linux-kernel - [092/129] memory hotplug: fix next block calculation in is

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Date:	Sat, 18 Sep 2010 12:13:10 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org
Cc:	stable-review@...nel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>,
	Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>,
	Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>
Subject: [092/129] memory hotplug: fix next block calculation in is_removable

2.6.35-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

------------------

From: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>

commit 0dcc48c15f63ee86c2fcd33968b08d651f0360a5 upstream.

next_active_pageblock() is for finding next _used_ freeblock.  It skips
several blocks when it finds there are a chunk of free pages lager than
pageblock.  But it has 2 bugs.

  1. We have no lock. page_order(page) - pageblock_order can be minus.
  2. pageblocks_stride += is wrong. it should skip page_order(p) of pages.

Signed-off-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>
Cc: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>
Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>

---
 mm/memory_hotplug.c |   16 ++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -584,19 +584,19 @@ static inline int pageblock_free(struct
 /* Return the start of the next active pageblock after a given page */
 static struct page *next_active_pageblock(struct page *page)
 {
-	int pageblocks_stride;
-
 	/* Ensure the starting page is pageblock-aligned */
 	BUG_ON(page_to_pfn(page) & (pageblock_nr_pages - 1));
 
-	/* Move forward by at least 1 * pageblock_nr_pages */
-	pageblocks_stride = 1;
-
 	/* If the entire pageblock is free, move to the end of free page */
-	if (pageblock_free(page))
-		pageblocks_stride += page_order(page) - pageblock_order;
+	if (pageblock_free(page)) {
+		int order;
+		/* be careful. we don't have locks, page_order can be changed.*/
+		order = page_order(page);
+		if ((order < MAX_ORDER) && (order >= pageblock_order))
+			return page + (1 << order);
+	}
 
-	return page + (pageblocks_stride * pageblock_nr_pages);
+	return page + pageblock_nr_pages;
 }
 
 /* Checks if this range of memory is likely to be hot-removable. */


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