Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/2] memalloc: do not leave unmapped holes in EAL virtual memory area

["Burakov, Anatoly" <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>]

On 01-Jun-18 1:59 PM, Dariusz Stojaczyk wrote:
> EAL reserves a huge area in virtual address space
> to provide virtual address contiguity for e.g.
> future memory extensions (memory hotplug). During
> memory hotplug, if the hugepage mmap succeeds but
> doesn't suffice EAL's requiriments, the EAL would
> unmap this mapping straight away, leaving a hole in
> its virtual memory area and making it available
> to everyone. As EAL still thinks it owns the entire
> region, it may try to mmap it later with MAP_FIXED,
> possibly overriding a user's mapping that was made
> in the meantime.
> 
> This patch ensures each hole is mapped back by EAL,
> so that it won't be available to anyone else.
> 
> Changes from v2:
>    * replaced rte_panic() with a CRIT log.
>    * added "git fixline" tags
> 
> Changes from v1:
>   * checkpatch fixes
> 
> Fixes: 582bed1e1d1d ("mem: support mapping hugepages at runtime")
> Cc: anatoly.burakov@intel.com
> Cc: stable@dpdk.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dariusz Stojaczyk <dariuszx.stojaczyk@intel.com>
> ---

Acked-by: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>

Thomas, could you please fix the commit message on apply?

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Thanks,
Anatoly