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percpu: fix bootmem error handling in pcpu_page_first_chunk()
authorMichael Holzheu <holzheu@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Tue, 17 Sep 2013 14:57:34 +0000 (16:57 +0200)
committerTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Mon, 23 Sep 2013 14:51:45 +0000 (10:51 -0400)
commitf851c8d8583891a6e0a447b539db3c39a4f5d43d
tree8f23dc2eaa1dab0475edff66c06b425c17a0304d
parent272b98c6455f00884f0350f775c5342358ebb73f
percpu: fix bootmem error handling in pcpu_page_first_chunk()

If memory allocation of in pcpu_embed_first_chunk() fails, the
allocated memory is not released correctly. In the release loop also
the non-allocated elements are released which leads to the following
kernel BUG on systems with very little memory:

[    0.000000] kernel BUG at mm/bootmem.c:307!
[    0.000000] illegal operation: 0001 [#1] PREEMPT SMP DEBUG_PAGEALLOC
[    0.000000] Modules linked in:
[    0.000000] CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper Not tainted 3.10.0 #22
[    0.000000] task: 0000000000a20ae0 ti: 0000000000a08000 task.ti: 0000000000a08000
[    0.000000] Krnl PSW : 0400000180000000 0000000000abda7a (__free+0x116/0x154)
[    0.000000]            R:0 T:1 IO:0 EX:0 Key:0 M:0 W:0 P:0 AS:0 CC:0 PM:0 EA:3
...
[    0.000000]  [<0000000000abdce2>] mark_bootmem_node+0xde/0xf0
[    0.000000]  [<0000000000abdd9c>] mark_bootmem+0xa8/0x118
[    0.000000]  [<0000000000abcbba>] pcpu_embed_first_chunk+0xe7a/0xf0c
[    0.000000]  [<0000000000abcc96>] setup_per_cpu_areas+0x4a/0x28c

To fix the problem now only allocated elements are released. This then
leads to the correct kernel panic:

[    0.000000] Kernel panic - not syncing: Failed to initialize percpu areas.
...
[    0.000000] Call Trace:
[    0.000000] ([<000000000011307e>] show_trace+0x132/0x150)
[    0.000000]  [<0000000000113160>] show_stack+0xc4/0xd4
[    0.000000]  [<00000000007127dc>] dump_stack+0x74/0xd8
[    0.000000]  [<00000000007123fe>] panic+0xea/0x264
[    0.000000]  [<0000000000b14814>] setup_per_cpu_areas+0x5c/0x28c

tj: Flipped if conditional so that it doesn't need "continue".

Signed-off-by: Michael Holzheu <holzheu@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
mm/percpu.c