Re: [PATCH v4] mm/hugetlb: Fix unsigned overflow in __nr_hugepages_store_common()

[David Rientjes]

On Mon, 25 Feb 2019, Mike Kravetz wrote:

> Ok, what about just moving the calculation/check inside the lock as in the
> untested patch below?
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  mm/hugetlb.c | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
>  1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
> index 1c5219193b9e..5afa77dc7bc8 100644
> --- a/mm/hugetlb.c
> +++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
> @@ -2274,7 +2274,7 @@ static int adjust_pool_surplus(struct hstate *h,
> nodemask_t *nodes_allowed,
>  }
> 
>  #define persistent_huge_pages(h) (h->nr_huge_pages - h->surplus_huge_pages)
> -static int set_max_huge_pages(struct hstate *h, unsigned long count,
> +static int set_max_huge_pages(struct hstate *h, unsigned long count, int nid,
>  						nodemask_t *nodes_allowed)
>  {
>  	unsigned long min_count, ret;
> @@ -2289,6 +2289,23 @@ static int set_max_huge_pages(struct hstate *h, unsigned
> long count,
>  		goto decrease_pool;
>  	}
> 
> +	spin_lock(&hugetlb_lock);
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Check for a node specific request.  Adjust global count, but
> +	 * restrict alloc/free to the specified node.
> +	 */
> +	if (nid != NUMA_NO_NODE) {
> +		unsigned long old_count = count;
> +		count += h->nr_huge_pages - h->nr_huge_pages_node[nid];
> +		/*
> +		 * If user specified count causes overflow, set to
> +		 * largest possible value.
> +		 */
> +		if (count < old_count)
> +			count = ULONG_MAX;
> +	}
> +
>  	/*
>  	 * Increase the pool size
>  	 * First take pages out of surplus state.  Then make up the
> @@ -2300,7 +2317,6 @@ static int set_max_huge_pages(struct hstate *h, unsigned
> long count,
>  	 * pool might be one hugepage larger than it needs to be, but
>  	 * within all the constraints specified by the sysctls.
>  	 */
> -	spin_lock(&hugetlb_lock);
>  	while (h->surplus_huge_pages && count > persistent_huge_pages(h)) {
>  		if (!adjust_pool_surplus(h, nodes_allowed, -1))
>  			break;
> @@ -2421,16 +2437,18 @@ static ssize_t __nr_hugepages_store_common(bool
> obey_mempolicy,
>  			nodes_allowed = &node_states[N_MEMORY];
>  		}
>  	} else if (nodes_allowed) {
> +		/* Node specific request */
> +		init_nodemask_of_node(nodes_allowed, nid);
> +	} else {
>  		/*
> -		 * per node hstate attribute: adjust count to global,
> -		 * but restrict alloc/free to the specified node.
> +		 * Node specific request, but we could not allocate
> +		 * node mask.  Pass in ALL nodes, and clear nid.
>  		 */
> -		count += h->nr_huge_pages - h->nr_huge_pages_node[nid];
> -		init_nodemask_of_node(nodes_allowed, nid);
> -	} else
> +		nid = NUMA_NO_NODE;
>  		nodes_allowed = &node_states[N_MEMORY];
> +	}
> 
> -	err = set_max_huge_pages(h, count, nodes_allowed);
> +	err = set_max_huge_pages(h, count, nid, nodes_allowed);
>  	if (err)
>  		goto out;
> 

Looks good; Jing, could you test that this fixes your case?