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acpi_memhotplug.c: don't allow to eject the memory device if it is being used
authorWen Congyang <wency@cn.fujitsu.com>
Tue, 23 Oct 2012 02:50:02 +0000 (13:50 +1100)
committerStephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Tue, 23 Oct 2012 03:11:42 +0000 (14:11 +1100)
We eject the memory device even if it is in use.  It is very dangerous,
and it will cause the kernel to panic.

Signed-off-by: Wen Congyang <wency@cn.fujitsu.com>
Cc: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>
Cc: "Brown, Len" <len.brown@intel.com>
Cc: Yasuaki ISIMATU <isimatu.yasuaki@jp.fujitsu.com>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c

index 8f529731c8ba01b3f1318c760a4a2c632180fed6..b4f68ca60e0ca61dad9d0c5f8c1c8e4fc26c8841 100644 (file)
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ struct acpi_memory_info {
        unsigned short caching; /* memory cache attribute */
        unsigned short write_protect;   /* memory read/write attribute */
        unsigned int enabled:1;
+       unsigned int failed:1;
 };
 
 struct acpi_memory_device {
@@ -257,9 +258,23 @@ static int acpi_memory_enable_device(struct acpi_memory_device *mem_device)
                        node = memory_add_physaddr_to_nid(info->start_addr);
 
                result = add_memory(node, info->start_addr, info->length);
-               if (result)
+
+               /*
+                * If the memory block has been used by the kernel, add_memory()
+                * returns -EEXIST. If add_memory() returns the other error, it
+                * means that this memory block is not used by the kernel.
+                */
+               if (result && result != -EEXIST) {
+                       info->failed = 1;
                        continue;
-               info->enabled = 1;
+               }
+
+               if (!result)
+                       info->enabled = 1;
+               /*
+                * Add num_enable even if add_memory() returns -EEXIST, so the
+                * device is bound to this driver.
+                */
                num_enabled++;
        }
        if (!num_enabled) {
@@ -323,11 +338,20 @@ static int acpi_memory_disable_device(struct acpi_memory_device *mem_device)
         * Note: Assume that this function returns zero on success
         */
        list_for_each_entry_safe(info, n, &mem_device->res_list, list) {
-               if (info->enabled) {
-                       result = remove_memory(info->start_addr, info->length);
-                       if (result)
-                               return result;
-               }
+               if (info->failed)
+                       /* The kernel does not use this memory block */
+                       continue;
+
+               if (!info->enabled)
+                       /*
+                        * The kernel uses this memory block, but it may be not
+                        * managed by us.
+                        */
+                       return -EBUSY;
+
+               result = remove_memory(info->start_addr, info->length);
+               if (result)
+                       return result;
                list_del(&info->list);
                kfree(info);
        }