linux/mm
Michal Hocko b15c87263a hwpoison, memory_hotplug: allow hwpoisoned pages to be offlined
We have received a bug report that an injected MCE about faulty memory
prevents memory offline to succeed on 4.4 base kernel.  The underlying
reason was that the HWPoison page has an elevated reference count and the
migration keeps failing.  There are two problems with that.  First of all
it is dubious to migrate the poisoned page because we know that accessing
that memory is possible to fail.  Secondly it doesn't make any sense to
migrate a potentially broken content and preserve the memory corruption
over to a new location.

Oscar has found out that 4.4 and the current upstream kernels behave
slightly differently with his simply testcase

===

int main(void)
{
        int ret;
        int i;
        int fd;
        char *array = malloc(4096);
        char *array_locked = malloc(4096);

        fd = open("/tmp/data", O_RDONLY);
        read(fd, array, 4095);

        for (i = 0; i < 4096; i++)
                array_locked[i] = 'd';

        ret = mlock((void *)PAGE_ALIGN((unsigned long)array_locked), sizeof(array_locked));
        if (ret)
                perror("mlock");

        sleep (20);

        ret = madvise((void *)PAGE_ALIGN((unsigned long)array_locked), 4096, MADV_HWPOISON);
        if (ret)
                perror("madvise");

        for (i = 0; i < 4096; i++)
                array_locked[i] = 'd';

        return 0;
}
===

+ offline this memory.

In 4.4 kernels he saw the hwpoisoned page to be returned back to the LRU
list
kernel:  [<ffffffff81019ac9>] dump_trace+0x59/0x340
kernel:  [<ffffffff81019e9a>] show_stack_log_lvl+0xea/0x170
kernel:  [<ffffffff8101ac71>] show_stack+0x21/0x40
kernel:  [<ffffffff8132bb90>] dump_stack+0x5c/0x7c
kernel:  [<ffffffff810815a1>] warn_slowpath_common+0x81/0xb0
kernel:  [<ffffffff811a275c>] __pagevec_lru_add_fn+0x14c/0x160
kernel:  [<ffffffff811a2eed>] pagevec_lru_move_fn+0xad/0x100
kernel:  [<ffffffff811a334c>] __lru_cache_add+0x6c/0xb0
kernel:  [<ffffffff81195236>] add_to_page_cache_lru+0x46/0x70
kernel:  [<ffffffffa02b4373>] extent_readpages+0xc3/0x1a0 [btrfs]
kernel:  [<ffffffff811a16d7>] __do_page_cache_readahead+0x177/0x200
kernel:  [<ffffffff811a18c8>] ondemand_readahead+0x168/0x2a0
kernel:  [<ffffffff8119673f>] generic_file_read_iter+0x41f/0x660
kernel:  [<ffffffff8120e50d>] __vfs_read+0xcd/0x140
kernel:  [<ffffffff8120e9ea>] vfs_read+0x7a/0x120
kernel:  [<ffffffff8121404b>] kernel_read+0x3b/0x50
kernel:  [<ffffffff81215c80>] do_execveat_common.isra.29+0x490/0x6f0
kernel:  [<ffffffff81215f08>] do_execve+0x28/0x30
kernel:  [<ffffffff81095ddb>] call_usermodehelper_exec_async+0xfb/0x130
kernel:  [<ffffffff8161c045>] ret_from_fork+0x55/0x80

And that latter confuses the hotremove path because an LRU page is
attempted to be migrated and that fails due to an elevated reference
count.  It is quite possible that the reuse of the HWPoisoned page is some
kind of fixed race condition but I am not really sure about that.

With the upstream kernel the failure is slightly different.  The page
doesn't seem to have LRU bit set but isolate_movable_page simply fails and
do_migrate_range simply puts all the isolated pages back to LRU and
therefore no progress is made and scan_movable_pages finds same set of
pages over and over again.

Fix both cases by explicitly checking HWPoisoned pages before we even try
to get reference on the page, try to unmap it if it is still mapped.  As
explained by Naoya:

: Hwpoison code never unmapped those for no big reason because
: Ksm pages never dominate memory, so we simply didn't have strong
: motivation to save the pages.

