android15-6.6 November 2024 release 26

Artifacts:
  https://ci.android.com/builds/submitted/13247046/kernel_aarch64/latest
BACKPORT: mm: fix possible NULL pointer dereference in __swap_duplicate

Add a NULL check on the return value of swp_swap_info in __swap_duplicate
to prevent crashes caused by NULL pointer dereference.

The reason why swp_swap_info() returns NULL is unclear; it may be due
to CPU cache issues or DDR bit flips.  The probability of this issue is
very small - it has been observed to occur approximately 1 in 500,000
times per week.  The stack info we encountered is as follows:

Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address
0000000000000058
[RB/E]rb_sreason_str_set: sreason_str set null_pointer
Mem abort info:
  ESR = 0x0000000096000005
  EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
  SET = 0, FnV = 0
  EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
  FSC = 0x05: level 1 translation fault
Data abort info:
  ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000005, ISS2 = 0x00000000
  CM = 0, WnR = 0, TnD = 0, TagAccess = 0
  GCS = 0, Overlay = 0, DirtyBit = 0, Xs = 0
user pgtable: 4k pages, 39-bit VAs, pgdp=00000008a80e5000
[0000000000000058] pgd=0000000000000000, p4d=0000000000000000,
pud=0000000000000000
Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000005 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
Skip md ftrace buffer dump for: 0x1609e0
...
pc : swap_duplicate+0x44/0x164
lr : copy_page_range+0x508/0x1e78
sp : ffffffc0f2a699e0
x29: ffffffc0f2a699e0 x28: ffffff8a5b28d388 x27: ffffff8b06603388
x26: ffffffdf7291fe70 x25: 0000000000000006 x24: 0000000000100073
x23: 00000000002d2d2f x22: 0000000000000008 x21: 0000000000000000
x20: 00000000002d2d2f x19: 18000000002d2d2f x18: ffffffdf726faec0
x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0010000000000001 x15: 0040000000000001
x14: 0400000000000001 x13: ff7ffffffffffb7f x12: ffeffffffffffbff
x11: ffffff8a5c7e1898 x10: 0000000000000018 x9 : 0000000000000006
x8 : 1800000000000000 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : ffffff8057c01f10
x5 : 000000000000a318 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : 0000000000000000
x2 : 0000006daf200000 x1 : 0000000000000001 x0 : 18000000002d2d2f
Call trace:
 swap_duplicate+0x44/0x164
 copy_page_range+0x508/0x1e78
 copy_process+0x1278/0x21cc
 kernel_clone+0x90/0x438
 __arm64_sys_clone+0x5c/0x8c
 invoke_syscall+0x58/0x110
 do_el0_svc+0x8c/0xe0
 el0_svc+0x38/0x9c
 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x44/0xec
 el0t_64_sync+0x1a8/0x1ac
Code: 9139c35a 71006f3f 54000568 f8797b55 (f9402ea8)
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
Kernel panic - not syncing: Oops: Fatal exception
SMP: stopping secondary CPUs

The patch seems to only provide a workaround, but there are no more
effective software solutions to handle the bit flips problem.  This path
will change the issue from a system crash to a process exception, thereby
reducing the impact on the entire machine.

akpm: this is probably a kernel bug, but this patch keeps the system
running and doesn't reduce that bug's debuggability.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/e223b0e6ba2f4924984b1917cc717bd5@honor.com
Signed-off-by: gao xu <gaoxu2@honor.com>
Reviewed-by: Barry Song <baohua@kernel.org>
Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
Cc: Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>

Bug: 395551187
Bug: 404168328
(cherry picked from commit c3e998398de48a7528842f05858a3a6bb21002e6)
[Resolved minor conflict in mm/swapfile.c]
Change-Id: I9df42ab5d18af5a288183884ed340a6ecc9f244a
Signed-off-by: yipeng xiang <yipengxiang@honor.corp-partner.google.com>
(cherry picked from commit f4a549377b8f2ec71554d77848f9e3f670f66200)
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README.md

How do I submit patches to Android Common Kernels

  1. BEST: Make all of your changes to upstream Linux. If appropriate, backport to the stable releases. These patches will be merged automatically in the corresponding common kernels. If the patch is already in upstream Linux, post a backport of the patch that conforms to the patch requirements below.

    • Do not send patches upstream that contain only symbol exports. To be considered for upstream Linux, additions of EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() require an in-tree modular driver that uses the symbol -- so include the new driver or changes to an existing driver in the same patchset as the export.
    • When sending patches upstream, the commit message must contain a clear case for why the patch is needed and beneficial to the community. Enabling out-of-tree drivers or functionality is not a persuasive case.
  2. LESS GOOD: Develop your patches out-of-tree (from an upstream Linux point-of-view). Unless these are fixing an Android-specific bug, these are very unlikely to be accepted unless they have been coordinated with kernel-team@android.com. If you want to proceed, post a patch that conforms to the patch requirements below.

