linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Correct zone boundary handling when resetting pageblock skip hints

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Date:   Wed, 27 Mar 2019 12:45:20 +0000
From:   Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>
To:     Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Mikhail Gavrilov <mikhail.v.gavrilov@...il.com>,
        Daniel Jordan <daniel.m.jordan@...cle.com>,
        Qian Cai <cai@....pw>, linux-mm@...ck.org, vbabka@...e.cz,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Correct zone boundary handling when resetting pageblock
 skip hints

On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 05:47:06PM +0530, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
> > @@ -267,20 +268,26 @@ __reset_isolation_pfn(struct zone *zone, unsigned long pfn, bool check_source,
> >  	    get_pageblock_migratetype(page) != MIGRATE_MOVABLE)
> >  		return false;
> >  
> > +	/* Ensure the start of the pageblock or zone is online and valid */
> > +	block_pfn = pageblock_start_pfn(pfn);
> > +	block_page = pfn_to_online_page(max(block_pfn, zone->zone_start_pfn));
> > +	if (block_page) {
> > +		page = block_page;
> > +		pfn = block_pfn;
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	/* Ensure the end of the pageblock or zone is online and valid */
> > +	block_pfn += pageblock_nr_pages;
> > +	block_pfn = min(block_pfn, zone_end_pfn(zone) - 1);
> > +	end_page = pfn_to_online_page(block_pfn);
> > +	if (!end_page)
> > +		return false;
> 
> Should not we check zone against page_zone() from both start and end page here.

The lower address has the max(block_pfn, zone->zone_start_pfn) and the
upper address has the min(block_pfn, zone_end_pfn(zone) - 1) check to
keep the PFN within the zone boundary.

-- 
Mel Gorman
SUSE Labs