[3.13.y-ckt stable] Patch "mm/memory_hotplug.c: check for missing sections in test_pages_in_a_zone()" has been added to the 3.13.y-ckt tree

[Kamal Mostafa]

This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled

    mm/memory_hotplug.c: check for missing sections in test_pages_in_a_zone()

to the linux-3.13.y-queue branch of the 3.13.y-ckt extended stable tree 
which can be found at:

    http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git/ubuntu/linux.git/log/?h=linux-3.13.y-queue

This patch is scheduled to be released in version 3.13.11-ckt33.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please 
reply to this email.

For more information about the 3.13.y-ckt tree, see
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable

Thanks.
-Kamal

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>From 1ad135a3302cb29607bc8af03f9008a4d3aeee69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Banman <abanman at sgi.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2015 14:54:25 -0800
Subject: mm/memory_hotplug.c: check for missing sections in
 test_pages_in_a_zone()

commit 5f0f2887f4de9508dcf438deab28f1de8070c271 upstream.

test_pages_in_a_zone() does not account for the possibility of missing
sections in the given pfn range.  pfn_valid_within always returns 1 when
CONFIG_HOLES_IN_ZONE is not set, allowing invalid pfns from missing
sections to pass the test, leading to a kernel oops.

Wrap an additional pfn loop with PAGES_PER_SECTION granularity to check
for missing sections before proceeding into the zone-check code.

This also prevents a crash from offlining memory devices with missing
sections.  Despite this, it may be a good idea to keep the related patch
'[PATCH 3/3] drivers: memory: prohibit offlining of memory blocks with
missing sections' because missing sections in a memory block may lead to
other problems not covered by the scope of this fix.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Banman <abanman at sgi.com>
Acked-by: Alex Thorlton <athorlton at sgi.com>
Cc: Russ Anderson <rja at sgi.com>
Cc: Alex Thorlton <athorlton at sgi.com>
Cc: Yinghai Lu <yinghai at kernel.org>
Cc: Greg KH <greg at kroah.com>
Cc: Seth Jennings <sjennings at variantweb.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm at linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds at linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal at canonical.com>
---
 mm/memory_hotplug.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index 112c207..56da1b7 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -1220,23 +1220,30 @@ int is_mem_section_removable(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long nr_pages)
  */
 static int test_pages_in_a_zone(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
 {
-	unsigned long pfn;
+	unsigned long pfn, sec_end_pfn;
 	struct zone *zone = NULL;
 	struct page *page;
 	int i;
-	for (pfn = start_pfn;
+	for (pfn = start_pfn, sec_end_pfn = SECTION_ALIGN_UP(start_pfn);
 	     pfn < end_pfn;
-	     pfn += MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES) {
-		i = 0;
-		/* This is just a CONFIG_HOLES_IN_ZONE check.*/
-		while ((i < MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES) && !pfn_valid_within(pfn + i))
-			i++;
-		if (i == MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES)
+	     pfn = sec_end_pfn + 1, sec_end_pfn += PAGES_PER_SECTION) {
+		/* Make sure the memory section is present first */
+		if (!present_section_nr(pfn_to_section_nr(pfn)))
 			continue;
-		page = pfn_to_page(pfn + i);
-		if (zone && page_zone(page) != zone)
-			return 0;
-		zone = page_zone(page);
+		for (; pfn < sec_end_pfn && pfn < end_pfn;
+		     pfn += MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES) {
+			i = 0;
+			/* This is just a CONFIG_HOLES_IN_ZONE check.*/
+			while ((i < MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES) &&
+				!pfn_valid_within(pfn + i))
+				i++;
+			if (i == MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES)
+				continue;
+			page = pfn_to_page(pfn + i);
+			if (zone && page_zone(page) != zone)
+				return 0;
+			zone = page_zone(page);
+		}
 	}
 	return 1;
 }
--
1.9.1