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2009-09-16Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/pcmcia-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/pcmcia-2.6: pcmcia: document return value of pcmcia_loop_config pcmcia: dtl1_cs: fix pcmcia_loop_config logic pcmcia: drop non-existant includes pcmcia: disable prefetch/burst for OZ6933 pcmcia: fix incorrect argument order to list_add_tail() pcmcia: drivers/pcmcia/pcmcia_resource.c: Remove unnecessary semicolons pcmcia: Use phys_addr_t for physical addresses pcmcia: drivers/pcmcia: Make static
2009-09-16Merge branch 'linux-next' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jbarnes/pci-2.6 * 'linux-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jbarnes/pci-2.6: (75 commits) PCI hotplug: clean up acpi_run_hpp() PCI hotplug: acpiphp: use generic pci_configure_slot() PCI hotplug: shpchp: use generic pci_configure_slot() PCI hotplug: pciehp: use generic pci_configure_slot() PCI hotplug: add pci_configure_slot() PCI hotplug: clean up acpi_get_hp_params_from_firmware() interface PCI hotplug: acpiphp: don't cache hotplug_params in acpiphp_bridge PCI hotplug: acpiphp: remove superfluous _HPP/_HPX evaluation PCI: Clear saved_state after the state has been restored PCI PM: Return error codes from pci_pm_resume() PCI: use dev_printk in quirk messages PCI / PCIe portdrv: Fix pcie_portdrv_slot_reset() PCI Hotplug: convert acpi_pci_detect_ejectable() to take an acpi_handle PCI Hotplug: acpiphp: find bridges the easy way PCI: pcie portdrv: remove unused variable PCI / ACPI PM: Propagate wake-up enable for devices w/o ACPI support ACPI PM: Replace wakeup.prepared with reference counter PCI PM: Introduce device flag wakeup_prepared PCI / ACPI PM: Rework some debug messages PCI PM: Simplify PCI wake-up code ... Fixed up conflict in arch/powerpc/kernel/pci_64.c due to OF device tree scanning having been moved and merged for the 32- and 64-bit cases. The 'needs_freset' initialization added in 6e19314cc ("PCI/powerpc: support PCIe fundamental reset") is now in arch/powerpc/kernel/pci_of_scan.c.
2009-09-16Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-blockLinus Torvalds
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block: block: fix linkage problem with blk_iopoll and !CONFIG_BLOCK
2009-09-16Merge branch 'writeback' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-blockLinus Torvalds
* 'writeback' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block: writeback: fix possible bdi writeback refcounting problem writeback: Fix bdi use after free in wb_work_complete() writeback: improve scalability of bdi writeback work queues writeback: remove smp_mb(), it's not needed with list_add_tail_rcu() writeback: use schedule_timeout_interruptible() writeback: add comments to bdi_work structure writeback: splice dirty inode entries to default bdi on bdi_destroy() writeback: separate starting of sync vs opportunistic writeback writeback: inline allocation failure handling in bdi_alloc_queue_work() writeback: use RCU to protect bdi_list writeback: only use bdi_writeback_all() for WB_SYNC_NONE writeout fs: Assign bdi in super_block writeback: make wb_writeback() take an argument structure writeback: merely wakeup flusher thread if work allocation fails for WB_SYNC_NONE writeback: get rid of wbc->for_writepages fs: remove bdev->bd_inode_backing_dev_info
2009-09-16sched: Disable wakeup balancingPeter Zijlstra
Sysbench thinks SD_BALANCE_WAKE is too agressive and kbuild doesn't really mind too much, SD_BALANCE_NEWIDLE picks up most of the slack. On a dual socket, quad core, dual thread nehalem system: sysbench (--num_threads=16): SD_BALANCE_WAKE-: 13982 tx/s SD_BALANCE_WAKE+: 15688 tx/s kbuild (-j16): SD_BALANCE_WAKE-: 47.648295846 seconds time elapsed ( +- 0.312% ) SD_BALANCE_WAKE+: 47.608607360 seconds time elapsed ( +- 0.026% ) (same within noise) Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-09-16sched: Rename flags to wake_flagsPeter Zijlstra
For consistencies sake, rename the argument (again). Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-09-16sched: Clean up the load_idx selection in select_task_rq_fairPeter Zijlstra
Clean up the code a little. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-09-16sched: Optimize cgroup vs wakeup a bitPeter Zijlstra
We don't need to call update_shares() for each domain we iterate, just got the largets one. However, we should call it before wake_affine() as well, so that that can use up-to-date values too. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-09-16perf sched: Add 'perf sched map' scheduling event map printoutIngo Molnar
