Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo....@lge.com> writes:
> alloc_huge_page_node() use dequeue_huge_page_node() without
> any validation check, so it can steal reserved page unconditionally.
> To fix it, check the number of free_huge_page in
> alloc_huge_page_node().
May be we should say. Don't use the reserve pool when soft offlining a huge
page. Check we have free pages outside the reserve pool before we
dequeue the huge page
Reviewed-by: Aneesh Kumar <aneesh.ku...@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>
> Signed-off-by: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo....@lge.com>
>
> diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
> index 6782b41..d971233 100644
> --- a/mm/hugetlb.c
> +++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
> @@ -935,10 +935,11 @@ static struct page *alloc_buddy_huge_page(struct hstate
> *h, int nid)
> */
> struct page *alloc_huge_page_node(struct hstate *h, int nid)
> {
> - struct page *page;
> + struct page *page = NULL;
>
> spin_lock(&hugetlb_lock);
> - page = dequeue_huge_page_node(h, nid);
> + if (h->free_huge_pages - h->resv_huge_pages > 0)
> + page = dequeue_huge_page_node(h, nid);
> spin_unlock(&hugetlb_lock);
>
> if (!page)
> --
> 1.7.9.5
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