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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/3] mm/memory_hotplug: add missing mem_hotplug_lock
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On 20.11.23 08:23, Sumanth Korikkar wrote:
> From Documentation/core-api/memory-hotplug.rst:
> When adding/removing/onlining/offlining memory or adding/removing
> heterogeneous/device memory, we should always hold the mem_hotplug_lock
> in write mode to serialise memory hotplug (e.g. access to global/zone
> variables).
>
> mhp_(de)init_memmap_on_memory() functions can change zone stats and
> struct page content, but they are currently called w/o the
> mem_hotplug_lock.
>
> When memory block is being offlined and when kmemleak goes through each
> populated zone, the following theoretical race conditions could occur:
> CPU 0: | CPU 1:
> memory_offline() |
> -> offline_pages() |
> -> mem_hotplug_begin() |
> ... |
> -> mem_hotplug_done() |
> | kmemleak_scan()
> | -> get_online_mems()
> | ...
> -> mhp_deinit_memmap_on_memory() |
> [not protected by mem_hotplug_begin/done()]|
> Marks memory section as offline, | Retrieves zone_start_pfn
> poisons vmemmap struct pages and updates | and struct page members.
> the zone related data |
> | ...
> | -> put_online_mems()
>
> Fix this by ensuring mem_hotplug_lock is taken before performing
> mhp_init_memmap_on_memory(). Also ensure that
> mhp_deinit_memmap_on_memory() holds the lock.
>
> online/offline_pages() are currently only called from
> memory_block_online/offline(), so it is safe to move the locking there.
>
> Fixes: a08a2ae34613 ("mm,memory_hotplug: allocate memmap from the added memory range")
> Reviewed-by: Gerald Schaefer <gerald.schaefer@linux.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Sumanth Korikkar <sumanthk@linux.ibm.com>
> ---

Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>

--
Cheers,

David / dhildenb

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