mm/page_owner: don't access uninitialized memmaps when reading /proc/pagetypeinfo
Uninitialized memmaps contain garbage and in the worst case trigger kernel BUGs, especially with CONFIG_PAGE_POISONING. They should not get touched. For example, when not onlining a memory block that is spanned by a zone and reading /proc/pagetypeinfo with CONFIG_DEBUG_VM_PGFLAGS and CONFIG_PAGE_POISONING, we can trigger a kernel BUG: :/# echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/memory/memory40/online :/# echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/memory/memory42/online :/# cat /proc/pagetypeinfo > test.file page:fffff2c585200000 is uninitialized and poisoned raw: ffffffffffffffff ffffffffffffffff ffffffffffffffff ffffffffffffffff raw: ffffffffffffffff ffffffffffffffff ffffffffffffffff ffffffffffffffff page dumped because: VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PagePoisoned(p)) There is not page extension available. ------------[ cut here ]------------ kernel BUG at include/linux/mm.h:1107! invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI Please note th...
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