fs/proc/vmcore.c:mmap_vmcore: skip non-ram pages reported by hypervisors
We have a special check in read_vmcore() handler to check if the page was reported as ram or not by the hypervisor (pfn_is_ram()). However, when vmcore is read with mmap() no such check is performed. That can lead to unpredictable results, e.g. when running Xen PVHVM guest memcpy() after mmap() on /proc/vmcore will hang processing HVMMEM_mmio_dm pages creating enormous load in both DomU and Dom0. Fix the issue by mapping each non-ram page to the zero page. Keep direct path with remap_oldmem_pfn_range() to avoid looping through all pages on bare metal. The issue can also be solved by overriding remap_oldmem_pfn_range() in xen-specific code, as remap_oldmem_pfn_range() was been designed for. That, however, would involve non-obvious xen code path for all x86 builds with CONFIG_XEN_PVHVM=y and would prevent all other hypervisor-specific code on x86 arch from doing the same override. [fengguang.wu@intel.com: remap_oldmem_pfn_checked() can be static] [akpm@linux-foundation.org: clean up layout] Signed-off-by: NVitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: NAndrew Jones <drjones@redhat.com> Cc: Michael Holzheu <holzheu@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Acked-by: NVivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com> Cc: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@citrix.com> Signed-off-by: NFengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@intel.com> Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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