Merge branch 'for-5.15-printk-index' into for-linus

1 files changed, 41 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/mm/util.c b/mm/util.c
index a8bf17f18a81..99c6cc77de9e 100644
--- a/mm/util.c
+++ b/mm/util.c
@@ -983,7 +983,7 @@ int __weak memcmp_pages(struct page *page1, struct page *page2)
  * depends on the type of object and on how much debugging is enabled.
  * For example, for a slab-cache object, the slab name is printed, and,
  * if available, the return address and stack trace from the allocation
- * of that object.
+ * and last free path of that object.
  */
 void mem_dump_obj(void *object)
 {
@@ -1010,3 +1010,43 @@ void mem_dump_obj(void *object)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mem_dump_obj);
 #endif
+
+/*
+ * A driver might set a page logically offline -- PageOffline() -- and
+ * turn the page inaccessible in the hypervisor; after that, access to page
+ * content can be fatal.
+ *
+ * Some special PFN walkers -- i.e., /proc/kcore -- read content of random
+ * pages after checking PageOffline(); however, these PFN walkers can race
+ * with drivers that set PageOffline().
+ *
+ * page_offline_freeze()/page_offline_thaw() allows for a subsystem to
+ * synchronize with such drivers, achieving that a page cannot be set
+ * PageOffline() while frozen.
+ *
+ * page_offline_begin()/page_offline_end() is used by drivers that care about
+ * such races when setting a page PageOffline().
+ */
+static DECLARE_RWSEM(page_offline_rwsem);
+
+void page_offline_freeze(void)
+{
+	down_read(&page_offline_rwsem);
+}
+
+void page_offline_thaw(void)
+{
+	up_read(&page_offline_rwsem);
+}
+
+void page_offline_begin(void)
+{
+	down_write(&page_offline_rwsem);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(page_offline_begin);
+
+void page_offline_end(void)
+{
+	up_write(&page_offline_rwsem);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(page_offline_end);