This prints a textual context-switching outline of workload captured via perf sched record. For example, on a 16 CPU box it outputs: N1 O1 . . . S1 . . . B0 . *I0 C1 . M1 . 23002.773423 secs N1 O1 . *Q0 . S1 . . . B0 . I0 C1 . M1 . 23002.773423 secs N1 O1 . Q0 . S1 . . . B0 . *R1 C1 . M1 . 23002.773485 secs N1 O1 . Q0 . S1 . *S0 . B0 . R1 C1 . M1 . 23002.773478 secs *L0 O1 . Q0 . S1 . S0 . B0 . R1 C1 . M1 . 23002.773523 secs L0 O1 . *. . S1 . S0 . B0 . R1 C1 . M1 . 23002.773531 secs L0 O1 . . . S1 . S0 . B0 . R1 C1 *T1 M1 . 23002.773547 secs T1 => irqbalance:2089 L0 O1 . . . S1 . S0 . *P0 . R1 C1 T1 M1 . 23002.773549 secs *N1 O1 . . . S1 . S0 . P0 . R1 C1 T1 M1 . 23002.773566 secs N1 O1 . . . *J0 . S0 . P0 . R1 C1 T1 M1 . 23002.773571 secs N1 O1 . . . J0 . S0 *B0 P0 . R1 C1 T1 M1 . 23002.773592 secs N1 O1 . . . J0 . *U0 B0 P0 . R1 C1 T1 M1 . 23002.773582 secs N1 O1 . . . *S1 . U0 B0 P0 . R1 C1 T1 M1 . 23002.773604 secs N1 O1 . . . S1 . U0 B0 *. . R1 C1 T1 M1 . 23002.773615 secs N1 O1 . . . S1 . U0 B0 . . *K0 C1 T1 M1 . 23002.773631 secs N1 O1 . *M0 . S1 . U0 B0 . . K0 C1 T1 M1 . 23002.773624 secs N1 O1 . M0 . S1 . U0 *. . . K0 C1 T1 M1 . 23002.773644 secs N1 O1 . M0 . S1 . U0 . . . *R1 C1 T1 M1 . 23002.773662 secs N1 O1 . M0 . S1 . *. . . . R1 C1 T1 M1 . 23002.773648 secs N1 O1 . *. . S1 . . . . . R1 C1 T1 M1 . 23002.773680 secs N1 O1 . . . *L0 . . . . . R1 C1 T1 M1 . 23002.773717 secs *N0 O1 . . . L0 . . . . . R1 C1 T1 M1 . 23002.773709 secs *N1 O1 . . . L0 . . . . . R1 C1 T1 M1 . 23002.773747 secs Columns stand for individual CPUs, from CPU0 to CPU15, and the two-letter shortcuts stand for tasks that are running on a CPU. '*' denotes the CPU that had the event. A dot signals an idle CPU. New tasks are assigned new two-letter shortcuts - when they occur first they are printed. In the above example 'T1' stood for irqbalance: T1 => irqbalance:2089 Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-09-16writeback: fix possible bdi writeback refcounting problemNick Piggin
wb_clear_pending AFAIKS should not be called after the item has been put on the list, except by the worker threads. It could lead to the situation where the refcount is decremented below 0 and cause lots of problems. Presumably the !wb_has_dirty_io case is not a common one, so it can be discovered when the thread wakes up to check? Also add a comment in bdi_work_clear. Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2009-09-16writeback: Fix bdi use after free in wb_work_complete()Nick Piggin
By the time bdi_work_on_stack gets evaluated again in bdi_work_free, it can already have been deallocated and used for something else in the !on stack case, giving a false positive in this test and causing corruption. Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2009-09-16writeback: improve scalability of bdi writeback work queuesNick Piggin
If you're going to do an atomic RMW on each list entry, there's not much point in all the RCU complexities of the list walking. This is only going to help the multi-thread case I guess, but it doesn't hurt to do now. Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2009-09-16writeback: remove smp_mb(), it's not needed with list_add_tail_rcu()Nick Piggin
list_add_tail_rcu contains required barriers. Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2009-09-16writeback: use schedule_timeout_interruptible()Jens Axboe
Gets rid of a manual set_current_state(). Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2009-09-16writeback: add comments to bdi_work structureJens Axboe
And document its retriever, get_next_work_item(). Acked-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2009-09-16writeback: splice dirty inode entries to default bdi on bdi_destroy()Jens Axboe
We cannot safely ensure that the inodes are all gone at this point in time, and we must not destroy this bdi with inodes having off it. So just splice our entries to the default bdi since that one will always persist. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2009-09-16writeback: separate starting of sync vs opportunistic writebackJens Axboe
