On Wed 02-09-20 16:01:17, Michal Hocko wrote: > [Cc Mel and Vlastimil - I am still rummaging] > > On Tue 01-09-20 08:46:15, Pavel Tatashin wrote: > > There is a race during page offline that can lead to infinite loop: > > a page never ends up on a buddy list and __offline_pages() keeps > > retrying infinitely or until a termination signal is received. > > > > Thread#1 - a new process: > > > > load_elf_binary > > begin_new_exec > > exec_mmap > > mmput > > exit_mmap > > tlb_finish_mmu > > tlb_flush_mmu > > release_pages > > free_unref_page_list > > free_unref_page_prepare > > set_pcppage_migratetype(page, migratetype); > > // Set page->index migration type below MIGRATE_PCPTYPES > > > > Thread#2 - hot-removes memory > > __offline_pages > > start_isolate_page_range > > set_migratetype_isolate > > set_pageblock_migratetype(page, MIGRATE_ISOLATE); > > Set migration type to MIGRATE_ISOLATE-> set > > drain_all_pages(zone); > > // drain per-cpu page lists to buddy allocator. > > > > Thread#1 - continue > > free_unref_page_commit > > migratetype = get_pcppage_migratetype(page); > > // get old migration type > > list_add(&page->lru, &pcp->lists[migratetype]); > > // add new page to already drained pcp list > > > > Thread#2 > > Never drains pcp again, and therefore gets stuck in the loop. > > > > The fix is to try to drain per-cpu lists again after > > check_pages_isolated_cb() fails. Still trying to wrap my head around this but I think this is not a proper fix. It should be the page isolation to make sure no races are possible with the page freeing path. > > Signed-off-by: Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > --- > > mm/memory_hotplug.c | 9 +++++++++ > > 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) > > > > diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c > > index e9d5ab5d3ca0..d6d54922bfce 100644 > > --- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c > > +++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c > > @@ -1575,6 +1575,15 @@ static int __ref __offline_pages(unsigned long start_pfn, > > /* check again */ > > ret = walk_system_ram_range(start_pfn, end_pfn - start_pfn, > > NULL, check_pages_isolated_cb); > > + /* > > + * per-cpu pages are drained in start_isolate_page_range, but if > > + * there are still pages that are not free, make sure that we > > + * drain again, because when we isolated range we might > > + * have raced with another thread that was adding pages to > > + * pcp list. > > + */ > > + if (ret) > > + drain_all_pages(zone); > > } while (ret); > > > > /* Ok, all of our target is isolated. > > -- > > 2.25.1 > > > > -- > Michal Hocko > SUSE Labs -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs
