From 22b31eec63e5f2e219a3ee15f456897272bc73e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hugh Dickins Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 14:40:09 -0800 Subject: 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 Cc: Nick Piggin Cc: Christoph Lameter Cc: Mel Gorman Cc: Rik van Riel Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- mm/internal.h | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) (limited to 'mm/internal.h') diff --git a/mm/internal.h b/mm/internal.h index 13333bc2eb68..1981bc9454f3 100644 --- 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); /* -- cgit v1.2.3