(2012/09/06 14:16), Minchan Kim wrote:
> Like below, memory-hotplug makes race between page-isolation
> and page-allocation so it can hit BUG_ON in __offline_isolated_pages.
>
> CPU A CPU B
>
> start_isolate_page_range
> set_migratetype_isolate
> spin_lock_irqsave(zone->lock)
>
> free_hot_cold_page(Page A)
> /* without zone->lock */
> migratetype = get_pageblock_migratetype(Page A);
> /*
> * Page could be moved into MIGRATE_MOVABLE
> * of per_cpu_pages
> */
> list_add_tail(&page->lru,
> &pcp->lists[migratetype]);
>
> set_pageblock_isolate
> move_freepages_block
> drain_all_pages
>
> /* Page A could be in MIGRATE_MOVABLE of
> free_list. */
>
> check_pages_isolated
> __test_page_isolated_in_pageblock
> /*
> * We can't catch freed page which
> * is free_list[MIGRATE_MOVABLE]
> */
> if (PageBuddy(page A))
> pfn += 1 << page_order(page A);
>
> /* So, Page A could be allocated */
>
> __offline_isolated_pages
> /*
> * BUG_ON hit or offline page
> * which is used by someone
> */
> BUG_ON(!PageBuddy(page A));
>
> This patch checks page's migratetype in freelist in
> __test_page_isolated_in_pageblock.
> So now __test_page_isolated_in_pageblock can check the page caused by above
> race and
> can fail of memory offlining.
>
> Signed-off-by: Minchan Kim <minc...@kernel.org>
I agree this fix.
Maybe we (fujitsu) should revisit these logics around and make it cleaner....
Anyway, thank you!
Acked-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hir...@jp.fujitsu.com>
> ---
> mm/page_isolation.c | 5 ++++-
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/page_isolation.c b/mm/page_isolation.c
> index 87a7929..7ba7405 100644
> --- a/mm/page_isolation.c
> +++ b/mm/page_isolation.c
> @@ -193,8 +193,11 @@ __test_page_isolated_in_pageblock(unsigned long pfn,
> unsigned long end_pfn)
> continue;
> }
> page = pfn_to_page(pfn);
> - if (PageBuddy(page))
> + if (PageBuddy(page)) {
> + if (get_freepage_migratetype(page) != MIGRATE_ISOLATE)
> + break;
> pfn += 1 << page_order(page);
> + }
> else if (page_count(page) == 0 &&
> get_freepage_migratetype(page) == MIGRATE_ISOLATE)
> pfn += 1;
>
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