Re: [PATCH 1/1] device-dax: Correct pgoff align in dax_set_mapping()
From: Andrew Morton
Date: Fri Sep 27 2024 - 13:46:54 EST
(cc's added)
On Fri, 27 Sep 2024 15:45:09 +0800 "Kun(llfl)" <llfl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> pgoff should be aligned using ALIGN_DOWN() instead of ALIGN(). Otherwise,
> vmf->address not aligned to fault_size will be aligned to the next
> alignment, that can result in memory failure getting the wrong address.
>
> Fixes: b9b5777f09be ("device-dax: use ALIGN() for determining pgoff")
That's quite an old change. Can you suggest why it took this long to
be discovered? What is your userspace doing to trigger this?
> Signed-off-by: Kun(llfl) <llfl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: JianXiong Zhao <zhaojianxiong.zjx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/dax/device.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/dax/device.c b/drivers/dax/device.c
> index 9c1a729cd77e..6d74e62bbee0 100644
> --- a/drivers/dax/device.c
> +++ b/drivers/dax/device.c
> @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ static void dax_set_mapping(struct vm_fault *vmf, pfn_t pfn,
> nr_pages = 1;
>
> pgoff = linear_page_index(vmf->vma,
> - ALIGN(vmf->address, fault_size));
> + ALIGN_DOWN(vmf->address, fault_size));
>
> for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++) {
> struct page *page = pfn_to_page(pfn_t_to_pfn(pfn) + i);
> --
> 2.43.0