[1/3,fix] mm,thp,rmap: subpages_mapcount of PTE-mapped subpages: fix

Message ID 7a4f5e5e-de33-dace-c526-4a3d3cf5f6e0@google.com
State New
Headers
Series [1/3,fix] mm,thp,rmap: subpages_mapcount of PTE-mapped subpages: fix |

Commit Message

Hugh Dickins Nov. 19, 2022, 1:35 a.m. UTC
  Yu Zhao reports compiler warning in page_add_anon_rmap():

mm/rmap.c:1236:13: warning: variable 'first' is used uninitialized
whenever 'if' condition is false [-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
        } else if (PageTransHuge(page)) {
                   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
mm/rmap.c:1248:18: note: uninitialized use occurs here
        VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!first && (flags & RMAP_EXCLUSIVE), page);
                        ^~~~~

We do need to fix that, even though it's only uninitialized in an
impossible condition: I've chosen to initialize "first" true, to
minimize the BUGs it might then hit; but you could just as well
choose to initialize it false, to maximize the BUGs it might hit.

Reported-by: Yu Zhao <yuzhao@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
---
 mm/rmap.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
  

Comments

Kirill A. Shutemov Nov. 21, 2022, 12:38 p.m. UTC | #1
On Fri, Nov 18, 2022 at 05:35:05PM -0800, Hugh Dickins wrote:
> Yu Zhao reports compiler warning in page_add_anon_rmap():
> 
> mm/rmap.c:1236:13: warning: variable 'first' is used uninitialized
> whenever 'if' condition is false [-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
>         } else if (PageTransHuge(page)) {
>                    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> mm/rmap.c:1248:18: note: uninitialized use occurs here
>         VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!first && (flags & RMAP_EXCLUSIVE), page);
>                         ^~~~~
> 
> We do need to fix that, even though it's only uninitialized in an
> impossible condition: I've chosen to initialize "first" true, to
> minimize the BUGs it might then hit; but you could just as well
> choose to initialize it false, to maximize the BUGs it might hit.
> 
> Reported-by: Yu Zhao <yuzhao@google.com>
> Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
> ---
>  mm/rmap.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
> index 66be8cae640f..25b720d5ba17 100644
> --- a/mm/rmap.c
> +++ b/mm/rmap.c
> @@ -1281,7 +1281,7 @@ void page_add_anon_rmap(struct page *page,
>  	struct compound_mapcounts mapcounts;
>  	int nr = 0, nr_pmdmapped = 0;
>  	bool compound = flags & RMAP_COMPOUND;
> -	bool first;
> +	bool first = true;
>  
>  	if (unlikely(PageKsm(page)))
>  		lock_page_memcg(page);

Other option is to drop PageTransHuge() check that you already claim to be
redundant.

Or have else BUG() to catch cases where the helper called with
compound=true on non-THP page.
  
Hugh Dickins Nov. 22, 2022, 9:13 a.m. UTC | #2
On Mon, 21 Nov 2022, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 18, 2022 at 05:35:05PM -0800, Hugh Dickins wrote:
...
> > --- a/mm/rmap.c
> > +++ b/mm/rmap.c
> > @@ -1281,7 +1281,7 @@ void page_add_anon_rmap(struct page *page,
> >  	struct compound_mapcounts mapcounts;
> >  	int nr = 0, nr_pmdmapped = 0;
> >  	bool compound = flags & RMAP_COMPOUND;
> > -	bool first;
> > +	bool first = true;
> >  
> >  	if (unlikely(PageKsm(page)))
> >  		lock_page_memcg(page);
> 
> Other option is to drop PageTransHuge() check that you already claim to be
> redundant.
> 
> Or have else BUG() to catch cases where the helper called with
> compound=true on non-THP page.

I'm sticking with the "first = true".  I did receive a report of bloating
some tiny config a little, on the very first series, so I've been on guard
since then about adding THP code where the optimizer cannot see to remove
it: so do want to keep the PageTransHuge check in there.  Could be done
in other ways, yes, but I'd ended up feeling this was the best compromise.

Hugh
  

Patch

diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
index 66be8cae640f..25b720d5ba17 100644
--- a/mm/rmap.c
+++ b/mm/rmap.c
@@ -1281,7 +1281,7 @@  void page_add_anon_rmap(struct page *page,
 	struct compound_mapcounts mapcounts;
 	int nr = 0, nr_pmdmapped = 0;
 	bool compound = flags & RMAP_COMPOUND;
-	bool first;
+	bool first = true;
 
 	if (unlikely(PageKsm(page)))
 		lock_page_memcg(page);