On Tue, 25 Dec 2007, Akinobu Mita wrote:
> The use of get_zeroed_page() with __GFP_HIGHMEM is invalid.
> Use alloc_page() with __GFP_ZERO instead of invalid get_zeroed_page().
>
> (This patch is only compile tested)
>
> Cc: Carsten Otte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Good find! You got me very worried, how this escaped testing before.
Presumed explanation: it hasn't been needed beyond s390, which has no
CONFIG_HIGHMEM; and it has never been tested with CONFIG_DEBUG_VM on.
Acked-by: Hugh Dickins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
But I haven't tested it either: let's wait for Carsten to report.
I believe Nick has changes on the way which will make it possible for
ordinary mortals to test XIP: here's a good argument to bring them on.
May I cross-reference my "prep_zero_page: remove bogus BUG_ON"
09f345da758fca1222b0971b65b2fddbdf78bb83 in 2.6.24-rc: that bogus
(actually VM_)BUG_ON would have stood in the way too, so there's
no point in backporting this without that. But if only non-HIGHMEM
architectures can have been using XIP, a backport is not essential.
Hugh
p.s. Nick's ZERO_PAGE changes, in 2.6.24-rc, actually cancel the need
for a special xip_sparse_page distinct from ZERO_PAGE. But let's not
become dependent on those: keep this doing it the way it does now.
>
> ---
> mm/filemap_xip.c | 9 +++++----
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> Index: 2.6-git/mm/filemap_xip.c
> ===================================================================
> --- 2.6-git.orig/mm/filemap_xip.c
> +++ 2.6-git/mm/filemap_xip.c
> @@ -25,14 +25,15 @@ static struct page *__xip_sparse_page;
> static struct page *xip_sparse_page(void)
> {
> if (!__xip_sparse_page) {
> - unsigned long zeroes = get_zeroed_page(GFP_HIGHUSER);
> - if (zeroes) {
> + struct page *page = alloc_page(GFP_HIGHUSER | __GFP_ZERO);
> +
> + if (page) {
> static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(xip_alloc_lock);
> spin_lock(&xip_alloc_lock);
> if (!__xip_sparse_page)
> - __xip_sparse_page = virt_to_page(zeroes);
> + __xip_sparse_page = page;
> else
> - free_page(zeroes);
> + __free_page(page);
> spin_unlock(&xip_alloc_lock);
> }
> }
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