Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] mm/debug_vm_pgtable: remove pte entry from the page table

[David Rientjes]

On Wed, 26 Jan 2022, Pasha Tatashin wrote:

> The pte entry that is used in pte_advanced_tests() is never removed from
> the page table at the end of the test.
> 
> The issue is detected by page_table_check, to repro compile kernel with
> the following configs:
> 
> CONFIG_DEBUG_VM_PGTABLE=y
> CONFIG_PAGE_TABLE_CHECK=y
> CONFIG_PAGE_TABLE_CHECK_ENFORCED=y
> 
> During the boot the following BUG is printed:
> 
> [    2.262821] debug_vm_pgtable: [debug_vm_pgtable         ]: Validating
>                architecture page table helpers
> [    2.276826] ------------[ cut here ]------------
> [    2.280426] kernel BUG at mm/page_table_check.c:162!
> [    2.284118] invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI
> [    2.287787] CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted
>                5.16.0-11413-g2c271fe77d52 #3
> [    2.293226] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996),
>                BIOS rel-1.15.0-0-g2dd4b9b3f840-prebuilt.qemu.org
>                04/01/2014
> ...
> 
> The entry should be properly removed from the page table before the page
> is released to the free list.
> 
> Fixes: a5c3b9ffb0f4 ("mm/debug_vm_pgtable: add tests validating advanced arch page table helpers")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Zi Yan <ziy@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Zi Yan <ziy@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>

I think we also likely want:

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 5.9+