linux-kernel - [PATCH] mm: compaction: Check pfn_valid when entering a new MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES block during isolation for migration

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Message-ID: <20120131163528.GR4065@suse.de>
Date:	Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:35:28 +0000
From:	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Herbert van den Bergh <herbert.van.den.bergh@...cle.com>,
	Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@...a86.com>,
	Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] mm: compaction: Check pfn_valid when entering a new
 MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES block during isolation for migration

When isolating for migration, migration starts at the start of a zone
which is not necessarily pageblock aligned. Further, it stops isolating
when COMPACT_CLUSTER_MAX pages are isolated so migrate_pfn is generally
not aligned.

The problem is that pfn_valid is only called on the first PFN being
checked. Lets say we have a case like this

H = MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES boundary
| = pageblock boundary
m = cc->migrate_pfn
f = cc->free_pfn
o = memory hole

H------|------H------|----m-Hoooooo|ooooooH-f----|------H

The migrate_pfn is just below a memory hole and the free scanner is
beyond the hole. When isolate_migratepages started, it scans from
migrate_pfn to migrate_pfn+pageblock_nr_pages which is now in a memory
hole. It checks pfn_valid() on the first PFN but then scans into the
hole where there are not necessarily valid struct pages.

This patch ensures that isolate_migratepages calls pfn_valid when
necessary.

Reported-and-tested-by: Herbert van den Bergh <herbert.van.den.bergh@...cle.com>
Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
Acked-by: Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@...a86.com>
Cc: stable@...nel.org
---
 mm/compaction.c |   13 +++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c
index 899d956..edc1e26 100644
--- a/mm/compaction.c
+++ b/mm/compaction.c
@@ -313,6 +313,19 @@ static isolate_migrate_t isolate_migratepages(struct zone *zone,
 		} else if (!locked)
 			spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
 
+		/*
+		 * migrate_pfn does not necessarily start aligned to a
+		 * pageblock. Ensure that pfn_valid is called when moving
+		 * into a new MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES range in case of large
+		 * memory holes within the zone
+		 */
+		if ((low_pfn & (MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES - 1)) == 0) {
+			if (!pfn_valid(low_pfn)) {
+				low_pfn += MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES - 1;
+				continue;
+			}
+		}
+
 		if (!pfn_valid_within(low_pfn))
 			continue;
 		nr_scanned++;
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