From: Samu Kallio <> Subject: [PATCH] x86: mm: Fix vmalloc_fault oops during lazy MMU updates. Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2013 04:35:52 +0200 In paravirtualized x86_64 kernels, vmalloc_fault may cause an oops when lazy MMU updates are enabled, because set_pgd effects are being deferred. One instance of this problem is during process mm cleanup with memory cgroups enabled. The chain of events is as follows: - zap_pte_range enables lazy MMU updates - zap_pte_range eventually calls mem_cgroup_charge_statistics, which accesses the vmalloc'd mem_cgroup per-cpu stat area - vmalloc_fault is triggered which tries to sync the corresponding PGD entry with set_pgd, but the update is deferred - vmalloc_fault oopses due to a mismatch in the PUD entries Calling arch_flush_lazy_mmu_mode immediately after set_pgd makes the changes visible to the consistency checks. Signed-off-by: Samu Kallio --- arch/x86/mm/fault.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c index 8e13ecb..0a45298 100644 --- a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c +++ b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c @@ -378,10 +378,12 @@ static noinline __kprobes int vmalloc_fault(unsigned long address) if (pgd_none(*pgd_ref)) return -1; - if (pgd_none(*pgd)) + if (pgd_none(*pgd)) { set_pgd(pgd, *pgd_ref); - else + arch_flush_lazy_mmu_mode(); + } else { BUG_ON(pgd_page_vaddr(*pgd) != pgd_page_vaddr(*pgd_ref)); + } /* * Below here mismatches are bugs because these lower tables -- 1.8.1.3