Re: [BUGFIX][PATCH] Fix usemap initialization v3

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:46:21 +0900 KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> wrote:

> fixed typos.
> ==
> usemap must be initialized only when pfn is within zone.
> If not, it corrupts memory.
> 
> And this patch also reduces the number of calls to set_pageblock_migratetype()
> from
> 	(pfn & (pageblock_nr_pages -1)
> to
> 	!(pfn & (pageblock_nr_pages-1)
> it should be called once per pageblock.
> 
> Changelog.
> v2->v3
>  - Fixed typos.
> v1->v2
>  - Fixed boundary check.
>  - Move calculation of pointer for zone struct to out of loop.
> 
> 
> Signed-off-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>
> 
> ---
>  mm/page_alloc.c |   14 ++++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> Index: linux-2.6.25/mm/page_alloc.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.25.orig/mm/page_alloc.c
> +++ linux-2.6.25/mm/page_alloc.c
> @@ -2518,7 +2518,9 @@ void __meminit memmap_init_zone(unsigned
>  	struct page *page;
>  	unsigned long end_pfn = start_pfn + size;
>  	unsigned long pfn;
> +	struct zone *z;
>  
> +	z = &NODE_DATA(nid)->node_zones[zone];
>  	for (pfn = start_pfn; pfn < end_pfn; pfn++) {
>  		/*
>  		 * There can be holes in boot-time mem_map[]s
> @@ -2536,7 +2538,6 @@ void __meminit memmap_init_zone(unsigned
>  		init_page_count(page);
>  		reset_page_mapcount(page);
>  		SetPageReserved(page);
> -
>  		/*
>  		 * Mark the block movable so that blocks are reserved for
>  		 * movable at startup. This will force kernel allocations
> @@ -2545,8 +2546,15 @@ void __meminit memmap_init_zone(unsigned
>  		 * kernel allocations are made. Later some blocks near
>  		 * the start are marked MIGRATE_RESERVE by
>  		 * setup_zone_migrate_reserve()
> +		 *
> +		 * bitmap is created for zone's valid pfn range. but memmap
> +		 * can be created for invalid pages (for alignment)
> +		 * check here not to call set_pageblock_migratetype() against
> +		 * pfn out of zone.
>  		 */
> -		if ((pfn & (pageblock_nr_pages-1)))
> +		if ((z->zone_start_pfn <= pfn)
> +		    && (pfn < z->zone_start_pfn + z->spanned_pages)
> +		    && !(pfn & (pageblock_nr_pages - 1)))
>  			set_pageblock_migratetype(page, MIGRATE_MOVABLE);
>  
>  		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&page->lru);
> @@ -4460,6 +4468,8 @@ void set_pageblock_flags_group(struct pa
>  	pfn = page_to_pfn(page);
>  	bitmap = get_pageblock_bitmap(zone, pfn);
>  	bitidx = pfn_to_bitidx(zone, pfn);
> +	VM_BUG_ON(pfn < zone->zone_start_pfn);
> +	VM_BUG_ON(pfn >= zone->zone_start_pfn + zone->spanned_pages);
>  
>  	for (; start_bitidx <= end_bitidx; start_bitidx++, value <<= 1)
>  		if (flags & value)

Do we think this is needed in 2.6.25.x?