bdi_start_writeback() is currently split into two paths, one for WB_SYNC_NONE and one for WB_SYNC_ALL. Add bdi_sync_writeback() for WB_SYNC_ALL writeback and let bdi_start_writeback() handle only WB_SYNC_NONE. Push down the writeback_control allocation and only accept the parameters that make sense for each function. This cleans up the API considerably. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2009-09-16writeback: inline allocation failure handling in bdi_alloc_queue_work()Jens Axboe
This gets rid of work == NULL in bdi_queue_work() and puts the OOM handling where it belongs. Acked-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2009-09-16writeback: use RCU to protect bdi_listJens Axboe
Now that bdi_writeback_all() no longer handles integrity writeback, it doesn't have to block anymore. This means that we can switch bdi_list reader side protection to RCU. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2009-09-16writeback: only use bdi_writeback_all() for WB_SYNC_NONE writeoutJens Axboe
Data integrity writeback must use bdi_start_writeback() and ensure that wbc->sb and wbc->bdi are set. Acked-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2009-09-16fs: Assign bdi in super_blockJens Axboe
We do this automatically in get_sb_bdev() from the set_bdev_super() callback. Filesystems that have their own private backing_dev_info must assign that in ->fill_super(). Note that ->s_bdi assignment is required for proper writeback! Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2009-09-16writeback: make wb_writeback() take an argument structureJens Axboe
We need to be able to pass in range_cyclic as well, so instead of growing yet another argument, split the arguments into a struct wb_writeback_args structure that we can use internally. Also makes it easier to just copy all members to an on-stack struct, since we can't access work after clearing the pending bit. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2009-09-16writeback: merely wakeup flusher thread if work allocation fails for ↵Christoph Hellwig
WB_SYNC_NONE Since it's an opportunistic writeback and not a data integrity action, don't punt to blocking writeback. Just wakeup the thread and it will flush old data. Acked-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2009-09-16writeback: get rid of wbc->for_writepagesJens Axboe
It's only set, it's never checked. Kill it. Acked-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2009-09-16fs: remove bdev->bd_inode_backing_dev_infoJens Axboe
It has been unused since it was introduced in: commit 520808bf20e90fdbdb320264ba7dd5cf9d47dcac Author: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Date: Fri May 21 00:46:17 2004 -0700 [PATCH] block device layer: separate backing_dev_info infrastructure So lets just kill it. Acked-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2009-09-16tracing: Fix minor bugs for __unregister_ftrace_function_probeAtsushi Tsuji
Fix the condition of strcmp for "*". Also fix NULL pointer dereference when glob is NULL. Signed-off-by: Atsushi Tsuji <a-tsuji@bk.jp.nec.com> LKML-Reference: <4AAF6726.5090905@bk.jp.nec.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2009-09-16x86: Move get/set_wallclock to x86_platform_opsFeng Tang
get/set_wallclock() have already a set of platform dependent implementations (default, EFI, paravirt). MRST will add another variant. Moving them to platform ops simplifies the existing code and minimizes the effort to integrate new variants. Signed-off-by: Feng Tang <feng.tang@intel.com> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2009-09-16fuse: add fusectl interface to max_backgroundCsaba Henk
Make the max_background and congestion_threshold parameters of a FUSE mount tunable at runtime by adding the respective knobs to its directory within the fusectl filesystem. Signed-off-by: Csaba Henk <csaba@gluster.com> Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@suse.cz>
2009-09-16fuse: limit user-specified values of max background requestsCsaba Henk
An untrusted user could DoS the system if s/he were allowed to accumulate an arbitrary number of pending background requests by setting the above limits to extremely high values in INIT. This patch excludes this possibility by imposing global upper limits on the possible values of per-mount "max background requests" and "congestion threshold" parameters for unprivileged FUSE filesystems. These global limits are implemented as module parameters. Signed-off-by: Csaba Henk <csaba@gluster.com> Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@suse.cz>
2009-09-16fuse: use drop_nlink() instead of direct nlink manipulationCsaba Henk
