| Message ID | 1369734694-7229-1-git-send-email-luis.henriques@canonical.com |
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diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c index 2e03986..65cc229 100644 --- a/mm/migrate.c +++ b/mm/migrate.c @@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ static int remove_migration_pte(struct page *new, struct vm_area_struct *vma, pte = arch_make_huge_pte(pte, vma, new, 0); } #endif - flush_cache_page(vma, addr, pte_pfn(pte)); + flush_dcache_page(new); set_pte_at(mm, addr, ptep, pte); if (PageHuge(new)) {
This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled mm compaction: fix of improper cache flush in migration code to the linux-3.5.y-queue branch of the 3.5.y.z extended stable tree which can be found at: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/linux.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/linux-3.5.y-queue If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please reply to this email. For more information about the 3.5.y.z tree, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable Thanks. -Luis ------ From a2827fda45795970f4d2b41db650dd51e334852c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Leonid Yegoshin <Leonid.Yegoshin@imgtec.com> Date: Fri, 24 May 2013 15:55:18 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] mm compaction: fix of improper cache flush in migration code commit c2cc499c5bcf9040a738f49e8051b42078205748 upstream. Page 'new' during MIGRATION can't be flushed with flush_cache_page(). Using flush_cache_page(vma, addr, pfn) is justified only if the page is already placed in process page table, and that is done right after flush_cache_page(). But without it the arch function has no knowledge of process PTE and does nothing. Besides that, flush_cache_page() flushes an application cache page, but the kernel has a different page virtual address and dirtied it. Replace it with flush_dcache_page(new) which is the proper usage. The old page is flushed in try_to_unmap_one() before migration. This bug takes place in Sead3 board with M14Kc MIPS CPU without cache aliasing (but Harvard arch - separate I and D cache) in tight memory environment (128MB) each 1-3days on SOAK test. It fails in cc1 during kernel build (SIGILL, SIGBUS, SIGSEG) if CONFIG_COMPACTION is switched ON. Signed-off-by: Leonid Yegoshin <Leonid.Yegoshin@imgtec.com> Cc: Leonid Yegoshin <yegoshin@mips.com> Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz> Acked-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de> Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> Cc: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk> Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@canonical.com> --- mm/migrate.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) -- 1.8.1.2