Also put WARN_ON(PageLRU) in case there is a race and we can hit LRU
HWPoison pages which shouldn't happen but I couldn't convince myself about
that.  Naoya has noted the following:

: Theoretically no such gurantee, because try_to_unmap() doesn't have a
: guarantee of success and then memory_failure() returns immediately
: when hwpoison_user_mappings fails.
: Or the following code (comes after hwpoison_user_mappings block) also impli=
: es
: that the target page can still have PageLRU flag.
:
:         /*
:          * Torn down by someone else?
:          */
:         if (PageLRU(p) && !PageSwapCache(p) && p->mapping =3D=3D NULL) {
:                 action_result(pfn, MF_MSG_TRUNCATED_LRU, MF_IGNORED);
:                 res =3D -EBUSY;
:                 goto out;
:         }
:
: So I think it's OK to keep "if (WARN_ON(PageLRU(page)))" block in
: current version of your patch.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20181206120135.14079-1-mhocko@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Reviewed-by: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@suse.com>
Debugged-by: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@suse.com>
Tested-by: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@suse.com>
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@ah.jp.nec.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2018-12-28 12:11:50 -08:00
..
kasan mm: convert totalram_pages and totalhigh_pages variables to atomic 2018-12-28 12:11:47 -08:00
backing-dev.c blkcg: delay blkg destruction until after writeback has finished 2018-08-31 14:48:56 -06:00
balloon_compaction.c virtio_balloon: fix deadlock on OOM 2017-11-14 23:57:38 +02:00
cleancache.c mm: use octal not symbolic permissions 2018-06-15 07:55:25 +09:00
cma_debug.c mm/cma: remove unsupported gfp_mask parameter from cma_alloc() 2018-08-17 16:20:32 -07:00
cma.c kasan, mm, arm64: tag non slab memory allocated via pagealloc 2018-12-28 12:11:44 -08:00
cma.h License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
compaction.c mm: move zone watermark accesses behind an accessor 2018-12-28 12:11:48 -08:00
debug_page_ref.c License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
debug.c mm/debug.c: make "migrate_reason_names[]" const char * 2018-12-28 12:11:48 -08:00
dmapool.c mm: use octal not symbolic permissions 2018-06-15 07:55:25 +09:00
early_ioremap.c mm/early_ioremap: Fix boot hang with earlyprintk=efi,keep 2017-12-11 14:54:44 +01:00
fadvise.c vfs: implement readahead(2) using POSIX_FADV_WILLNEED 2018-08-30 20:01:32 +02:00
failslab.c mm: use octal not symbolic permissions 2018-06-15 07:55:25 +09:00
filemap.c mm/filemap.c: remove useless check in pagecache_get_page() 2018-12-28 12:11:50 -08:00
frame_vector.c mm/frame_vector.c: release a semaphore in 'get_vaddr_frames()' 2017-12-14 16:00:48 -08:00
frontswap.c mm: use octal not symbolic permissions 2018-06-15 07:55:25 +09:00
gup_benchmark.c mm/gup_benchmark.c: prevent integer overflow in ioctl 2018-10-31 08:54:12 -07:00
gup.c mm/gup: finish consolidating error handling 2018-11-30 14:56:13 -08:00
highmem.c mm: convert totalram_pages and totalhigh_pages variables to atomic 2018-12-28 12:11:47 -08:00
hmm.c mm/hmm.c: remove set but not used variable 'devmem' 2018-12-28 12:11:49 -08:00
huge_memory.c mm: put_and_wait_on_page_locked() while page is migrated 2018-12-28 12:11:48 -08:00
hugetlb_cgroup.c mm: rename page_counter's count/limit into usage/max 2018-06-07 17:34:35 -07:00
hugetlb.c hugetlbfs: call VM_BUG_ON_PAGE earlier in free_huge_page() 2018-12-14 15:05:45 -08:00
hwpoison-inject.c mm/memory_failure: Remove unused trapno from memory_failure 2018-01-23 12:17:42 -06:00
init-mm.c mm: Allocate the mm_cpumask (mm->cpu_bitmap[]) dynamically based on nr_cpu_ids 2018-07-17 09:35:30 +02:00
