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libnvdimm: Fix altmap reservation size calculation

Message ID 20190206020453.25534-1-oohall@gmail.com (mailing list archive)
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Commit 07464e88365e9236febaca9ed1a2e2006d8bc952
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Series libnvdimm: Fix altmap reservation size calculation | expand

Commit Message

Oliver O'Halloran Feb. 6, 2019, 2:04 a.m. UTC
Libnvdimm reserves the first 8K of pfn and devicedax namespaces to
store a superblock describing the namespace. This 8K reservation
is contained within the altmap area which the kernel uses for the
vmemmap backing for the pages within the namespace. The altmap
allows for some pages at the start of the altmap area to be reserved
and that mechanism is used to protect the superblock from being
re-used as vmemmap backing.

The number of PFNs to reserve is calculated using:

	PHYS_PFN(SZ_8K)

Which is implemented as:

 #define PHYS_PFN(x) ((unsigned long)((x) >> PAGE_SHIFT))

So on systems where PAGE_SIZE is greater than 8K the reservation
size is truncated to zero and the superblock area is re-used as
vmemmap backing. As a result all the namespace information stored
in the superblock (i.e. if it's a PFN or DAX namespace) is lost
and the namespace needs to be re-created to get access to the
contents.

This patch fixes this by using PFN_UP() rather than PHYS_PFN() to ensure
that at least one page is reserved. On systems with a 4K pages size this
patch should have no effect.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Fixes: ac515c084be9 ("libnvdimm, pmem, pfn: move pfn setup to the core")
Signed-off-by: Oliver O'Halloran <oohall@gmail.com>
---
---
 drivers/nvdimm/pfn_devs.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Verma, Vishal L Feb. 6, 2019, 2:15 a.m. UTC | #1
On Wed, 2019-02-06 at 13:04 +1100, Oliver O'Halloran wrote:
> Libnvdimm reserves the first 8K of pfn and devicedax namespaces to
> store a superblock describing the namespace. This 8K reservation
> is contained within the altmap area which the kernel uses for the
> vmemmap backing for the pages within the namespace. The altmap
> allows for some pages at the start of the altmap area to be reserved
> and that mechanism is used to protect the superblock from being
> re-used as vmemmap backing.
> 
> The number of PFNs to reserve is calculated using:
> 
> 	PHYS_PFN(SZ_8K)
> 
> Which is implemented as:
> 
>  #define PHYS_PFN(x) ((unsigned long)((x) >> PAGE_SHIFT))
> 
> So on systems where PAGE_SIZE is greater than 8K the reservation
> size is truncated to zero and the superblock area is re-used as
> vmemmap backing. As a result all the namespace information stored
> in the superblock (i.e. if it's a PFN or DAX namespace) is lost
> and the namespace needs to be re-created to get access to the
> contents.
> 
> This patch fixes this by using PFN_UP() rather than PHYS_PFN() to ensure
> that at least one page is reserved. On systems with a 4K pages size this
> patch should have no effect.
> 
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
> Fixes: ac515c084be9 ("libnvdimm, pmem, pfn: move pfn setup to the core")
> Signed-off-by: Oliver O'Halloran <oohall@gmail.com>
> ---
> ---
>  drivers/nvdimm/pfn_devs.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Looks good to me,
Reviewed-by: Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@intel.com>