Common Kernel patch requirements

  • All patches must conform to the Linux kernel coding standards and pass scripts/checkpatch.pl
  • Patches shall not break gki_defconfig or allmodconfig builds for arm, arm64, x86, x86_64 architectures (see https://source.android.com/setup/build/building-kernels)
  • If the patch is not merged from an upstream branch, the subject must be tagged with the type of patch: UPSTREAM:, BACKPORT:, FROMGIT:, FROMLIST:, or ANDROID:.
  • All patches must have a Change-Id: tag (see https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/Documentation/user-changeid.html)
  • If an Android bug has been assigned, there must be a Bug: tag.
  • All patches must have a Signed-off-by: tag by the author and the submitter

Additional requirements are listed below based on patch type

Requirements for backports from mainline Linux: UPSTREAM:, BACKPORT:

  • If the patch is a cherry-pick from Linux mainline with no changes at all
    • tag the patch subject with UPSTREAM:.
    • add upstream commit information with a (cherry picked from commit ...) line
    • Example:
      • if the upstream commit message is
        important patch from upstream

        This is the detailed description of the important patch

        Signed-off-by: Fred Jones <fred.jones@foo.org>
  • then Joe Smith would upload the patch for the common kernel as
        UPSTREAM: important patch from upstream

        This is the detailed description of the important patch

        Signed-off-by: Fred Jones <fred.jones@foo.org>

        Bug: 135791357
        Change-Id: I4caaaa566ea080fa148c5e768bb1a0b6f7201c01
        (cherry picked from commit c31e73121f4c1ec41143423ac6ce3ce6dafdcec1)
        Signed-off-by: Joe Smith <joe.smith@foo.org>
  • If the patch requires any changes from the upstream version, tag the patch with BACKPORT: instead of UPSTREAM:.
    • use the same tags as UPSTREAM:
    • add comments about the changes under the (cherry picked from commit ...) line
    • Example:
        BACKPORT: important patch from upstream

        This is the detailed description of the important patch

        Signed-off-by: Fred Jones <fred.jones@foo.org>

        Bug: 135791357
        Change-Id: I4caaaa566ea080fa148c5e768bb1a0b6f7201c01
        (cherry picked from commit c31e73121f4c1ec41143423ac6ce3ce6dafdcec1)
        [joe: Resolved minor conflict in drivers/foo/bar.c ]
        Signed-off-by: Joe Smith <joe.smith@foo.org>

Requirements for other backports: FROMGIT:, FROMLIST:,

  • If the patch has been merged into an upstream maintainer tree, but has not yet been merged into Linux mainline
    • tag the patch subject with FROMGIT:
    • add info on where the patch came from as (cherry picked from commit <sha1> <repo> <branch>). This must be a stable maintainer branch (not rebased, so don't use linux-next for example).
    • if changes were required, use BACKPORT: FROMGIT:
    • Example:
      • if the commit message in the maintainer tree is
        important patch from upstream

        This is the detailed description of the important patch

        Signed-off-by: Fred Jones <fred.jones@foo.org>
  • then Joe Smith would upload the patch for the common kernel as
        FROMGIT: important patch from upstream

        This is the detailed description of the important patch

        Signed-off-by: Fred Jones <fred.jones@foo.org>

        Bug: 135791357
        (cherry picked from commit 878a2fd9de10b03d11d2f622250285c7e63deace
         https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/foo/bar.git test-branch)
        Change-Id: I4caaaa566ea080fa148c5e768bb1a0b6f7201c01
        Signed-off-by: Joe Smith <joe.smith@foo.org>
  • If the patch has been submitted to LKML, but not accepted into any maintainer tree
    • tag the patch subject with FROMLIST:
    • add a Link: tag with a link to the submittal on lore.kernel.org
    • add a Bug: tag with the Android bug (required for patches not accepted into a maintainer tree)
    • if changes were required, use BACKPORT: FROMLIST:
    • Example:
        FROMLIST: important patch from upstream

        This is the detailed description of the important patch

        Signed-off-by: Fred Jones <fred.jones@foo.org>

        Bug: 135791357
        Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20190619171517.GA17557@someone.com/
        Change-Id: I4caaaa566ea080fa148c5e768bb1a0b6f7201c01
        Signed-off-by: Joe Smith <joe.smith@foo.org>

Requirements for Android-specific patches: ANDROID:

  • If the patch is fixing a bug to Android-specific code
    • tag the patch subject with ANDROID:
    • add a Fixes: tag that cites the patch with the bug
    • Example:
        ANDROID: fix android-specific bug in foobar.c

        This is the detailed description of the important fix

        Fixes: 1234abcd2468 ("foobar: add cool feature")
        Change-Id: I4caaaa566ea080fa148c5e768bb1a0b6f7201c01
        Signed-off-by: Joe Smith <joe.smith@foo.org>
  • If the patch is a new feature
    • tag the patch subject with ANDROID:
    • add a Bug: tag with the Android bug (required for android-specific features)