Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 20 Nov 2023 09:57:06 +0100 | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/3] mm/memory_hotplug: fix error handling in add_memory_resource() | From | David Hildenbrand <> |
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On 20.11.23 08:23, Sumanth Korikkar wrote: > In add_memory_resource(), creation of memory block devices occurs after > successful call to arch_add_memory(). However, creation of memory block > devices could fail. In that case, arch_remove_memory() is called to > perform necessary cleanup. > > Currently with or without altmap support, arch_remove_memory() is always > passed with altmap set to NULL during error handling. This leads to > freeing of struct pages using free_pages(), eventhough the allocation > might have been performed with altmap support via > altmap_alloc_block_buf(). > > Fix the error handling by passing altmap in arch_remove_memory(). This > ensures the following: > * When altmap is disabled, deallocation of the struct pages array occurs > via free_pages(). > * When altmap is enabled, deallocation occurs via vmem_altmap_free(). > > Fixes: a08a2ae34613 ("mm,memory_hotplug: allocate memmap from the added memory range") > Reviewed-by: Gerald Schaefer <gerald.schaefer@linux.ibm.com> > Signed-off-by: Sumanth Korikkar <sumanthk@linux.ibm.com> > --- > mm/memory_hotplug.c | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c > index c8238fc5edcb..4f476a970e84 100644 > --- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c > +++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c > @@ -1458,7 +1458,7 @@ int __ref add_memory_resource(int nid, struct resource *res, mhp_t mhp_flags) > /* create memory block devices after memory was added */ > ret = create_memory_block_devices(start, size, params.altmap, group); > if (ret) { > - arch_remove_memory(start, size, NULL); > + arch_remove_memory(start, size, params.altmap); > goto error_free; > } >
We should likely CC stable on this one
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
-- Cheers,
David / dhildenb
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