drop_nlink() is the API function to decrease the link count of an inode. However, at a place the control filesystem used the decrement operator on i_nlink directly. Fix this. Cc: Anand Avati <avati@gluster.com> Signed-off-by: Csaba Henk <csaba@gluster.com> Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@suse.cz>
2009-09-16amd64_edac: check NB MCE bank enable on the current node properlyBorislav Petkov
The old code was using smp_call_function_many which skips the current cpu if it is in the supplied cpumask. Switch to the rdmsr_on_cpus() interface which takes care of that. In addition, add get_cpus_on_this_dct_cpumask helper which computes a cpumask of all the cores on a node and thus on a DCT. Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@amd.com>
2009-09-16amd64_edac: Rewrite unganged mode code of f10_early_channel_countWan Wei
Simplify the procedure by checking if there is any DIMM in each channel. This patch will fix the bugs such as when there is no DIMMs under certain node, two DIMMs in the same channel, and only one DIMM in each channel of the node. Borislav: minor fixups Signed-off-by: Wan Wei <wanwei@mail.dawning.com.cn> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@amd.com>
2009-09-16amd64_edac: cleanup amd64_check_ecc_enabledBorislav Petkov
Simplify code flow and make sure return value is always valid since further driver init depends on it. Carve out long warning string and make code more readable. Shorten some names, while at it. There should be no functional change resulting from this patch. Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@amd.com>
2009-09-16perf sched: Make idle thread and comm/pid names more consistentIngo Molnar
Peter noticed that we have 3 ways of referring to the idle thread: [idle]:0 swapper:0 swapper-0 Standardize on 'swapper:0'. Reported-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-09-16perf sched: Sanity check context switch eventsIngo Molnar
Use 'perf sched latency' to track the current task based on context-switch events, and flag the cases where there's some impossible transition: such as a PID being switched out that was not switched in. Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-09-16HWPOISON: Enable error_remove_page on btrfsAndi Kleen
Cc: chris.mason@oracle.com Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
2009-09-16HWPOISON: Add simple debugfs interface to inject hwpoison on arbitary PFNsAndi Kleen
Useful for some testing scenarios, although specific testing is often done better through MADV_POISON This can be done with the x86 level MCE injector too, but this interface allows it to do independently from low level x86 changes. v2: Add module license (Haicheng Li) Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
2009-09-16HWPOISON: Add madvise() based injector for hardware poisoned pages v4Andi Kleen
Impact: optional, useful for debugging Add a new madvice sub command to inject poison for some pages in a process' address space. This is useful for testing the poison page handling. This patch can allow root to tie up large amounts of memory. I got feedback from container developers and they didn't see any problem. v2: Use write flag for get_user_pages to make sure to always get a fresh page v3: Don't request write mapping (Fengguang Wu) v4: Move MADV_* number to avoid conflict with KSM (Hugh Dickins) Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
2009-09-16HWPOISON: Enable error_remove_page for NFSAndi Kleen
Enable hardware memory error handling for NFS Truncation of data pages at runtime should be safe in NFS, even when it doesn't support migration so far. Trond tells me migration is also queued up for 2.6.32. Acked-by: Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
2009-09-16HWPOISON: Enable .remove_error_page for migration aware file systemsAndi Kleen
Enable removing of corrupted pages through truncation for a bunch of file systems: ext*, xfs, gfs2, ocfs2, ntfs These should cover most server needs. I chose the set of migration aware file systems for this for now, assuming they have been especially audited. But in general it should be safe for all file systems on the data area that support read/write and truncate. Caveat: the hardware error handler does not take i_mutex for now before calling the truncate function. Is that ok? Cc: tytso@mit.edu Cc: hch@infradead.org Cc: mfasheh@suse.com Cc: aia21@cantab.net Cc: hugh.dickins@tiscali.co.uk Cc: swhiteho@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
2009-09-16HWPOISON: The high level memory error handler in the VM v7Andi Kleen
