linux-kernel - [PATCH] mm, page_alloc: Split buffered

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Date:   Tue, 24 Jan 2017 11:27:23 +0000
From:   Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        Hillf Danton <hillf.zj@...baba-inc.com>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH] mm, page_alloc: Split buffered_rmqueue -fix

Vlastimil Babka pointed out that a failed per-cpu refill on a kernel with
CONFIG_DEBUG_VM may blow up on a VM_BUG_ON_PAGE. This patch is a fix
to the mmotm patch mm-page_alloc-split-buffered_rmqueue.patch

Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>

diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index c075831c3a1a..5a04636ccc05 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -2697,7 +2697,7 @@ struct page *rmqueue(struct zone *preferred_zone,
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 
 out:
-	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(bad_range(zone, page), page);
+	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(page && bad_range(zone, page), page);
 	return page;
 
 failed: