Re: [PATCH -mm -V2] mm, swap: Fix false error message in __swp_swapcount()

From: Michal Hocko
Date: Tue Oct 31 2017 - 03:31:36 EST


On Tue 31-10-17 11:17:02, Minchan Kim wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 09:02:30AM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > On Mon 30-10-17 08:57:13, Minchan Kim wrote:
> > [...]
> > > Although it's better than old, we can make it simple, still.
> > >
> > > diff --git a/include/linux/swapops.h b/include/linux/swapops.h
> > > index 291c4b534658..f50d5a48f03a 100644
> > > --- a/include/linux/swapops.h
> > > +++ b/include/linux/swapops.h
> > > @@ -41,6 +41,13 @@ static inline unsigned swp_type(swp_entry_t entry)
> > > return (entry.val >> SWP_TYPE_SHIFT(entry));
> > > }
> > >
> > > +extern struct swap_info_struct *swap_info[];
> > > +
> > > +static inline struct swap_info_struct *swp_si(swp_entry_t entry)
> > > +{
> > > + return swap_info[swp_type(entry)];
> > > +}
> > > +
> > > /*
> > > * Extract the `offset' field from a swp_entry_t. The swp_entry_t is in
> > > * arch-independent format
> > > diff --git a/mm/swap_state.c b/mm/swap_state.c
> > > index 378262d3a197..a0fe2d54ad09 100644
> > > --- a/mm/swap_state.c
> > > +++ b/mm/swap_state.c
> > > @@ -554,6 +554,7 @@ struct page *swapin_readahead(swp_entry_t entry, gfp_t gfp_mask,
> > > struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr)
> > > {
> > > struct page *page;
> > > + struct swap_info_struct *si = swp_si(entry);
> >
> > Aren't you accessing beyond the array here?
>
> I couldn't understand what you intend. Could you explain what case does it accesses
> beyond the arrary?

what if swp_type > nr_swapfiles
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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs