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| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/page-flags.h | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/util.c | 40 |
2 files changed, 50 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/page-flags.h b/include/linux/page-flags.h index 613295588848..3e7e616067fc 100644 --- a/include/linux/page-flags.h +++ b/include/linux/page-flags.h @@ -769,9 +769,19 @@ PAGE_TYPE_OPS(Buddy, buddy) * relies on this feature is aware that re-onlining the memory block will * require to re-set the pages PageOffline() and not giving them to the * buddy via online_page_callback_t. + * + * There are drivers that mark a page PageOffline() and expect there won't be + * any further access to page content. PFN walkers that read content of random + * pages should check PageOffline() and synchronize with such drivers using + * page_offline_freeze()/page_offline_thaw(). */ PAGE_TYPE_OPS(Offline, offline) +extern void page_offline_freeze(void); +extern void page_offline_thaw(void); +extern void page_offline_begin(void); +extern void page_offline_end(void); + /* * Marks pages in use as page tables. */ diff --git a/mm/util.c b/mm/util.c index a8bf17f18a81..a034525e7ba2 100644 --- a/mm/util.c +++ b/mm/util.c @@ -1010,3 +1010,43 @@ void mem_dump_obj(void *object) } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mem_dump_obj); #endif + +/* + * A driver might set a page logically offline -- PageOffline() -- and + * turn the page inaccessible in the hypervisor; after that, access to page + * content can be fatal. + * + * Some special PFN walkers -- i.e., /proc/kcore -- read content of random + * pages after checking PageOffline(); however, these PFN walkers can race + * with drivers that set PageOffline(). + * + * page_offline_freeze()/page_offline_thaw() allows for a subsystem to + * synchronize with such drivers, achieving that a page cannot be set + * PageOffline() while frozen. + * + * page_offline_begin()/page_offline_end() is used by drivers that care about + * such races when setting a page PageOffline(). + */ +static DECLARE_RWSEM(page_offline_rwsem); + +void page_offline_freeze(void) +{ + down_read(&page_offline_rwsem); +} + +void page_offline_thaw(void) +{ + up_read(&page_offline_rwsem); +} + +void page_offline_begin(void) +{ + down_write(&page_offline_rwsem); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(page_offline_begin); + +void page_offline_end(void) +{ + up_write(&page_offline_rwsem); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(page_offline_end); |