, len, pfn,
+ page_count);
+ if (len != original_len + tsz)
+ goto fail;
+ } else {
+ if (remap_oldmem_pfn_range(vma,
+ vma->vm_start + len,
+ paddr >> PAGE_SHIFT,
+ tsz,
+ vma->vm_page_prot))
+ goto fail;
+ len += tsz;
+ }
size -= tsz;
start += tsz;
- len += tsz;

if (size == 0)
return 0;
--
1.9.3

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