linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm, page_alloc: fix core hung in free_pcppages

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Date:   Thu, 13 Aug 2020 09:07:44 +0200
From:   Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>
To:     David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
Cc:     Charan Teja Reddy <charante@...eaurora.org>,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, vbabka@...e.cz, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, vinmenon@...eaurora.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm, page_alloc: fix core hung in free_pcppages_bulk()

On Tue 11-08-20 10:29:24, David Hildenbrand wrote:
[...]
> I was wondering if we should rather set all pageblocks to
> MIGRATE_ISOLATE in online_pages() before doing the online_pages_range()
> call, and do undo_isolate_page_range() after onlining is done.
> 
> move_pfn_range_to_zone()->memmap_init_zone() marks all pageblocks
> MIGRATE_MOVABLE, and as that function is used also during boot, we could
> supply a parameter to configure this.
> 
> This would prevent another race from happening: Having pages exposed to
> the buddy ready for allocation in online_pages_range() before the
> sections are marked online.
> 
> This would avoid any pages from getting allocated before we're
> completely done onlining.

This sounds like a reasonable idea to me.

> We would need MIGRATE_ISOLATE/CONFIG_MEMORY_ISOLATION also for
> CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG.

We already do depend on the memory isolation in the hotremove. Doing the
same for hotplug in general makes sense as well.

Thanks!
-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs