From: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com>
To: Muchun Song <songmuchun@bytedance.com>,
Dan Williams <djbw@kernel.org>,
Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@intel.com>,
Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@intel.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Joao Martins <joao.m.martins@oracle.com>,
nvdimm@lists.linux.dev, linux-cxl@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, muchun.song@linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] dax: Fix Device DAX range allocation validation
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2026 10:02:48 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ab129288-17e8-440d-b544-70ada8925cf0@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260915095621.3744167-1-songmuchun@bytedance.com>
On 9/15/26 2:56 AM, Muchun Song wrote:
> While working on the HugeTLB Vmemmap Optimization (HVO) generalization,
> Sashiko reported that memmap_init_zone_device() could be asked to
> initialize struct pages with a large-page order for a physical range
> that was not naturally aligned to that order.
>
> Following the Device DAX call path confirmed that the condition was
> reachable. Device DAX range validation checks the range size, but not
> its start address. An unaligned range can therefore reach
> memmap_init_zone_device() after the device binds, and a subsequent write
> to a userspace mapping may trigger a kernel panic. With the help of an
> LLM, I was able to reproduce the failure.
>
> The automatic resize path has a related problem. It can split an aligned
> size request across arbitrary free gaps, consume an unaligned fragment,
> and leave the resize partially applied when a later allocation fails.
>
> This series validates both the start and size of every Device DAX range
> and makes automatic resize account only for usable aligned space. It
> also fixes the mapping sysfs attribute to propagate validation failures
> instead of reporting success without allocating the requested range.
>
> Muchun Song (2):
> dax/bus: fix Device DAX range alignment validation
> dax/bus: fix mapping attribute error reporting
>
> drivers/dax/bus.c | 144 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
> 1 file changed, 109 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)
>
>
> base-commit: 1a1de54f7369cd2b5bac0f265910e60ad3a6b4c3
This commit does not exist in Linus's tree. Can you please base the series on top of the latest 7.3-rc tag so sashiko can look over it? Thanks!
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-18 17:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-15 9:56 Muchun Song
2026-09-15 9:56 ` [PATCH 1/2] dax/bus: fix Device DAX range alignment validation Muchun Song
2026-09-15 9:56 ` [PATCH 2/2] dax/bus: fix mapping attribute error reporting Muchun Song
2026-09-18 17:02 ` Dave Jiang [this message]
2026-09-19 5:03 ` [PATCH 0/2] dax: Fix Device DAX range allocation validation Muchun Song
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