On 01/17/2018 01:39 PM, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > So maybe something like this to test the theory? > > diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c > index 76c9688b6a0a..f919a5548943 100644 > --- a/mm/page_alloc.c > +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c > @@ -756,6 +756,8 @@ static inline void rmv_page_order(struct page *page) > static inline int page_is_buddy(struct page *page, struct page *buddy, > unsigned int order) > { > + if (WARN_ON_ONCE(page_zone(page) != page_zone(buddy))) > + return 0; > if (page_is_guard(buddy) && page_order(buddy) == order) { > if (page_zone_id(page) != page_zone_id(buddy)) > return 0; I thought that page_zone_id() stuff was there to prevent this kind of cross-zone stuff from happening. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>