Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] mm/swapfile: unuse_pte can map random data if swap read fails | From | "" <> | Date | Mon, 25 Apr 2022 15:41:25 +0800 |
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Hi, Miaohe,
On Sun, 2022-04-24 at 17:11 +0800, Miaohe Lin wrote: > There is a bug in unuse_pte(): when swap page happens to be unreadable, > page filled with random data is mapped into user address space. In case > of error, a special swap entry indicating swap read fails is set to the > page table. So the swapcache page can be freed and the user won't end up > with a permanently mounted swap because a sector is bad. And if the page > is accessed later, the user process will be killed so that corrupted data > is never consumed. On the other hand, if the page is never accessed, the > user won't even notice it. > > Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@huawei.com> > Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com> > --- > include/linux/swap.h | 7 ++++++- > include/linux/swapops.h | 10 ++++++++++ > mm/memory.c | 5 ++++- > mm/swapfile.c | 11 +++++++++++ > 4 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/include/linux/swap.h b/include/linux/swap.h > index 5553189d0215..b82c196d8867 100644 > --- a/include/linux/swap.h > +++ b/include/linux/swap.h > @@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ static inline int current_is_kswapd(void) > * actions on faults. > */ > > +#define SWP_SWAPIN_ERROR_NUM 1 > +#define SWP_SWAPIN_ERROR (MAX_SWAPFILES + SWP_HWPOISON_NUM + \ > + SWP_MIGRATION_NUM + SWP_DEVICE_NUM + \ > + SWP_PTE_MARKER_NUM) > >
It appears wasteful to use another swap device number. Is it possible to use a special swap offset? For example, 0 or -1?
Best Regards, Huang, Ying
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