linux/mm
David Rientjes 7cd2b0a34a mm, pcp: allow restoring percpu_pagelist_fraction default
Oleg reports a division by zero error on zero-length write() to the
percpu_pagelist_fraction sysctl:

    divide error: 0000 [#1] SMP DEBUG_PAGEALLOC
    CPU: 1 PID: 9142 Comm: badarea_io Not tainted 3.15.0-rc2-vm-nfs+ #19
    Hardware name: Bochs Bochs, BIOS Bochs 01/01/2011
    task: ffff8800d5aeb6e0 ti: ffff8800d87a2000 task.ti: ffff8800d87a2000
    RIP: 0010: percpu_pagelist_fraction_sysctl_handler+0x84/0x120
    RSP: 0018:ffff8800d87a3e78  EFLAGS: 00010246
    RAX: 0000000000000f89 RBX: ffff88011f7fd000 RCX: 0000000000000000
    RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: 0000000000000010
    RBP: ffff8800d87a3e98 R08: ffffffff81d002c8 R09: ffff8800d87a3f50
    R10: 000000000000000b R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000060
    R13: ffffffff81c3c3e0 R14: ffffffff81cfddf8 R15: ffff8801193b0800
    FS:  00007f614f1e9740(0000) GS:ffff88011f440000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
    CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b
    CR2: 00007f614f1fa000 CR3: 00000000d9291000 CR4: 00000000000006e0
    Call Trace:
      proc_sys_call_handler+0xb3/0xc0
      proc_sys_write+0x14/0x20
      vfs_write+0xba/0x1e0
      SyS_write+0x46/0xb0
      tracesys+0xe1/0xe6

However, if the percpu_pagelist_fraction sysctl is set by the user, it
is also impossible to restore it to the kernel default since the user
cannot write 0 to the sysctl.

This patch allows the user to write 0 to restore the default behavior.
It still requires a fraction equal to or larger than 8, however, as
stated by the documentation for sanity.  If a value in the range [1, 7]
is written, the sysctl will return EINVAL.

This successfully solves the divide by zero issue at the same time.

Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Reported-by: Oleg Drokin <green@linuxhacker.ru>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2014-06-23 16:47:43 -07:00
..
backing-dev.c arch: Mass conversion of smp_mb__*() 2014-04-18 14:20:48 +02:00
balloon_compaction.c mm: print more details for bad_page() 2014-01-23 16:36:50 -08:00
bootmem.c
cleancache.c mm: dump page when hitting a VM_BUG_ON using VM_BUG_ON_PAGE 2014-01-23 16:36:50 -08:00
compaction.c mm, compaction: properly signal and act upon lock and need_sched() contention 2014-06-04 16:54:11 -07:00
debug-pagealloc.c
dmapool.c mm/dmapool.c: reuse devres_release() to free resources 2014-06-04 16:54:08 -07:00
early_ioremap.c mm: create generic early_ioremap() support 2014-04-07 16:36:15 -07:00
fadvise.c
failslab.c
filemap_xip.c
filemap.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2014-06-12 10:30:18 -07:00
fremap.c mm: mark remap_file_pages() syscall as deprecated 2014-06-06 16:08:17 -07:00
frontswap.c swap: change swap_list_head to plist, add swap_avail_head 2014-06-04 16:54:07 -07:00
gup.c mm: cleanup __get_user_pages() 2014-06-04 16:54:05 -07:00
highmem.c
huge_memory.c mm/huge_memory.c: complete conversion to pr_foo() 2014-06-04 16:53:58 -07:00
hugetlb_cgroup.c cgroup: remove css_parent() 2014-05-16 13:22:48 -04:00
hugetlb.c hugetlb: fix copy_hugetlb_page_range() to handle migration/hwpoisoned entry 2014-06-23 16:47:43 -07:00
hwpoison-inject.c mm/hwpoison: add '#' to hwpoison_inject 2014-01-21 16:19:48 -08:00
init-mm.c
internal.h mm, compaction: properly signal and act upon lock and need_sched() contention 2014-06-04 16:54:11 -07:00
interval_tree.c
iov_iter.c bio_vec-backed iov_iter 2014-05-06 17:39:45 -04:00
Kconfig mm/zsmalloc: make zsmalloc module-buildable 2014-06-04 16:54:14 -07:00
Kconfig.debug
kmemcheck.c
kmemleak-test.c mm/kmemleak-test.c: use pr_fmt for logging 2014-06-06 16:08:18 -07:00
kmemleak.c mm: introduce kmemleak_update_trace() 2014-06-06 16:08:17 -07:00
ksm.c mm: close PageTail race 2014-03-04 07:55:47 -08:00
list_lru.c mm: keep page cache radix tree nodes in check 2014-04-03 16:21:01 -07:00
maccess.c
madvise.c mm: madvise: fix MADV_WILLNEED on shmem swapouts 2014-05-23 09:37:29 -07:00
Makefile mm: move get_user_pages()-related code to separate file 2014-06-04 16:54:04 -07:00
memblock.c mm/memblock.c: call kmemleak directly from memblock_(alloc|free) 2014-06-06 16:08:17 -07:00
memcontrol.c Merge branch 'for-3.16' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup 2014-06-09 15:03:33 -07:00
memory_hotplug.c mm, migration: add destination page freeing callback 2014-06-04 16:54:06 -07:00
memory-failure.c mm/memory-failure.c: support use of a dedicated thread to handle SIGBUS(BUS_MCEERR_AO) 2014-06-04 16:54:13 -07:00
memory.c mm: document do_fault_around() feature 2014-06-04 16:54:12 -07:00
mempolicy.c Merge branch 'next' (accumulated 3.16 merge window patches) into master 2014-06-08 11:31:16 -07:00
mempool.c mm/mempool.c: update the kmemleak stack trace for mempool allocations 2014-06-06 16:08:17 -07:00
migrate.c hugetlb: rename hugepage_migration_support() to ..._supported() 2014-06-04 16:54:12 -07:00
mincore.c mm + fs: prepare for non-page entries in page cache radix trees 2014-04-03 16:21:00 -07:00
mlock.c mm: try_to_unmap_cluster() should lock_page() before mlocking 2014-04-07 16:35:57 -07:00
mm_init.c mm: bring back /sys/kernel/mm 2014-01-27 21:02:39 -08:00
mmap.c mm: convert some level-less printks to pr_* 2014-06-06 16:08:18 -07:00
mmu_context.c sched/mm: call finish_arch_post_lock_switch in idle_task_exit and use_mm 2014-02-21 08:50:17 +01:00
mmu_notifier.c mm: audit/fix non-modular users of module_init in core code 2014-01-23 16:36:52 -08:00
mmzone.c
mprotect.c mm: move mmu notifier call from change_protection to change_pmd_range 2014-04-07 16:35:50 -07:00
mremap.c mm, thp: close race between mremap() and split_huge_page() 2014-05-11 17:55:48 +09:00
msync.c mm/msync.c: sync only the requested range in msync() 2014-06-04 16:54:11 -07:00
nobootmem.c mm/memblock.c: call kmemleak directly from memblock_(alloc|free) 2014-06-06 16:08:17 -07:00
nommu.c mm: nommu: per-thread vma cache fix 2014-06-23 16:47:43 -07:00
oom_kill.c mm, oom: base root bonus on current usage 2014-01-30 16:56:56 -08:00
page_alloc.c mm, pcp: allow restoring percpu_pagelist_fraction default 2014-06-23 16:47:43 -07:00
page_cgroup.c mm/page_cgroup.c: mark functions as static 2014-04-03 16:21:02 -07:00
page_io.c fix __swap_writepage() compile failure on old gcc versions 2014-06-14 19:30:48 -05:00
page_isolation.c
page-writeback.c Clean ups and miscellaneous bug fixes, in particular for the new 2014-06-08 13:03:35 -07:00
pagewalk.c
percpu-km.c
percpu-vm.c
percpu.c percpu: make pcpu_alloc_chunk() use pcpu_mem_free() instead of kfree() 2014-04-14 16:18:06 -04:00
pgtable-generic.c
process_vm_access.c start adding the tag to iov_iter 2014-05-06 17:32:49 -04:00
quicklist.c
readahead.c mm/readahead.c: inline ra_submit 2014-04-07 16:35:58 -07:00
rmap.c Merge branch 'next' (accumulated 3.16 merge window patches) into master 2014-06-08 11:31:16 -07:00
shmem.c tmpfs: ZERO_RANGE and COLLAPSE_RANGE not currently supported 2014-06-23 16:47:43 -07:00
slab_common.c slab: delete cache from list after __kmem_cache_shutdown succeeds 2014-06-04 16:54:08 -07:00
slab.c memcg, slab: merge memcg_{bind,release}_pages to memcg_{un}charge_slab 2014-06-04 16:54:01 -07:00
slab.h memcg, slab: merge memcg_{bind,release}_pages to memcg_{un}charge_slab 2014-06-04 16:54:01 -07:00
slob.c slab: get_online_mems for kmem_cache_{create,destroy,shrink} 2014-06-04 16:53:59 -07:00
slub.c slub: search partial list on numa_mem_id(), instead of numa_node_id() 2014-06-06 16:08:06 -07:00
sparse-vmemmap.c mm/sparse: use memblock apis for early memory allocations 2014-01-21 16:19:47 -08:00
sparse.c mm: use macros from compiler.h instead of __attribute__((...)) 2014-04-07 16:35:54 -07:00
swap_state.c mm: page_alloc: convert hot/cold parameter and immediate callers to bool 2014-06-04 16:54:09 -07:00
swap.c mm: non-atomically mark page accessed during page cache allocation where possible 2014-06-04 16:54:10 -07:00
swapfile.c mm/swapfile.c: delete the "last_in_cluster < scan_base" loop in the body of scan_swap_map() 2014-06-04 16:54:12 -07:00
truncate.c mm: filemap: update find_get_pages_tag() to deal with shadow entries 2014-05-06 13:04:59 -07:00
util.c nick kvfree() from apparmor 2014-05-06 14:02:53 -04:00
vmacache.c mm,vmacache: optimize overflow system-wide flushing 2014-06-04 16:53:57 -07:00
vmalloc.c mm/vmalloc.c: export unmap_kernel_range() 2014-06-04 16:54:14 -07:00
vmpressure.c arm, pm, vmpressure: add missing slab.h includes 2014-02-03 13:24:01 -05:00
vmscan.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2014-06-12 10:30:18 -07:00
vmstat.c mm: use the light version __mod_zone_page_state in mlocked_vma_newpage() 2014-06-04 16:54:07 -07:00
workingset.c mm: keep page cache radix tree nodes in check 2014-04-03 16:21:01 -07:00
zbud.c mm/zbud.c: make size unsigned like unique callsite 2014-06-04 16:54:13 -07:00
zsmalloc.c zsmalloc: fixup trivial zs size classes value in comments 2014-06-04 16:54:13 -07:00
zswap.c mm/zswap: NUMA aware allocation for zswap_dstmem 2014-06-04 16:54:14 -07:00