Memory returned to free_contig_range() must have no other references. Let kernel to complain loudly if page reference count is not equal to 1.
Signed-off-by: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprow...@samsung.com> Reviewed-by: Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.p...@samsung.com> CC: Michal Nazarewicz <min...@mina86.com> --- mm/page_alloc.c | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c index 022e4ed..290c2eb 100644 --- a/mm/page_alloc.c +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c @@ -5888,8 +5888,13 @@ done: void free_contig_range(unsigned long pfn, unsigned nr_pages) { - for (; nr_pages--; ++pfn) - __free_page(pfn_to_page(pfn)); + struct page *page = pfn_to_page(pfn); + int count = 0; + for (; nr_pages--; page++) { + count += page_count(page) != 1; + __free_page(page); + } + WARN(count != 0, "%d pages are still in use!\n", count); } #endif -- 1.7.9.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/