> 
> diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/pfn_devs.c b/drivers/nvdimm/pfn_devs.c
> index 6f22272e8d80..9b9be83da0e7 100644
> --- a/drivers/nvdimm/pfn_devs.c
> +++ b/drivers/nvdimm/pfn_devs.c
> @@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ static unsigned long init_altmap_base(resource_size_t base)
>  
>  static unsigned long init_altmap_reserve(resource_size_t base)
>  {
> -	unsigned long reserve = PHYS_PFN(SZ_8K);
> +	unsigned long reserve = PFN_UP(SZ_8K);
>  	unsigned long base_pfn = PHYS_PFN(base);
>  
>  	reserve += base_pfn - PFN_SECTION_ALIGN_DOWN(base_pfn);
Dan Williams Feb. 6, 2019, 2:38 a.m. UTC | #2
On Tue, Feb 5, 2019 at 6:05 PM Oliver O'Halloran <oohall@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Libnvdimm reserves the first 8K of pfn and devicedax namespaces to
> store a superblock describing the namespace. This 8K reservation
> is contained within the altmap area which the kernel uses for the
> vmemmap backing for the pages within the namespace. The altmap
> allows for some pages at the start of the altmap area to be reserved
> and that mechanism is used to protect the superblock from being
> re-used as vmemmap backing.
>
> The number of PFNs to reserve is calculated using:
>
>         PHYS_PFN(SZ_8K)
>
> Which is implemented as:
>
>  #define PHYS_PFN(x) ((unsigned long)((x) >> PAGE_SHIFT))
>
> So on systems where PAGE_SIZE is greater than 8K the reservation
> size is truncated to zero and the superblock area is re-used as
> vmemmap backing. As a result all the namespace information stored
> in the superblock (i.e. if it's a PFN or DAX namespace) is lost
> and the namespace needs to be re-created to get access to the
> contents.
>
> This patch fixes this by using PFN_UP() rather than PHYS_PFN() to ensure
> that at least one page is reserved. On systems with a 4K pages size this
> patch should have no effect.
>
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
> Fixes: ac515c084be9 ("libnvdimm, pmem, pfn: move pfn setup to the core")
> Signed-off-by: Oliver O'Halloran <oohall@gmail.com>
> ---
> ---
>  drivers/nvdimm/pfn_devs.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/pfn_devs.c b/drivers/nvdimm/pfn_devs.c
> index 6f22272e8d80..9b9be83da0e7 100644
> --- a/drivers/nvdimm/pfn_devs.c
> +++ b/drivers/nvdimm/pfn_devs.c
> @@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ static unsigned long init_altmap_base(resource_size_t base)
>
>  static unsigned long init_altmap_reserve(resource_size_t base)
>  {
> -       unsigned long reserve = PHYS_PFN(SZ_8K);
> +       unsigned long reserve = PFN_UP(SZ_8K);
>         unsigned long base_pfn = PHYS_PFN(base);

Good find. I know how annoying it is to debug altmap issues.

I'll get this queued up.
Dan Williams Feb. 6, 2019, 4:06 a.m. UTC | #3
On Tue, Feb 5, 2019 at 6:38 PM Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Feb 5, 2019 at 6:05 PM Oliver O'Halloran <oohall@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Libnvdimm reserves the first 8K of pfn and devicedax namespaces to
> > store a superblock describing the namespace. This 8K reservation
> > is contained within the altmap area which the kernel uses for the
> > vmemmap backing for the pages within the namespace. The altmap
> > allows for some pages at the start of the altmap area to be reserved
> > and that mechanism is used to protect the superblock from being
> > re-used as vmemmap backing.
> >
> > The number of PFNs to reserve is calculated using:
> >
> >         PHYS_PFN(SZ_8K)
> >
> > Which is implemented as:
> >
> >  #define PHYS_PFN(x) ((unsigned long)((x) >> PAGE_SHIFT))
> >
> > So on systems where PAGE_SIZE is greater than 8K the reservation
> > size is truncated to zero and the superblock area is re-used as
> > vmemmap backing. As a result all the namespace information stored
> > in the superblock (i.e. if it's a PFN or DAX namespace) is lost
> > and the namespace needs to be re-created to get access to the
> > contents.
> >
> > This patch fixes this by using PFN_UP() rather than PHYS_PFN() to ensure
> > that at least one page is reserved. On systems with a 4K pages size this
> > patch should have no effect.
> >
> > Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> > Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
> > Fixes: ac515c084be9 ("libnvdimm, pmem, pfn: move pfn setup to the core")
> > Signed-off-by: Oliver O'Halloran <oohall@gmail.com>
> > ---
> > ---
> >  drivers/nvdimm/pfn_devs.c | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/pfn_devs.c b/drivers/nvdimm/pfn_devs.c
> > index 6f22272e8d80..9b9be83da0e7 100644
> > --- a/drivers/nvdimm/pfn_devs.c
> > +++ b/drivers/nvdimm/pfn_devs.c
> > @@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ static unsigned long init_altmap_base(resource_size_t base)
> >
> >  static unsigned long init_altmap_reserve(resource_size_t base)
> >  {
> > -       unsigned long reserve = PHYS_PFN(SZ_8K);
> > +       unsigned long reserve = PFN_UP(SZ_8K);
> >         unsigned long base_pfn = PHYS_PFN(base);
>
> Good find. I know how annoying it is to debug altmap issues.
>
> I'll get this queued up.

Hmm, this consideration should also be included in the data_offset
calculation. I'll take a look.
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diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/pfn_devs.c b/drivers/nvdimm/pfn_devs.c
index 6f22272e8d80..9b9be83da0e7 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/pfn_devs.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/pfn_devs.c
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@  static unsigned long init_altmap_base(resource_size_t base)
 
 static unsigned long init_altmap_reserve(resource_size_t base)
 {
-	unsigned long reserve = PHYS_PFN(SZ_8K);
+	unsigned long reserve = PFN_UP(SZ_8K);
 	unsigned long base_pfn = PHYS_PFN(base);
 
 	reserve += base_pfn - PFN_SECTION_ALIGN_DOWN(base_pfn);