Re: linux-next: manual merge of the char-misc.current tree with the mm-hotfixes tree

From: Greg KH
Date: Fri Aug 19 2022 - 11:46:09 EST


On Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 01:35:04PM +0000, Liam Howlett wrote:
> * Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx> [220819 04:55]:
> > On Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 06:40:27PM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> > > Hi Greg,
> > >
> > > On Fri, 19 Aug 2022 08:36:21 +0200 Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 08:28:18AM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Today's linux-next merge of the char-misc.current tree got a conflict in:
> > > > >
> > > > > drivers/android/binder_alloc.c
> > > > >
> > > > > between commit:
> > > > >
> > > > > b3bb668f3dc6 ("binder_alloc: add missing mmap_lock calls when using the VMA")
> > > > >
> > > > > from the mm-hotfixes tree and commit:
> > > > >
> > > > > d6f35446d076 ("binder_alloc: Add missing mmap_lock calls when using the VMA")
> > > > >
> > > > > from the char-misc.current tree.
> > > > >
> > > > > I fixed it up (I used the latter as it was committed later even though
> > > > > the author times were the same) and can carry the fix as necessary. This
> > > > > is now fixed as far as linux-next is concerned, but any non trivial
> > > > > conflicts should be mentioned to your upstream maintainer when your tree
> > > > > is submitted for merging. You may also want to consider cooperating
> > > > > with the maintainer of the conflicting tree to minimise any particularly
> > > > > complex conflicts.
> > > >
> > > > These should be identical, if not, something went wrong :(
> > >
> > > Something went wrong :-)
> > >
> > > $ git range-diff b3bb668f3dc6^..b3bb668f3dc6 d6f35446d076^..d6f35446d076
> > > 1: b3bb668f3dc6 ! 1: d6f35446d076 binder_alloc: add missing mmap_lock calls when using the VMA
> > > @@ Metadata
> > > Author: Liam Howlett <liam.howlett@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > ## Commit message ##
> > > - binder_alloc: add missing mmap_lock calls when using the VMA
> > > + binder_alloc: Add missing mmap_lock calls when using the VMA
> > >
> > > - Take the mmap_read_lock() when using the VMA in binder_alloc_print_pages()
> > > - and when checking for a VMA in binder_alloc_new_buf_locked().
> > > + Take the mmap_read_lock() when using the VMA in
> > > + binder_alloc_print_pages() and when checking for a VMA in
> > > + binder_alloc_new_buf_locked().
> > >
> > > It is worth noting binder_alloc_new_buf_locked() drops the VMA read lock
> > > - after it verifies a VMA exists, but may be taken again deeper in the call
> > > - stack, if necessary.
> > > + after it verifies a VMA exists, but may be taken again deeper in the
> > > + call stack, if necessary.
> > >
> > > - Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220810160209.1630707-1-Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx
> > > - Fixes: a43cfc87caaf ("android: binder: stop saving a pointer to the VMA")
> > > - Signed-off-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > + Fixes: a43cfc87caaf (android: binder: stop saving a pointer to the VMA)
> > > + Cc: stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Reported-by: Ondrej Mosnacek <omosnace@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > - Reported-by: <syzbot+a7b60a176ec13cafb793@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > - Acked-by: Carlos Llamas <cmllamas@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > + Reported-by: syzbot+a7b60a176ec13cafb793@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Tested-by: Ondrej Mosnacek <omosnace@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > - Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > - Cc: Christian Brauner (Microsoft) <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > - Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > - Cc: Hridya Valsaraju <hridya@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > - Cc: Joel Fernandes <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > - Cc: Martijn Coenen <maco@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > - Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > - Cc: Todd Kjos <tkjos@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > - Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > - Cc: "Arve Hjønnevåg" <arve@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > - Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > + Acked-by: Carlos Llamas <cmllamas@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > + Signed-off-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > + Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220810160209.1630707-1-Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx
> > > + Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > ## drivers/android/binder_alloc.c ##
> > > @@ drivers/android/binder_alloc.c: static struct binder_buffer *binder_alloc_new_buf_locked(
> > > @@ drivers/android/binder_alloc.c: void binder_alloc_print_pages(struct seq_file *m
> > > - }
> > > +
> > > + mmap_read_lock(alloc->vma_vm_mm);
> > > -+ if (binder_alloc_get_vma(alloc) == NULL)
> > > ++ if (binder_alloc_get_vma(alloc) == NULL) {
> > > ++ mmap_read_unlock(alloc->vma_vm_mm);
> > > + goto uninitialized;
> > > + }
> > > +
> > > ++ mmap_read_unlock(alloc->vma_vm_mm);
> > > + for (i = 0; i < alloc->buffer_size / PAGE_SIZE; i++) {
> > > + page = &alloc->pages[i];
> > > + if (!page->page_ptr)
> > > @@ drivers/android/binder_alloc.c: void binder_alloc_print_pages(struct seq_file *m
> > > + active++;
> > > + else
> > > + lru++;
> > > - }
> > > ++ }
> > > +
> > > +uninitialized:
> > > -+ mmap_read_unlock(alloc->vma_vm_mm);
> > > mutex_unlock(&alloc->mutex);
> > > seq_printf(m, " pages: %d:%d:%d\n", active, lru, free);
> > > seq_printf(m, " pages high watermark: %zu\n", alloc->pages_high);
> > >
> >
> > Oh wow, ok, I'll go drop my version and assume that Andrew's is the more
> > correct one and let it come through his tree.
> >
>
> b3bb668f3dc6 is the older v1 of the patch [1]. d6f35446d076 from
> mm-hotfixes is the correct v2 version [2], although I don't think that's
> currently in mm-hotfixes-unstable. It looks like version 1 is now in
> mm-hotfixes-unstable as well.
>
> 1: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20220809160618.1052539-1-Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx/
> 2: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20220810160209.1630707-1-Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx/

I'll let you and Andrew fight this one out :)