On 8/5/19 10:42 AM, Jan Beulich wrote:
> On 02.08.2019 18:16, George Dunlap wrote:
>> Commits ec83f825627 "mm.h: add helper function to test-and-clear
>> _PGC_allocated" (and subsequent fix-up 44a887d021d "mm.h: fix BUG_ON()
>> condition in put_page_alloc_ref()") introduced a BUG_ON() to detect
>> unsafe behavior of callers.
>>
>> Unfortunately this condition still turns out to be too strict.
>> xenheap pages are somewhat "magic": calling free_domheap_pages() on
>> them will not cause free_heap_pages() to be called: whichever part of
>> Xen allocated them specially must call free_xenheap_pages()
>> specifically.  (They'll also be handled appropriately at domain
>> destruction time.)
>>
>> Only crash Xen when put_page_alloc_ref() finds only a single refcount
>> if the page is not a xenheap page.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: George Dunlap <[email protected]>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Jan Beulich <[email protected]>
> albeit with a suggestion:
> 
>> --- a/xen/include/xen/mm.h
>> +++ b/xen/include/xen/mm.h
>> @@ -666,15 +666,20 @@ static inline void 
>> share_xen_page_with_privileged_guests(
>>   static inline void put_page_alloc_ref(struct page_info *page)
>>   {
>>       /*
>> -     * Whenever a page is assigned to a domain then the _PGC_allocated bit
>> -     * is set and the reference count is set to at least 1. This function
>> -     * clears that 'allocation reference' but it is unsafe to do so without
>> -     * the caller holding an additional reference. I.e. the allocation
>> -     * reference must never be the last reference held.
>> +     * Whenever a page is assigned to a domain then the _PGC_allocated
>> +     * bit is set and the reference count is set to at least 1. This
>> +     * function clears that 'allocation reference' but it is unsafe to
>> +     * do so to domheap pages without the caller holding an additional
>> +     * reference. I.e. the allocation reference must never be the last
>> +     * reference held.
>> +     *
>> +     * (It's safe for xenheap pages, because put_page() will not cause
>> +     * them to be freed.)
>>        */
>>       if ( test_and_clear_bit(_PGC_allocated, &page->count_info) )
>>       {
>> -        BUG_ON((page->count_info & PGC_count_mask) <= 1);
>> +        BUG_ON((page->count_info & PGC_count_mask) <= 1 &&
>> +               !(page->count_info & PGC_xen_heap));
> 
> This can be had with a single conditional:
> 
>          BUG_ON((page->count_info & (PGC_xen_heap | PGC_count_mask)) <= 1);

I'll commit this version.  Thanks.

 -George

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