internal.h mm: use alloc_flags to record if kswapd can wake 2018-12-28 12:11:48 -08:00
interval_tree.c mm/interval_tree.c: use vma_pages() helper 2018-01-31 17:18:37 -08:00
Kconfig ksm: replace jhash2 with xxhash 2018-12-28 12:11:46 -08:00
Kconfig.debug mm: clarify CONFIG_PAGE_POISONING and usage 2018-08-22 10:52:44 -07:00
khugepaged.c Merge branch 'for-mingo' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-rcu into core/rcu 2018-12-04 07:52:30 +01:00
kmemleak-test.c
kmemleak.c mm, kmemleak: little optimization while scanning 2018-12-28 12:11:50 -08:00
ksm.c ksm: replace jhash2 with xxhash 2018-12-28 12:11:46 -08:00
list_lru.c mm/list_lru: introduce list_lru_shrink_walk_irq() 2018-08-17 16:20:32 -07:00
maccess.c x86/fault: BUG() when uaccess helpers fault on kernel addresses 2018-09-03 15:12:09 +02:00
madvise.c Merge branch 'xarray' of git://git.infradead.org/users/willy/linux-dax 2018-10-28 11:35:40 -07:00
Makefile mm: remove nobootmem 2018-10-31 08:54:16 -07:00
memblock.c mm/memblock.c: skip kmemleak for kasan_init() 2018-12-28 12:11:49 -08:00
memcontrol.c mm, oom: add oom victim's memcg to the oom context information 2018-12-28 12:11:48 -08:00
memfd.c memfd: Convert memfd_tag_pins to XArray 2018-10-21 10:46:41 -04:00
memory_hotplug.c hwpoison, memory_hotplug: allow hwpoisoned pages to be offlined 2018-12-28 12:11:50 -08:00
memory-failure.c dax: Fix unlock mismatch with updated API 2018-12-04 21:32:00 -08:00
memory.c mm: Fix warning in insert_pfn() 2018-10-31 08:54:17 -07:00
mempolicy.c Revert "mm, thp: consolidate THP gfp handling into alloc_hugepage_direct_gfpmask" 2018-12-08 10:26:20 -08:00
mempool.c mm/mempool.c: add missing parameter description 2018-08-22 10:52:44 -07:00
memtest.c License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
migrate.c mm: put_and_wait_on_page_locked() while page is migrated 2018-12-28 12:11:48 -08:00
mincore.c xarray: Replace exceptional entries 2018-09-29 22:47:49 -04:00
mlock.c dax: remove VM_MIXEDMAP for fsdax and device dax 2018-08-17 16:20:27 -07:00
mm_init.c mm: convert totalram_pages and totalhigh_pages variables to atomic 2018-12-28 12:11:47 -08:00
mmap.c mm/mmap.c: remove verify_mm_writelocked() 2018-12-28 12:11:47 -08:00
mmu_context.c
mmu_gather.c mm: Replace call_rcu_sched() with call_rcu() 2018-11-27 09:21:46 -08:00
mmu_notifier.c mm/mmu_notifier.c: remove mmu_notifier_synchronize() 2018-12-28 12:11:46 -08:00
mmzone.c License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
mprotect.c x86/speculation/l1tf: Disallow non privileged high MMIO PROT_NONE mappings 2018-06-20 19:10:01 +02:00
mremap.c mm: mremap: downgrade mmap_sem to read when shrinking 2018-10-26 16:26:35 -07:00
msync.c License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
nommu.c mm/gup: cache dev_pagemap while pinning pages 2018-10-26 16:38:15 -07:00
oom_kill.c mm, oom: add oom victim's memcg to the oom context information 2018-12-28 12:11:48 -08:00
page_alloc.c mm/page_alloc.c: drop uneeded __meminit and __meminitdata 2018-12-28 12:11:49 -08:00
page_counter.c memcg: introduce memory.min 2018-06-07 17:34:36 -07:00
page_ext.c mm: remove include/linux/bootmem.h 2018-10-31 08:54:16 -07:00
page_idle.c mm: remove include/linux/bootmem.h 2018-10-31 08:54:16 -07:00
page_io.c for-linus-20181102 2018-11-02 11:25:48 -07:00
page_isolation.c mm: only report isolation failures when offlining memory 2018-12-28 12:11:46 -08:00
page_owner.c mm/page_owner: clamp read count to PAGE_SIZE 2018-12-28 12:11:46 -08:00
page_poison.c virtio, vhost: fixes, tweaks 2018-11-01 14:42:49 -07:00
page_vma_mapped.c mm/rmap: map_pte() was not handling private ZONE_DEVICE page properly 2018-10-31 08:54:11 -07:00
page-writeback.c mm/page-writeback.c: don't break integrity writeback on ->writepage() error 2018-12-28 12:11:49 -08:00
