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Date:      Sat, 15 Apr 2000 11:03:48 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>
To:        Brian Fundakowski Feldman <green@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        Michael Reifenberger <root@nihil.plaut.de>, FreeBSD-Current <current@FreeBSD.ORG>, alc@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: panic: vm_object_shadow: source object has OBJ_ONEMAPPING set.
Message-ID:  <200004151803.LAA79656@apollo.backplane.com>
References:   <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004150932460.16247-100000@green.dyndns.org>

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:On Thu, 13 Apr 2000, Michael Reifenberger wrote:
:
:> Hi,
:> when using a linux java app (SAP PlatinGUI 46Cb2) I get the above panic.
:> FreeBSD -current. Kernel+mods in sync.
:> Linux from ports. Linux-Java-JDK 1.2.2 from blackdown as of yesterday.
:> Backtrace see crash.txt. Kernelconfig see nihil.
:> Any thoughts anyone?
:
:Yes, I've gotten these too.  I really believe the assumptions the code
:there makes are wrong, and I've got a patch to correct them to what I
:think they are supposed to be.  You've got the standard disclaimer on
:the patch, though I assure you it has shown no ill effects to me, and I
:noticed this bug through WINE.
:
:I've asked Poul-Henning Kamp, who seems to also think that the code makes
:wrong assumptions.  I've asked Matt Dillon and gotten no reply (a month
:now, at least).  I've asked Alan Cox, and he'd help if we could get him
:a test case so he can watch it happen himself and debug it himself.
:
:Do you think you can find a specific set of steps for Alan to reproduce
:it?
:
:> Bye!
:> ----
:> Michael Reifenberger
:> ^.*Plaut.*$, IT, R/3 Basis, GPS
:
:--
: Brian Fundakowski Feldman           \  FreeBSD: The Power to Serve!  /
: green@FreeBSD.org                    `------------------------------'

    Oh, sorry about that.  I've run out of time and I have to take a
    chopper to my email.  Sometimes I chop out too much.

    vm_object_shadow() is used to shadow VM objects when a write fault
    occurs, and when forking (to avoid early copying of the vm_object's).

    Hmm.  Lets see.  Well, I'd say the original code is obviously wrong.
    You CAN have a ref_count > 1 and still have OBJ_ONEMAPPING set.  I
    remember Alan and I discovering that case last year as we were fixing
    up the vm_object stuff.  Basically, the ref_count can be temporarily
    bumped with OBJ_ONEMAPPING still set.

    Here's an associated piece of code to look at.  Line 2133 of
    vm_map.c (in vmspace_fork()).  Here the vmspace_fork() code is
    trying to force the creation of a shadow object which it then
    intends to close.  It is bumping the ref_count to 'ensure' this.
    So your change will break this piece of code.

                        /*
                         * Add the reference before calling vm_object_shadow
                         * to insure that a shadow object is created.
                         */
                        vm_object_reference(object);
                        if (old_entry->eflags & MAP_ENTRY_NEEDS_COPY) {
                                vm_object_shadow(&old_entry->object.vm_object,
                                        &old_entry->offset,
                                        atop(old_entry->end - old_entry->start))
;
                                old_entry->eflags &= ~MAP_ENTRY_NEEDS_COPY;
                                object = old_entry->object.vm_object;
                        }
                        vm_object_clear_flag(object, OBJ_ONEMAPPING);

    I think the solution is to cear OBJ_ONEMAPPING before calling 
    vm_object_shadow() in vm_map.c, PLUS do your patch.  I've included
    my version below (untested).

    Re: The other person's comment about a possible reference count leak.
    I do not believe there is any reference count leak, the reference count
    was being bumped due to the forks and the shadows causing fragmentation
    of the original object.

					-Matt
					Matthew Dillon 
					<dillon@backplane.com>


Index: vm_map.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/sys/vm/vm_map.c,v
retrieving revision 1.187
diff -u -r1.187 vm_map.c
--- vm_map.c	2000/02/28 04:10:35	1.187
+++ vm_map.c	2000/04/15 18:02:06
@@ -2119,10 +2119,14 @@
 			}
 
 			/*
-			 * Add the reference before calling vm_object_shadow
-			 * to insure that a shadow object is created.
+			 * Clear OBJ_ONEMAPPING before calling vm_object_shadow
+			 * to ensure that a shadow object is created.  Add a
+			 * reference to cover the new vm_map_entry being
+			 * associated with the object.
 			 */
 			vm_object_reference(object);
+			vm_object_clear_flag(object, OBJ_ONEMAPPING);
+
 			if (old_entry->eflags & MAP_ENTRY_NEEDS_COPY) {
 				vm_object_shadow(&old_entry->object.vm_object,
 					&old_entry->offset,
@@ -2130,7 +2134,6 @@
 				old_entry->eflags &= ~MAP_ENTRY_NEEDS_COPY;
 				object = old_entry->object.vm_object;
 			}
-			vm_object_clear_flag(object, OBJ_ONEMAPPING);
 
 			/*
 			 * Clone the entry, referencing the shared object.
Index: vm_object.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/sys/vm/vm_object.c,v
retrieving revision 1.171.2.1
diff -u -r1.171.2.1 vm_object.c
--- vm_object.c	2000/03/17 10:47:35	1.171.2.1
+++ vm_object.c	2000/04/15 18:00:29
@@ -900,10 +900,17 @@
 	source = *object;
 
 	/*
-	 * Don't create the new object if the old object isn't shared.
+	 * If the old object is not shared we may be able to simply use it
+	 * as the shadow rather then have to create a new object.  Only
+	 * objects that we can guarentee this case can be optimized - that is,
+	 * only objects with no handles that other processes can get a hold
+	 * of which are otherwise unassociated, have only one mapping, and
+	 * only one reference count.  XXX do we need the reference count check
+	 * any more? XXX
 	 */
 
 	if (source != NULL &&
+	    (source->flags & OBJ_ONEMAPPING) != 0 &&
 	    source->ref_count == 1 &&
 	    source->handle == NULL &&
 	    (source->type == OBJT_DEFAULT ||


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