Re: [PATCH] mm/page_alloc: Fix try_alloc_pages

Harry Yoo
2025-04-01T03:42:31Z

On Mon, Mar 31, 2025 at 08:23:36PM -0700, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
> From: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
>
> Fix an obvious bug. try_alloc_pages() should set_page_refcounted.
>
> Fixes: 97769a53f117 ("mm, bpf: Introduce try_alloc_pages() for opportunistic page allocation")
> Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
> ---
>
> As soon as I fast forwarded and rerun the tests the bug was
> seen immediately.
> I'm completely baffled how I managed to lose this hunk.
> I'm pretty sure I manually tested various code paths of
> trylock logic with CONFIG_DEBUG_VM=y.
> Pure incompetence :(
> Shame.

Better now than later... :)

Looks good to me,
Reviewed-by: Harry Yoo <harry.yoo@oracle.com>

> ---
> mm/page_alloc.c | 3 +++
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
> index ffbb5678bc2f..c0bcfe9d0dd9 100644
> --- a/mm/page_alloc.c
> +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
> @@ -7248,6 +7248,9 @@ struct page *try_alloc_pages_noprof(int nid, unsigned int order)
>
> /* Unlike regular alloc_pages() there is no __alloc_pages_slowpath(). */
>
> + if (page)
> + set_page_refcounted(page);
> +
> if (memcg_kmem_online() && page &&
> unlikely(__memcg_kmem_charge_page(page, alloc_gfp, order) != 0)) {
> free_pages_nolock(page, order);
> --
> 2.47.1

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Cheers,
Harry (formerly known as Hyeonggon)