badpage: vm_normal_page use print_bad_pte

print_bad_pte() is so far being called only when zap_pte_range() finds negative page_mapcount, or there's a fault on a pte_file where it does not belong. That's weak coverage when we suspect pagetable corruption. Originally, it was called when vm_normal_page() found an invalid pfn: but pfn_valid is expensive on some architectures and configurations, so 2.6.24 put that under CONFIG_DEBUG_VM (which doesn't help in the field), then 2.6.26 replaced it by a VM_BUG_ON (likewise). Reinstate the print_bad_pte() in vm_normal_page(), but use a cheaper test than pfn_valid(): memmap_init_zone() (used in bootup and hotplug) keep a __read_mostly note of the highest_memmap_pfn, vm_normal_page() then check pfn against that. We could call this pfn_plausible() or pfn_sane(), but I doubt we'll need it elsewhere: of course it's not reliable, but gives much stronger pagetable validation on many boxes. Also use print_bad_pte() when the pte_special bit is found outside a VM_PFNMAP or VM_MIXEDMAP area, instead of VM_BUG_ON. Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <[email protected]> Cc: Nick Piggin <[email protected]> Cc: Christoph Lameter <[email protected]> Cc: Mel Gorman <[email protected]> Cc: Rik van Riel <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
mrcsosa · Jan 6, 2009 · 22b31ee · 22b31ee
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diff --git a/mm/internal.h b/mm/internal.h
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ extern void putback_lru_page(struct page *page);
 /*
  * in mm/page_alloc.c
  */
+extern unsigned long highest_memmap_pfn;
 extern void __free_pages_bootmem(struct page *page, unsigned int order);
 
 /*

diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
@@ -467,21 +467,18 @@ static inline int is_cow_mapping(unsigned int flags)
 struct page *vm_normal_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
 				pte_t pte)
 {
-	unsigned long pfn;
+	unsigned long pfn = pte_pfn(pte);
 
 	if (HAVE_PTE_SPECIAL) {
-		if (likely(!pte_special(pte))) {
-			VM_BUG_ON(!pfn_valid(pte_pfn(pte)));
-			return pte_page(pte);
-		}
-		VM_BUG_ON(!(vma->vm_flags & (VM_PFNMAP | VM_MIXEDMAP)));
+		if (likely(!pte_special(pte)))
+			goto check_pfn;
+		if (!(vma->vm_flags & (VM_PFNMAP | VM_MIXEDMAP)))
+			print_bad_pte(vma, addr, pte, NULL);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
 	/* !HAVE_PTE_SPECIAL case follows: */
 
-	pfn = pte_pfn(pte);
-
 	if (unlikely(vma->vm_flags & (VM_PFNMAP|VM_MIXEDMAP))) {
 		if (vma->vm_flags & VM_MIXEDMAP) {
 			if (!pfn_valid(pfn))
@@ -497,11 +494,14 @@ struct page *vm_normal_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
 		}
 	}
 
-	VM_BUG_ON(!pfn_valid(pfn));
+check_pfn:
+	if (unlikely(pfn > highest_memmap_pfn)) {
+		print_bad_pte(vma, addr, pte, NULL);
+		return NULL;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * NOTE! We still have PageReserved() pages in the page tables.
-	 *
 	 * eg. VDSO mappings can cause them to exist.
 	 */
 out:

diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(node_states);
 
 unsigned long totalram_pages __read_mostly;
 unsigned long totalreserve_pages __read_mostly;
+unsigned long highest_memmap_pfn __read_mostly;
 int percpu_pagelist_fraction;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_SIZE_VARIABLE
@@ -2597,6 +2598,9 @@ void __meminit memmap_init_zone(unsigned long size, int nid, unsigned long zone,
 	unsigned long pfn;
 	struct zone *z;
 
+	if (highest_memmap_pfn < end_pfn - 1)
+		highest_memmap_pfn = end_pfn - 1;
+
 	z = &NODE_DATA(nid)->node_zones[zone];
 	for (pfn = start_pfn; pfn < end_pfn; pfn++) {
 		/*