Re: [PATCH 0/2] fix devm_memremap_pages() mem hotplug locking

[Masayoshi Mizuma]

On Sun, 12 Feb 2017 17:35:00 -0800 Dan Williams wrote:

> On Sun, Feb 12, 2017 at 5:25 PM, Masayoshi Mizuma
> <m.mizuma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi Dan,
> >
> > On Sun, 12 Feb 2017 14:34:11 -0800 Dan Williams wrote:
> >>
> >> Ben notes that commit f931ab479dd2 "mm: fix devm_memremap_pages crash,
> >> use mem_hotplug_{begin, done}" is incomplete and broken. Writes to
> >> mem_hotplug.active_writer need to be coordinated under the device
> >> hotplug lock. Otherwise, we can potentially corrupt mem_hotplug.refcount
> >> leading to soft lockups.
> >
> >
> > I think mem_hotplug_{begin,done} is not suitable to exclude
> > devm_memremap_pages()
> > because it seems that memory hotplug is not related to this context.
> > How about using pgmap_lock instead?
> 
> The problem with that switch is the race in
> kernel_physical_mapping_init(), see commit f931ab479dd2. As far as I
> can see we need all paths that call kernel_physical_mapping_init() to
> agree on the same lock, and can't use a private lock in
> devm_memremap_pages().

I understand. Thanks.

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Masayoshi Mizuma