[PATCH 1/2] xen/grant-table: Use put_page instead of free_page

From: Ross Lagerwall
Date: Thu Jan 11 2018 - 04:36:55 EST


The page given to gnttab_end_foreign_access() to free could be a
compound page so use put_page() instead of free_page() since it can
handle both compound and single pages correctly.

This bug was discovered when migrating a Xen VM with several VIFs and
CONFIG_DEBUG_VM enabled. It hits a BUG usually after fewer than 10
iterations. All netfront devices disconnect from the backend during a
suspend/resume and this will call gnttab_end_foreign_access() if a
netfront queue has an outstanding skb. The mismatch between calling
get_page() and free_page() on a compound page causes a reference
counting error which is detected when DEBUG_VM is enabled.

Signed-off-by: Ross Lagerwall <ross.lagerwall@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/xen/grant-table.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/xen/grant-table.c b/drivers/xen/grant-table.c
index f45114f..27be107 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/grant-table.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/grant-table.c
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ static void gnttab_handle_deferred(struct timer_list *unused)
if (entry->page) {
pr_debug("freeing g.e. %#x (pfn %#lx)\n",
entry->ref, page_to_pfn(entry->page));
- __free_page(entry->page);
+ put_page(entry->page);
} else
pr_info("freeing g.e. %#x\n", entry->ref);
kfree(entry);
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ void gnttab_end_foreign_access(grant_ref_t ref, int readonly,
if (gnttab_end_foreign_access_ref(ref, readonly)) {
put_free_entry(ref);
if (page != 0)
- free_page(page);
+ put_page(virt_to_page(page));
} else
gnttab_add_deferred(ref, readonly,
page ? virt_to_page(page) : NULL);
--
2.9.5