On Wed, 14 Feb 2018 22:17:34 +0800
Jason Wang <jasow...@redhat.com> wrote:
> There're several implications after commit 0bf7800f1799 ("ptr_ring:
> try vmalloc() when kmalloc() fails") with the using of vmalloc() since
> can't allow GFP_ATOMIC but mandate GFP_KERNEL. This will lead a WARN
> since cpumap try to call with GFP_ATOMIC. Fortunately, entry
> allocation of cpumap can only be done through syscall path which means
> GFP_ATOMIC is not necessary, so fixing this by replacing GFP_ATOMIC
> with GFP_KERNEL.
>
> Reported-by: syzbot+1a240cdb1f4cc8881...@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
> Fixes: 0bf7800f1799 ("ptr_ring: try vmalloc() when kmalloc() fails")
> Cc: Michal Hocko <mho...@kernel.org>
> Cc: Daniel Borkmann <dan...@iogearbox.net>
> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <wi...@infradead.org>
> Cc: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <bro...@redhat.com>
> Cc: a...@linux-foundation.org
> Cc: dhowe...@redhat.com
> Cc: han...@cmpxchg.org
> Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasow...@redhat.com>
> ---
> kernel/bpf/cpumap.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
Acked-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <bro...@redhat.com>
> diff --git a/kernel/bpf/cpumap.c b/kernel/bpf/cpumap.c
> index fbfdada6..a4bb0b3 100644
> --- a/kernel/bpf/cpumap.c
> +++ b/kernel/bpf/cpumap.c
> @@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ static int cpu_map_kthread_run(void *data)
> static struct bpf_cpu_map_entry *__cpu_map_entry_alloc(u32 qsize, u32 cpu,
> int map_id)
> {
> - gfp_t gfp = GFP_ATOMIC|__GFP_NOWARN;
> + gfp_t gfp = GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN;
> struct bpf_cpu_map_entry *rcpu;
> int numa, err;
>
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Best regards,
Jesper Dangaard Brouer
MSc.CS, Principal Kernel Engineer at Red Hat
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/brouer
