Re: [PATCH] mm: fix panic in __alloc_pages

Michal Hocko
2021-11-02T09:04:29Z

It is hard to follow your reply as your email client is not quoting
properly. Let me try to reconstruct

On Tue 02-11-21 08:48:27, Alexey Makhalov wrote:
> On 02.11.21 08:47, Michal Hocko wrote:
[...]
>>>> CPU2 has been hot-added
>>>> BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: 0000000000001608
>>>> #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
>>>> #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
>>>> PGD 0 P4D 0
>>>> Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI
>>>> CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: systemd Tainted: G E 5.15.0-rc7+ #11
>>>> Hardware name: VMware, Inc. VMware7,1/440BX Desktop Reference Platform, BIOS VMW
>>>>
>>>> RIP: 0010:__alloc_pages+0x127/0x290
>>>
>>> Could you resolve this into a specific line of the source code please?

This got probably unnoticed. I would be really curious whether this is
a broken zonelist or something else.

>>>> Node can be in one of the following states:
>>>> 1. not present (nid == NUMA_NO_NODE)
>>>> 2. present, but offline (nid > NUMA_NO_NODE, node_online(nid) == 0,
>>>> NODE_DATA(nid) == NULL)
>>>> 3. present and online (nid > NUMA_NO_NODE, node_online(nid) > 0,
>>>> NODE_DATA(nid) != NULL)
>>>>
>>>> alloc_page_{bulk_array}node() functions verify for nid validity only
>>>> and do not check if nid is online. Enhanced verification check allows
>>>> to handle page allocation when node is in 2nd state.
>>>
>>> I do not think this is a correct approach. We should make sure that the
>>> proper fallback node is used instead. This means that the zone list is
>>> initialized properly. IIRC this has been a problem in the past and it
>>> has been fixed. The initialization code is quite subtle though so it is
>>> possible that this got broken again.

> This approach behaves in the same way as CPU was not yet added. (state #1).
> So, we can think of state #2 as state #1 when CPU is not present.

>> I'm a little confused:
>>
>> In add_memory_resource() we hotplug the new node if required and set it
>> online. Memory might get onlined later, via online_pages().
>
> You are correct. In case of memory hot add, it is true. But in case of adding
> CPU with memoryless node, try_node_online() will be called only during CPU
> onlining, see cpu_up().
>
> Is there any reason why try_online_node() resides in cpu_up() and not in add_cpu()?
> I think it would be correct to online node during the CPU hot add to align with
> memory hot add.

I am not familiar with cpu hotplug, but this doesn't seem to be anything
new so how come this became problem only now?

>> So after add_memory_resource()->__try_online_node() succeeded, we have
>> an online pgdat -- essentially 3.
>>
> This patch detects if we're past 3. but says that it reproduced by
> disabling *memory* onlining.
> This is the hot adding of both new CPU and new _memoryless_ node (with CPU only)
> And onlining CPU makes its node online. Disabling CPU onlining puts new node
> into state #2, which leads to repro.
>
>> Before we online memory for a hotplugged node, all zones are !populated.
>> So once we online memory for a !populated zone in online_pages(), we
>> trigger setup_zone_pageset().
>>
>>
>> The confusing part is that this patch checks for 3. but says it can be
>> reproduced by not onlining *memory*. There seems to be something missing.
>
> Do we maybe need a proper populated_zone() check before accessing zone data?

No, we need them initialize properly.
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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs