There are two code paths how page with pmd page table can be freed:
pmd_free() and pmd_free_tlb().
I've missed the second one and didn't add page table destructor call
there. It leads to leak of page->ptl for pmd page tables, if
dynamically allocated page->ptl is in use.
The patch adds the missed destructor and modifies documentation
accordingly.
Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
Reported-by: Andrey Vagin <avagin@openvz.org>
Tested-by: Andrey Vagin <avagin@openvz.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
PMD split lock enabling requires pgtable_pmd_page_ctor() call on PMD table
allocation and pgtable_pmd_page_dtor() on freeing.
-Allocation usually happens in pmd_alloc_one(), freeing in pmd_free(), but
-make sure you cover all PMD table allocation / freeing paths: i.e X86_PAE
-preallocate few PMDs on pgd_alloc().
+Allocation usually happens in pmd_alloc_one(), freeing in pmd_free() and
+pmd_free_tlb(), but make sure you cover all PMD table allocation / freeing
+paths: i.e X86_PAE preallocate few PMDs on pgd_alloc().
With everything in place you can set CONFIG_ARCH_ENABLE_SPLIT_PMD_PTLOCK.
#if PAGETABLE_LEVELS > 2
void ___pmd_free_tlb(struct mmu_gather *tlb, pmd_t *pmd)
{
+ struct page *page = virt_to_page(pmd);
paravirt_release_pmd(__pa(pmd) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
/*
* NOTE! For PAE, any changes to the top page-directory-pointer-table
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_PAE
tlb->need_flush_all = 1;
#endif
- tlb_remove_page(tlb, virt_to_page(pmd));
+ pgtable_pmd_page_dtor(page);
+ tlb_remove_page(tlb, page);
}
#if PAGETABLE_LEVELS > 3