pagewalk.c mm: kernel-doc: add missing parameter descriptions 2018-04-05 21:36:27 -07:00
percpu-internal.h License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
percpu-km.c percpu: allow select gfp to be passed to underlying allocators 2018-02-18 05:33:01 -08:00
percpu-stats.c treewide: Use array_size() in vmalloc() 2018-06-12 16:19:22 -07:00
percpu-vm.c percpu: allow select gfp to be passed to underlying allocators 2018-02-18 05:33:01 -08:00
percpu.c Merge branch 'for-4.20' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dennis/percpu 2018-11-01 09:27:57 -07:00
pgtable-generic.c x86/mm: Page size aware flush_tlb_mm_range() 2018-10-09 16:51:11 +02:00
process_vm_access.c mm: docs: add blank lines to silence sphinx "Unexpected indentation" errors 2018-02-06 18:32:48 -08:00
quicklist.c License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
readahead.c mm/readahead.c: simplify get_next_ra_size() 2018-12-28 12:11:46 -08:00
rmap.c mm/huge_memory: rename freeze_page() to unmap_page() 2018-11-30 14:56:14 -08:00
rodata_test.c mm: fix RODATA_TEST failure "rodata_test: test data was not read only" 2017-10-03 17:54:24 -07:00
shmem.c mm: convert totalram_pages and totalhigh_pages variables to atomic 2018-12-28 12:11:47 -08:00
slab_common.c mm, slab: remove unnecessary unlikely() 2018-12-28 12:11:46 -08:00
slab.c mm: convert totalram_pages and totalhigh_pages variables to atomic 2018-12-28 12:11:47 -08:00
slab.h kasan, mm: change hooks signatures 2018-12-28 12:11:43 -08:00
slob.c slab: __GFP_ZERO is incompatible with a constructor 2018-06-07 17:34:34 -07:00
slub.c mm/slub.c: record final state of slub action in deactivate_slab() 2018-12-28 12:11:46 -08:00
sparse-vmemmap.c mm: remove include/linux/bootmem.h 2018-10-31 08:54:16 -07:00
sparse.c mm, sparse: pass nid instead of pgdat to sparse_add_one_section() 2018-12-28 12:11:49 -08:00
swap_cgroup.c License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
swap_slots.c mm, swap, get_swap_pages: use entry_size instead of cluster in parameter 2018-08-22 10:52:44 -07:00
swap_state.c Merge branch 'xarray' of git://git.infradead.org/users/willy/linux-dax 2018-10-28 11:35:40 -07:00
swap.c mm: convert totalram_pages and totalhigh_pages variables to atomic 2018-12-28 12:11:47 -08:00
swapfile.c mm/swap: use nr_node_ids for avail_lists in swap_info_struct 2018-12-28 12:11:47 -08:00
truncate.c mm: cleancache: fix corruption on missed inode invalidation 2018-11-30 14:56:14 -08:00
usercopy.c usercopy: Allow boot cmdline disabling of hardening 2018-07-04 08:04:52 -07:00
userfaultfd.c userfaultfd: shmem: add i_size checks 2018-11-30 14:56:14 -08:00
util.c mm: convert totalram_pages and totalhigh_pages variables to atomic 2018-12-28 12:11:47 -08:00
vmacache.c mm: get rid of vmacache_flush_all() entirely 2018-09-13 15:18:04 -10:00
vmalloc.c mm: convert totalram_pages and totalhigh_pages variables to atomic 2018-12-28 12:11:47 -08:00
vmpressure.c mm/vmpressure.c: convert to use match_string() helper 2018-06-07 17:34:36 -07:00
vmscan.c mm: put_and_wait_on_page_locked() while page is migrated 2018-12-28 12:11:48 -08:00
vmstat.c mm: convert zone->managed_pages to atomic variable 2018-12-28 12:11:47 -08:00
workingset.c mm: convert totalram_pages and totalhigh_pages variables to atomic 2018-12-28 12:11:47 -08:00
z3fold.c z3fold: fix possible reclaim races 2018-11-18 10:15:09 -08:00
zbud.c mm: docs: fix parameter names mismatch 2018-02-06 18:32:48 -08:00
zpool.c mm/zpool.c: zpool_evictable: fix mismatch in parameter name and kernel-doc 2018-02-21 15:35:43 -08:00
zsmalloc.c mm/zsmalloc.c: fix fall-through annotation 2018-10-26 16:26:35 -07:00
zswap.c mm: convert totalram_pages and totalhigh_pages variables to atomic 2018-12-28 12:11:47 -08:00