Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.
Mikhail Zaslonko
authored
If memory end is not aligned with the sparse memory section boundary, the mapping of such a section is only partly initialized. This may lead to VM_BUG_ON due to uninitialized struct pages access from test_pages_in_a_zone() function triggered by memory_hotplug sysfs handlers. Here are the the panic examples: CONFIG_DEBUG_VM_PGFLAGS=y kernel parameter mem=2050M -------------------------- page:000003d082008000 is uninitialized and poisoned page dumped because: VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PagePoisoned(p)) Call Trace: test_pages_in_a_zone+0xde/0x160 show_valid_zones+0x5c/0x190 dev_attr_show+0x34/0x70 sysfs_kf_seq_show+0xc8/0x148 seq_read+0x204/0x480 __vfs_read+0x32/0x178 vfs_read+0x82/0x138 ksys_read+0x5a/0xb0 system_call+0xdc/0x2d8 Last Breaking-Event-Address: test_pages_in_a_zone+0xde/0x160 Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception: panic_on_oops Fix this by checking whether the pfn to check is within the zone. [mhocko@suse.com: separated this change from http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20181105150401.97287-2-zaslonko@linux.ibm.com] Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190128144506.15603-3-mhocko@kernel.org [mhocko@suse.com: separated this change from http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20181105150401.97287-2-zaslonko@linux.ibm.com ] Signed-off-by:Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Signed-off-by:
Mikhail Zaslonko <zaslonko@linux.ibm.com> Tested-by:
Mikhail Gavrilov <mikhail.v.gavrilov@gmail.com> Reviewed-by:
Oscar Salvador <osalvador@suse.de> Tested-by:
Gerald Schaefer <gerald.schaefer@de.ibm.com> Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com> Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Cc: Mikhail Gavrilov <mikhail.v.gavrilov@gmail.com> Cc: Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com> Signed-off-by:
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by:
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
| Name | Last commit | Last update |
|---|---|---|
| Documentation | ||
| LICENSES | ||
| arch | ||
| block | ||
| certs | ||
| crypto | ||
| drivers | ||
| firmware | ||
| fs | ||
| include | ||
| init | ||
| ipc | ||
| kernel | ||
| lib | ||
| mm | ||
| net | ||
| samples | ||
| scripts | ||
| security | ||
| sound | ||
| tools | ||
| usr | ||
| virt | ||
| .clang-format | ||
| .cocciconfig | ||
| .get_maintainer.ignore | ||
| .gitattributes | ||
| .gitignore | ||
| .mailmap | ||
| COPYING | ||
| CREDITS | ||
| Kbuild | ||
| Kconfig | ||
| MAINTAINERS | ||
| Makefile | ||
| README |