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 <samu.kallio@aberdeencloud.com>
---
 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