mm/memory_hotplug.c: check for missing sections in test_pages_in_a_zone()
test_pages_in_a_zone() does not account for the possibility of missing
sections in the given pfn range. pfn_valid_within always returns 1 when
CONFIG_HOLES_IN_ZONE is not set, allowing invalid pfns from missing
sections to pass the test, leading to a kernel oops.
Wrap an additional pfn loop with PAGES_PER_SECTION granularity to check
for missing sections before proceeding into the zone-check code.
This also prevents a crash from offlining memory devices with missing
sections. Despite this, it may be a good idea to keep the related patch
'[PATCH 3/3] drivers: memory: prohibit offlining of memory blocks with
missing sections' because missing sections in a memory block may lead to
other problems not covered by the scope of this fix.
Signed-off-by: Andrew Banman <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Alex Thorlton <[email protected]>
Cc: Russ Anderson <[email protected]>
Cc: Alex Thorlton <[email protected]>
Cc: Yinghai Lu <[email protected]>
Cc: Greg KH <[email protected]>
Cc: Seth Jennings <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>