Add the high level memory handler that poisons pages that got corrupted by hardware (typically by a two bit flip in a DIMM or a cache) on the Linux level. The goal is to prevent everyone from accessing these pages in the future. This done at the VM level by marking a page hwpoisoned and doing the appropriate action based on the type of page it is. The code that does this is portable and lives in mm/memory-failure.c To quote the overview comment: High level machine check handler. Handles pages reported by the hardware as being corrupted usually due to a 2bit ECC memory or cache failure. This focuses on pages detected as corrupted in the background. When the current CPU tries to consume corruption the currently running process can just be killed directly instead. This implies that if the error cannot be handled for some reason it's safe to just ignore it because no corruption has been consumed yet. Instead when that happens another machine check will happen. Handles page cache pages in various states. The tricky part here is that we can access any page asynchronous to other VM users, because memory failures could happen anytime and anywhere, possibly violating some of their assumptions. This is why this code has to be extremely careful. Generally it tries to use normal locking rules, as in get the standard locks, even if that means the error handling takes potentially a long time. Some of the operations here are somewhat inefficient and have non linear algorithmic complexity, because the data structures have not been optimized for this case. This is in particular the case for the mapping from a vma to a process. Since this case is expected to be rare we hope we can get away with this. There are in principle two strategies to kill processes on poison: - just unmap the data and wait for an actual reference before killing - kill as soon as corruption is detected. Both have advantages and disadvantages and should be used in different situations. Right now both are implemented and can be switched with a new sysctl vm.memory_failure_early_kill The default is early kill. The patch does some rmap data structure walking on its own to collect processes to kill. This is unusual because normally all rmap data structure knowledge is in rmap.c only. I put it here for now to keep everything together and rmap knowledge has been seeping out anyways Includes contributions from Johannes Weiner, Chris Mason, Fengguang Wu, Nick Piggin (who did a lot of great work) and others. Cc: npiggin@suse.de Cc: riel@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Hidehiro Kawai <hidehiro.kawai.ez@hitachi.com>
2009-09-16HWPOISON: Add PR_MCE_KILL prctl to control early kill behaviour per processAndi Kleen
This allows processes to override their early/late kill behaviour on hardware memory errors. Typically applications which are memory error aware is better of with early kill (see the error as soon as possible), all others with late kill (only see the error when the error is really impacting execution) There's a global sysctl, but this way an application can set its specific policy. We're using two bits, one to signify that the process stated its intention and that I also made the prctl future proof by enforcing the unused arguments are 0. The state is inherited to children. Note this makes us officially run out of process flags on 32bit, but the next patch can easily add another field. Manpage patch will be supplied separately. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
2009-09-16HWPOISON: shmem: call set_page_dirty() with locked pageWu Fengguang
The dirtying of page and set_page_dirty() can be moved into the page lock. - In shmem_write_end(), the page was dirtied while the page lock was held, but it's being marked dirty just after dropping the page lock. - In shmem_symlink(), both dirtying and marking can be moved into page lock. It's valuable for the hwpoison code to know whether one bad page can be dropped without losing data. It mainly judges by testing the PG_dirty bit after taking the page lock. So it becomes important that the dirtying of page and the marking of dirtiness are both done inside the page lock. Which is a common practice, but sadly not a rule. The noticeable exceptions are - mapped pages - pages with buffer_heads The above pages could go dirty at any time. Fortunately the hwpoison will unmap the page and release the buffer_heads beforehand anyway. Many other types of pages (eg. metadata pages) can also be dirtied at will by their owners, the hwpoison code cannot do meaningful things to them anyway. Only the dirtiness of pagecache pages owned by regular files are interested. v2: AK: Add comment about set_page_dirty rules (suggested by Peter Zijlstra) Acked-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@tiscali.co.uk> Reviewed-by: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
2009-09-16HWPOISON: Define a new error_remove_page address space op for async truncationAndi Kleen
Truncating metadata pages is not safe right now before we haven't audited all file systems. To enable truncation only for data address space define a new address_space callback error_remove_page. This is used for memory_failure.c memory error handling. This can be then set to truncate_inode_page() This patch just defines the new operation and adds documentation. Callers and users come in followon patches. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
2009-09-16HWPOISON: Add invalidate_inode_pageWu Fengguang
Add a simple way to invalidate a single page This is just a refactoring of the truncate.c code. Originally from Fengguang, modified by Andi Kleen. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
2009-09-16HWPOISON: Refactor truncate to allow direct truncating of page v2Nick Piggin
Extract out truncate_inode_page() out of the truncate path so that it can be used by memory-failure.c [AK: description, headers, fix typos] v2: Some white space changes from Fengguang Wu Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
2009-09-16HWPOISON: check and isolate corrupted free pages v2Wu Fengguang
If memory corruption hits the free buddy pages, we can safely ignore them. No one will access them until page allocation time, then prep_new_page() will automatically check and isolate PG_hwpoison page for us (for 0-order allocation). This patch expands prep_new_page() to check every component page in a high order page allocation, in order to completely stop PG_hwpoison pages from being recirculated. Note that the common case -- only allocating a single page, doesn't do any more work than before. Allocating > order 0 does a bit more work, but that's relatively uncommon. This simple implementation may drop some innocent neighbor pages, hopefully it is not a big problem because the event should be rare enough. This patch adds some runtime costs to high order page users. [AK: Improved description] v2: Andi Kleen: Port to -mm code Move check into separate function. Don't dump stack in bad_pages for hwpoisoned pages. Signed-off-by: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
2009-09-16HWPOISON: Handle hardware poisoned pages in try_to_unmapAndi Kleen
When a page has the poison bit set replace the PTE with a poison entry. This causes the right error handling to be done later when a process runs into it. v2: add a new flag to not do that (needed for the memory-failure handler later) (Fengguang) v3: remove unnecessary is_migration_entry() test (Fengguang, Minchan) Reviewed-by: Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
2009-09-16HWPOISON: Use bitmask/action code for try_to_unmap behaviourAndi Kleen
try_to_unmap currently has multiple modi (migration, munlock, normal unmap) which are selected by magic flag variables. The logic is not very straight forward, because each of these flag change multiple behaviours (e.g. migration turns off aging, not only sets up migration ptes etc.) Also the different flags interact in magic ways. A later patch in this series adds another mode to try_to_unmap, so this becomes quickly unmanageable. Replace the different flags with a action code (migration, munlock, munmap) and some additional flags as modifiers (ignore mlock, ignore aging). This makes the logic more straight forward and allows easier extension to new behaviours. Change all the caller to declare what they want to do. This patch is supposed to be a nop in behaviour. If anyone can prove it is not that would be a bug. Cc: Lee.Schermerhorn@hp.com Cc: npiggin@suse.de Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
2009-09-16HWPOISON: x86: Add VM_FAULT_HWPOISON handling to x86 page fault handler v2Andi Kleen
Add VM_FAULT_HWPOISON handling to the x86 page fault handler. This is very similar to VM_FAULT_OOM, the only difference is that a different si_code is passed to user space and the new addr_lsb field is initialized. v2: Make the printk more verbose/unique Cc: x86@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>