mm/memcontrol: fix OOPS inside mem_cgroup_get_nr_swap_pages()

Prabhakar reported an OOPS inside mem_cgroup_get_nr_swap_pages()
function in a corner case seen on some arm64 boards when kdump kernel
runs with "cgroup_disable=memory" passed to the kdump kernel via
bootargs.

The root-cause behind the same is that currently mem_cgroup_swap_init()
function is implemented as a subsys_initcall() call instead of a
core_initcall(), this means 'cgroup_memory_noswap' still remains set to
the default value (false) even when memcg is disabled via
"cgroup_disable=memory" boot parameter.

This may result in premature OOPS inside mem_cgroup_get_nr_swap_pages()
function in corner cases:

  Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000188
  Mem abort info:
    ESR = 0x96000006
    EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
    SET = 0, FnV = 0
    EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
  Data abort info:
    ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000006
    CM = 0, WnR = 0
  [0000000000000188] user address but active_mm is swapper
  Internal error: Oops: 96000006 [#1] SMP
  Modules linked in:
  <..snip..>
  Call trace:
    mem_cgroup_get_nr_swap_pages+0x9c/0xf4
    shrink_lruvec+0x404/0x4f8
    shrink_node+0x1a8/0x688
    do_try_to_free_pages+0xe8/0x448
    try_to_free_pages+0x110/0x230
    __alloc_pages_slowpath.constprop.106+0x2b8/0xb48
    __alloc_pages_nodemask+0x2ac/0x2f8
    alloc_page_interleave+0x20/0x90
    alloc_pages_current+0xdc/0xf8
    atomic_pool_expand+0x60/0x210
    __dma_atomic_pool_init+0x50/0xa4
    dma_atomic_pool_init+0xac/0x158
    do_one_initcall+0x50/0x218
    kernel_init_freeable+0x22c/0x2d0
    kernel_init+0x18/0x110
    ret_from_fork+0x10/0x18
  Code: aa1403e3 91106000 97f82a27 14000011 (f940c663)
  ---[ end trace 9795948475817de4 ]---
  Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception
  Rebooting in 10 seconds..

Fixes: adf95166bd2d ("mm: memcontrol: prepare swap controller setup for integration")
Reported-by: Prabhakar Kushwaha <pkushwaha@marvell.com>
Signed-off-by: Bhupesh Sharma <bhsharma@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Cc: Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov.dev@gmail.com>
Cc: James Morse <james.morse@arm.com>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1593641660-13254-2-git-send-email-bhsharma@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 19622328e4b5acee9987873e9cf51ade3c6b3311..c75c4face02e6f09fedfed4eee2317eb4d5cc72d 100644 (file)
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -7186,6 +7186,13 @@ static struct cftype memsw_files[] = {
        { },    /* terminate */
 };
 
+/*
+ * If mem_cgroup_swap_init() is implemented as a subsys_initcall()
+ * instead of a core_initcall(), this could mean cgroup_memory_noswap still
+ * remains set to false even when memcg is disabled via "cgroup_disable=memory"
+ * boot parameter. This may result in premature OOPS inside
+ * mem_cgroup_get_nr_swap_pages() function in corner cases.
+ */
 static int __init mem_cgroup_swap_init(void)
 {
        /* No memory control -> no swap control */
@@ -7200,6 +7207,6 @@ static int __init mem_cgroup_swap_init(void)
 
        return 0;
 }
-subsys_initcall(mem_cgroup_swap_init);
+core_initcall(mem_cgroup_swap_init);
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_MEMCG_SWAP */