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authorRaymond Jennings <shentino@gmail.com>2013-09-11 14:20:16 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2013-09-11 15:57:00 -0700
commitd6bbbd29b1de2da807753be8a3a992a72aef42de (patch)
tree99239085e01c45bbf54f0d42f921ce54c1e15747 /mm
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swap: warn when a swap area overflows the maximum size
It is possible to swapon a swap area that is too big for the pte width to handle. Presently this failure happens silently. Instead, emit a diagnostic to warn the user. Testing results, root prompt commands and kernel log messages: # lvresize /dev/system/swap --size 16G # mkswap /dev/system/swap # swapon /dev/system/swap Jul 7 04:27:22 warfang kernel: Adding 16777212k swap on /dev/mapper/system-swap. Priority:-1 extents:1 across:16777212k # lvresize /dev/system/swap --size 64G # mkswap /dev/system/swap # swapon /dev/system/swap Jul 7 04:27:22 warfang kernel: Truncating oversized swap area, only using 33554432k out of 67108860k Jul 7 04:27:22 warfang kernel: Adding 33554428k swap on /dev/mapper/system-swap. Priority:-1 extents:1 across:33554428k [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix warning] Signed-off-by: Raymond Jennings <shentino@gmail.com> Acked-by: Valdis Kletnieks <valdis.kletnieks@vt.edu> Reviewed-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'mm')
-rw-r--r--mm/swapfile.c12
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/mm/swapfile.c b/mm/swapfile.c
index 6cf2e60983b7..b5212eea6c3c 100644
--- a/mm/swapfile.c
+++ b/mm/swapfile.c
@@ -1926,6 +1926,7 @@ static unsigned long read_swap_header(struct swap_info_struct *p,
int i;
unsigned long maxpages;
unsigned long swapfilepages;
+ unsigned long last_page;
if (memcmp("SWAPSPACE2", swap_header->magic.magic, 10)) {
printk(KERN_ERR "Unable to find swap-space signature\n");
@@ -1968,8 +1969,15 @@ static unsigned long read_swap_header(struct swap_info_struct *p,
*/
maxpages = swp_offset(pte_to_swp_entry(
swp_entry_to_pte(swp_entry(0, ~0UL)))) + 1;
- if (maxpages > swap_header->info.last_page) {
- maxpages = swap_header->info.last_page + 1;
+ last_page = swap_header->info.last_page;
+ if (last_page > maxpages) {
+ printk(KERN_WARNING
+ "Truncating oversized swap area, only using %luk out of %luk\n",
+ maxpages << (PAGE_SHIFT - 10),
+ last_page << (PAGE_SHIFT - 10));
+ }
+ if (maxpages > last_page) {
+ maxpages = last_page + 1;
/* p->max is an unsigned int: don't overflow it */
if ((unsigned int)maxpages == 0)
maxpages = UINT_MAX;