bdee237c and 982792c7 introduced large block sizes for x86. This made it possible to have multiple sections per memory block where previously, there was a only every one section per block.
Since blocks consist of contiguous ranges of section, there can be holes in the blocks where sections are not present. If one attempts to offline such a block, a crash occurs since the code is not designed to deal with this. This patch is a quick fix to gaurd against the crash by not allowing blocks with non-present sections to be offlined. Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107781 Reported-by: Andrew Banman <aban...@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Seth Jennings <sjenni...@variantweb.net> --- drivers/base/memory.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/base/memory.c b/drivers/base/memory.c index dd30744..6d7b14c 100644 --- a/drivers/base/memory.c +++ b/drivers/base/memory.c @@ -303,6 +303,10 @@ static int memory_subsys_offline(struct device *dev) if (mem->state == MEM_OFFLINE) return 0; + /* Can't offline block with non-present sections */ + if (mem->section_count != sections_per_block) + return -EINVAL; + return memory_block_change_state(mem, MEM_OFFLINE, MEM_ONLINE); } -- 2.5.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/