> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alistair Popple <apopple@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, August 15, 2022 13:17
> To: linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Wang, Haiyue <haiyue.wang@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; david@xxxxxxxxxx; linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx; Huang, Ying
> <ying.huang@xxxxxxxxx>; songmuchun@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; naoya.horiguchi@xxxxxxxxx; alex.sierra@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] mm: migration: fix the FOLL_GET failure on following huge page
>
> On Monday, 15 August 2022 2:40:48 PM AEST Wang, Haiyue wrote:
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Alistair Popple <apopple@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Monday, August 15, 2022 12:29
> > > To: linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Wang, Haiyue
> <haiyue.wang@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; david@xxxxxxxxxx; linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx;
> Huang, Ying
> > > <ying.huang@xxxxxxxxx>; songmuchun@xxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> naoya.horiguchi@xxxxxxxxx; alex.sierra@xxxxxxx; Wang,
> > > Haiyue <haiyue.wang@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] mm: migration: fix the FOLL_GET failure on
> following huge page
> > >
> > > On Monday, 15 August 2022 11:59:08 AM AEST Haiyue Wang wrote:
> > > > Not all huge page APIs support FOLL_GET option, so the __NR_move_pages
> > > > will fail to get the page node information for huge page.
> > >
> > > I think you should be explicit in the commit message about which functions
> do
> > > not support FOLL_GET as it's not obvious what support needs to be added
> before
> > > this fix can be reverted.
> >
> > Yes, make sense, will add them in new patch.
>
> Actually while you're at it I think it would be good to include a description
> of the impact of this failure in the commit message. Ie. You're answer to:
>
> > What are the user-visible runtime effects of this bug?
>
> As it documents what should be tested if this fix does actually ever get
> reverted.
An short example *.c code to capture the bug in commit message ?
>
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > - Alistair
> > >
> > > > This is an temporary solution to mitigate the racing fix.
> > > >
> > > > After supporting follow huge page by FOLL_GET is done, this fix can be
> > > > reverted safely.
> > > >
> > > > Fixes: 4cd614841c06 ("mm: migration: fix possible do_pages_stat_array
> racing
> > > with memory offline")
> > > > Signed-off-by: Haiyue Wang <haiyue.wang@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > ---
> > > > mm/migrate.c | 10 ++++++++--
> > > > 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
> > > > index 6a1597c92261..581dfaad9257 100644
> > > > --- a/mm/migrate.c
> > > > +++ b/mm/migrate.c
> > > > @@ -1848,6 +1848,7 @@ static void do_pages_stat_array(struct mm_struct
> *mm,
> > > unsigned long nr_pages,
> > > >
> > > > for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++) {
> > > > unsigned long addr = (unsigned long)(*pages);
> > > > + unsigned int foll_flags = FOLL_DUMP;
> > > > struct vm_area_struct *vma;
> > > > struct page *page;
> > > > int err = -EFAULT;
> > > > @@ -1856,8 +1857,12 @@ static void do_pages_stat_array(struct mm_struct
> *mm,
> > > unsigned long nr_pages,
> > > > if (!vma)
> > > > goto set_status;
> > > >
> > > > + /* Not all huge page follow APIs support 'FOLL_GET' */
> > > > + if (!is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma))
> > > > + foll_flags |= FOLL_GET;
> > > > +
> > > > /* FOLL_DUMP to ignore special (like zero) pages */
> > > > - page = follow_page(vma, addr, FOLL_GET | FOLL_DUMP);
> > > > + page = follow_page(vma, addr, foll_flags);
> > > >
> > > > err = PTR_ERR(page);
> > > > if (IS_ERR(page))
> > > > @@ -1865,7 +1870,8 @@ static void do_pages_stat_array(struct mm_struct
> *mm,
> > > unsigned long nr_pages,
> > > >
> > > > if (page && !is_zone_device_page(page)) {
> > > > err = page_to_nid(page);
> > > > - put_page(page);
> > > > + if (foll_flags & FOLL_GET)
> > > > + put_page(page);
> > > > } else {
> > > > err = -ENOENT;
> > > > }
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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