linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] memcgroup: check and initialize page->cgroup in memmap_init

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Date:	Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:04:56 +0900
From:	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Shi Weihua <shiwh@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	xemul@...nvz.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	hugh@...itas.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] memcgroup: check and initialize page->cgroup in
 memmap_init_zone

On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:46:30 +0800
Shi Weihua <shiwh@...fujitsu.com> wrote:

> In this patch, the Author Hugh Dickins said 
> "...memmap_init_zone doesn't need it either, ...
> Linux assumes pointers in zeroed structures are NULL pointers."
> But it seems it's not always the case, so we should check and initialize
> page->cgroup anyways.
> 
Hmm...strange. (I never see this with 2.6.25 + Primequest) 
What memory model are you using ? CONFIG_SPRASEMEM_VMEMMAP ?


>  	for (pfn = start_pfn; pfn < end_pfn; pfn++) {
>  		/*
> @@ -2535,6 +2536,9 @@ void __meminit memmap_init_zone(unsigned long size, int nid, unsigned long zone,
>  		set_page_links(page, zone, nid, pfn);
>  		init_page_count(page);
>  		reset_page_mapcount(page);
> +		pc = page_get_page_cgroup(page);
> +		if (pc) 
> +			page_reset_bad_cgroup(page);
>  		SetPageReserved(page);
>  
BTW, page_reset_page_cgroup, defined as this
==
#define page_reset_bad_cgroup(page)     ((page)->page_cgroup = 0)
==
Should be
==
#define page_reset_bad_cgroup(page)     ((page)->page_cgroup = 0UL)
==
...I'll write a patch.

Thanks,
-Kame


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