[PATCH 2/2] mm/page_alloc: DEBUG_VM checks for free_list placement of CMA and RESERVE pages

Vlastimil Babka
2014-04-03T15:40:44Z

For the MIGRATE_RESERVE pages, it is important they do not get misplaced
on free_list of other migratetype, otherwise the whole MIGRATE_RESERVE
pageblock might be changed to other migratetype in try_to_steal_freepages().
For MIGRATE_CMA, the pages also must not go to a different free_list, otherwise
they could get allocated as unmovable and result in CMA failure.

This is ensured by setting the freepage_migratetype appropriately when placing
pages on pcp lists, and using the information when releasing them back to
free_list. It is also assumed that CMA and RESERVE pageblocks are created only
in the init phase. This patch adds DEBUG_VM checks to catch any regressions
introduced for this invariant.

Cc: Yong-Taek Lee <ytk.lee@samsung.com>
Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@samsung.com>
Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>
Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org>
Cc: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com>
Cc: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@samsung.com>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Cc: Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@mina86.com>
Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
---
include/linux/mm.h | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
mm/page_alloc.c | 3 +++
2 files changed, 22 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index c1b7414..27a74ba 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -280,6 +280,25 @@ static inline int get_freepage_migratetype(struct page *page)
}

/*
+ * Check that a freepage cannot end up on a wrong free_list for "sensitive"
+ * migratetypes. Return false if it could. Useful for VM_BUG_ON checks.
+ */
+static inline bool check_freepage_migratetype(struct page *page)
+{
+ int pageblock_mt = get_pageblock_migratetype(page);
+ int freepage_mt = get_freepage_migratetype(page);
+
+ /*
+ * For RESERVE and CMA pageblocks, the freepage_migratetype must
+ * match their migratetype. For other pageblocks, we don't care.
+ */
+ if (pageblock_mt != MIGRATE_RESERVE && !is_migrate_cma(pageblock_mt))
+ return true;
+
+ return (freepage_mt == pageblock_mt);
+}
+
+/*
* FIXME: take this include out, include page-flags.h in
* files which need it (119 of them)
*/
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 2dbaba1..0ee9f8c 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -697,6 +697,8 @@ static void free_pcppages_bulk(struct zone *zone, int count,
page = list_entry(list->prev, struct page, lru);
/* must delete as __free_one_page list manipulates */
list_del(&page->lru);
+
+ VM_BUG_ON(!check_freepage_migratetype(page));
mt = get_freepage_migratetype(page);
/* MIGRATE_MOVABLE list may include MIGRATE_RESERVEs */
__free_one_page(page, zone, 0, mt);
@@ -1190,6 +1192,7 @@ static int rmqueue_bulk(struct zone *zone, unsigned int order,
struct page *page = __rmqueue(zone, order, migratetype);
if (unlikely(page == NULL))
break;
+ VM_BUG_ON(!check_freepage_migratetype(page));

/*
* Split buddy pages returned by expand() are received here
--
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