linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm, compaction: Use free lists to quickly locate a migration target -fix

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Message-Id: <20190109112731.7d189ba6a606ca8f84dc5fa2@linux-foundation.org>
Date:   Wed, 9 Jan 2019 11:27:31 -0800
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>
Cc:     David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>, ying.huang@...el.com,
        kirill@...temov.name, Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        Linux List Kernel Mailing <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm, compaction: Use free lists to quickly locate a
 migration target -fix

On Wed, 9 Jan 2019 11:13:44 +0000 Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net> wrote:

> Full compaction of a node passes in negative orders which can lead to array
> boundary issues. While it could be addressed in the control flow of the
> primary loop, it would be fragile so explicitly check for the condition.
> This is a fix for the mmotm patch
> broken-out/mm-compaction-use-free-lists-to-quickly-locate-a-migration-target.patch
> 
> ...
>
> --- a/mm/compaction.c
> +++ b/mm/compaction.c
> @@ -1206,6 +1206,10 @@ fast_isolate_freepages(struct compact_control *cc)
>  	bool scan_start = false;
>  	int order;
>  
> +	/* Full compaction passes in a negative order */
> +	if (order <= 0)
> +		return cc->free_pfn;
> +
>  	/*
>  	 * If starting the scan, use a deeper search and use the highest
>  	 * PFN found if a suitable one is not found.

`order' is uninitialized.