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x86: uv: XPC receive message reuse triggers invalid BUG_ON() 

This was a difficult bug to trip.  XPC was in the middle of sending an
acknowledgement for a received message.

In xpc_received_payload_uv():
.
        ret = xpc_send_gru_msg(ch->sn.uv.cached_notify_gru_mq_desc, msg,
                               sizeof(struct xpc_notify_mq_msghdr_uv));
        if (ret != xpSuccess)
                XPC_DEACTIVATE_PARTITION(&xpc_partitions[ch->partid], ret);

        msg->hdr.msg_slot_number += ch->remote_nentries;

at the point in xpc_send_gru_msg() where the hardware has dispatched the
acknowledgement, the remote side is able to reuse the message structure
and send a message with a different slot number.  This problem is made
worse by interrupts.

The adjustment of msg_slot_number and the BUG_ON in
xpc_handle_notify_mq_msg_uv() which verifies the msg_slot_number is
consistent are only used for debug purposes.  Since a fix for this that
preserves the debug functionality would either have to infringe upon the
payload or allocate another structure just for debug, I decided to remove
it entirely.

Signed-off-by: Robin Holt <holt@sgi.com>
Cc: Jack Steiner <steiner@sgi.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Robin Holt 2009-12-15 16:47:59 -08:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent dbd2918ec6
commit 046d6c563b
1 changed files with 0 additions and 3 deletions
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drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpc_uv.c
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@ -1428,7 +1428,6 @@ xpc_handle_notify_mq_msg_uv(struct xpc_partition *part,
msg_slot = ch_uv->recv_msg_slots +
(msg->hdr.msg_slot_number % ch->remote_nentries) * ch->entry_size;
BUG_ON(msg->hdr.msg_slot_number != msg_slot->hdr.msg_slot_number);
BUG_ON(msg_slot->hdr.size != 0);
memcpy(msg_slot, msg, msg->hdr.size);
@ -1652,8 +1651,6 @@ xpc_received_payload_uv(struct xpc_channel *ch, void *payload)
sizeof(struct xpc_notify_mq_msghdr_uv));
if (ret != xpSuccess)
XPC_DEACTIVATE_PARTITION(&xpc_partitions[ch->partid], ret);
msg->hdr.msg_slot_number += ch->remote_nentries;
}
static struct xpc_arch_operations xpc_arch_ops_uv = {