linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] memory-hotplug: bug fix race between isolation and allocation

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Message-ID: <50484044.1060308@jp.fujitsu.com>
Date:	Thu, 06 Sep 2012 15:18:44 +0900
From:	Kamezawa Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
	Yasuaki Ishimatsu <isimatu.yasuaki@...fujitsu.com>,
	Xishi Qiu <qiuxishi@...wei.com>,
	Wen Congyang <wency@...fujitsu.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] memory-hotplug: bug fix race between isolation
 and allocation

(2012/09/06 14:16), Minchan Kim wrote:
> Like below, memory-hotplug makes race between page-isolation
> and page-allocation so it can hit BUG_ON in __offline_isolated_pages.
> 
> 	CPU A					CPU B
> 
> start_isolate_page_range
> set_migratetype_isolate
> spin_lock_irqsave(zone->lock)
> 
> 				free_hot_cold_page(Page A)
> 				/* without zone->lock */
> 				migratetype = get_pageblock_migratetype(Page A);
> 				/*
> 				 * Page could be moved into MIGRATE_MOVABLE
> 				 * of per_cpu_pages
> 				 */
> 				list_add_tail(&page->lru, &pcp->lists[migratetype]);
> 
> set_pageblock_isolate
> move_freepages_block
> drain_all_pages
> 
> 				/* Page A could be in MIGRATE_MOVABLE of free_list. */
> 
> check_pages_isolated
> __test_page_isolated_in_pageblock
> /*
>   * We can't catch freed page which
>   * is free_list[MIGRATE_MOVABLE]
>   */
> if (PageBuddy(page A))
> 	pfn += 1 << page_order(page A);
> 
> 				/* So, Page A could be allocated */
> 
> __offline_isolated_pages
> /*
>   * BUG_ON hit or offline page
>   * which is used by someone
>   */
> BUG_ON(!PageBuddy(page A));
> 
> This patch checks page's migratetype in freelist in __test_page_isolated_in_pageblock.
> So now __test_page_isolated_in_pageblock can check the page caused by above race and
> can fail of memory offlining.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>

I agree this fix.

Maybe we (fujitsu) should revisit these logics around and make it cleaner....

Anyway, thank you!
Acked-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>

> ---
>   mm/page_isolation.c |    5 ++++-
>   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/page_isolation.c b/mm/page_isolation.c
> index 87a7929..7ba7405 100644
> --- a/mm/page_isolation.c
> +++ b/mm/page_isolation.c
> @@ -193,8 +193,11 @@ __test_page_isolated_in_pageblock(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
>   			continue;
>   		}
>   		page = pfn_to_page(pfn);
> -		if (PageBuddy(page))
> +		if (PageBuddy(page)) {
> +			if (get_freepage_migratetype(page) != MIGRATE_ISOLATE)
> +				break;
>   			pfn += 1 << page_order(page);
> +		}
>   		else if (page_count(page) == 0 &&
>   			get_freepage_migratetype(page) == MIGRATE_ISOLATE)
>   			pfn += 1;
> 


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