Re: arm32: panic in move_freepages (Was [PATCH v2 0/4] arm64: drop pfn_valid_within() and simplify pfn_valid())

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On Fri, Apr 30, 2021 at 07:24:37PM +0800, Kefeng Wang wrote:
> 
> 
> On 2021/4/30 17:51, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 29, 2021 at 06:22:55PM +0800, Kefeng Wang wrote:
> > > 
> > > On 2021/4/29 14:57, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> > > 
> > > > > > Do you use SPARSMEM? If yes, what is your section size?
> > > > > > What is the value if CONFIG_FORCE_MAX_ZONEORDER in your configuration?
> > > > > Yes,
> > > > > 
> > > > > CONFIG_SPARSEMEM=y
> > > > > 
> > > > > CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_STATIC=y
> > > > > 
> > > > > CONFIG_FORCE_MAX_ZONEORDER = 11
> > > > > 
> > > > > CONFIG_PAGE_OFFSET=0xC0000000
> > > > > CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_PFN_VALID=y
> > > > > CONFIG_HIGHMEM=y
> > > > > #define SECTION_SIZE_BITS    26
> > > > > #define MAX_PHYSADDR_BITS    32
> > > > > #define MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS     32
> > > 
> > > 
> > > With the patch,  the addr is aligned, but the panic still occurred,
> > 
> > Is this the same panic at move_freepages() for range [de600, de7ff]?
> > 
> > Do you enable CONFIG_ARM_LPAE?
> 
> no, the CONFIG_ARM_LPAE is not set, and yes with same panic at
> move_freepages at
> 
> start_pfn/end_pfn [de600, de7ff], [de600000, de7ff000] :  pfn =de600, page
> =ef3cc000, page-flags = ffffffff,  pfn2phy = de600000
> 
> > > __free_memory_core, range: 0xb0200000 - 0xc0000000, pfn: b0200 - b0200
> > > __free_memory_core, range: 0xcc000000 - 0xdca00000, pfn: cc000 - b0200
> > > __free_memory_core, range: 0xde700000 - 0xdea00000, pfn: de700 - b0200

Hmm, [de600, de7ff] is not added to the free lists which is correct. But
then it's unclear how the page for de600 gets to move_freepages()...

Can't say I have any bright ideas to try here...

> the __free_memory_core will check the start pfn and end pfn,
> 
>  if (start_pfn >= end_pfn)
>          return 0;
> 
>  __free_pages_memory(start_pfn, end_pfn);
> so the memory will not be freed to buddy, confused...

It's a check for range validity, all valid ranges are added.

> > > __free_memory_core, range: 0xe0800000 - 0xe0c00000, pfn: e0800 - b0200
> > > __free_memory_core, range: 0xf4b00000 - 0xf7000000, pfn: f4b00 - b0200
> > > __free_memory_core, range: 0xfda00000 - 0xffffffff, pfn: fda00 - b0200
> > > > It seems that with SPARSEMEM we don't align the freed parts on pageblock
> > > > boundaries.
> > > > 
> > > > Can you try the patch below:
> > > > 
> > > > diff --git a/mm/memblock.c b/mm/memblock.c
> > > > index afaefa8fc6ab..1926369b52ec 100644
> > > > --- a/mm/memblock.c
> > > > +++ b/mm/memblock.c
> > > > @@ -1941,14 +1941,13 @@ static void __init free_unused_memmap(void)
> > > >    		 * due to SPARSEMEM sections which aren't present.
> > > >    		 */
> > > >    		start = min(start, ALIGN(prev_end, PAGES_PER_SECTION));
> > > > -#else
> > > > +#endif
> > > >    		/*
> > > >    		 * Align down here since the VM subsystem insists that the
> > > >    		 * memmap entries are valid from the bank start aligned to
> > > >    		 * MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES.
> > > >    		 */
> > > >    		start = round_down(start, MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES);
> > > > -#endif
> > > >    		/*
> > > >    		 * If we had a previous bank, and there is a space
> > > > 
> > 

-- 
Sincerely yours,
Mike.
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