Re: [PATCH v2 0/8] powernv/memtrace: don't abuse memory hot(un)plug infrastructure for memory allocations

[Michael Ellerman]

On Wed, 11 Nov 2020 15:53:14 +0100, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> Based on latest linux/master
> 
> powernv/memtrace is the only in-kernel user that rips out random memory
> it never added (doesn't own) in order to allocate memory without a
> linear mapping. Let's stop abusing memory hot(un)plug infrastructure for
> that - use alloc_contig_pages() for allocating memory and remove the
> linear mapping manually.
> 
> [...]

Applied to powerpc/next.

[1/8] powerpc/powernv/memtrace: Don't leak kernel memory to user space
      https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/c74cf7a3d59a21b290fe0468f5b470d0b8ee37df
[2/8] powerpc/powernv/memtrace: Fix crashing the kernel when enabling concurrently
      https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/d6718941a2767fb383e105d257d2105fe4f15f0e
[3/8] powerpc/mm: factor out creating/removing linear mapping
      https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/4abb1e5b63ac3281275315fc6b0cde0b9c2e2e42
[4/8] powerpc/mm: protect linear mapping modifications by a mutex
      https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/e5b2af044f31bf18defa557a8cd11c23caefa34c
[5/8] powerpc/mm: print warning in arch_remove_linear_mapping()
      https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/1f73ad3e8d755dbec52fcec98618a7ce4de12af2
[6/8] powerpc/book3s64/hash: Drop WARN_ON in hash__remove_section_mapping()
      https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/d8bd9a121c2f2bc8b36da930dc91b69fd2a705e2
[7/8] powerpc/mm: remove linear mapping if __add_pages() fails in arch_add_memory()
      https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/ca2c36cae9d48b180ea51259e35ab3d95d327df2
[8/8] powernv/memtrace: don't abuse memory hot(un)plug infrastructure for memory allocations
      https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/0bd4b96d99108b7ea9bac0573957483be7781d70

cheers