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author | Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com> | 2014-08-09 01:22:05 +0400 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2014-08-09 02:57:23 +0400 |
commit | 0692dedcf64bf3cdcfb9f6a51c70d49c8db351d2 (patch) | |
tree | bddf505939396658f60fd594f9281456ac4eb9e1 /drivers | |
parent | 33144e8429bd7fceacbb869a7f5061db42e13fe6 (diff) | |
download | linux-0692dedcf64bf3cdcfb9f6a51c70d49c8db351d2.tar.xz |
fs/proc/vmcore.c:mmap_vmcore: skip non-ram pages reported by hypervisors
We have a special check in read_vmcore() handler to check if the page was
reported as ram or not by the hypervisor (pfn_is_ram()). However, when
vmcore is read with mmap() no such check is performed. That can lead to
unpredictable results, e.g. when running Xen PVHVM guest memcpy() after
mmap() on /proc/vmcore will hang processing HVMMEM_mmio_dm pages creating
enormous load in both DomU and Dom0.
Fix the issue by mapping each non-ram page to the zero page. Keep direct
path with remap_oldmem_pfn_range() to avoid looping through all pages on
bare metal.
The issue can also be solved by overriding remap_oldmem_pfn_range() in
xen-specific code, as remap_oldmem_pfn_range() was been designed for.
That, however, would involve non-obvious xen code path for all x86 builds
with CONFIG_XEN_PVHVM=y and would prevent all other hypervisor-specific
code on x86 arch from doing the same override.
[fengguang.wu@intel.com: remap_oldmem_pfn_checked() can be static]
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: clean up layout]
Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Jones <drjones@redhat.com>
Cc: Michael Holzheu <holzheu@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
Cc: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@citrix.com>
Signed-off-by: Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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