free_unref_page_list() has neglected to remove pages properly from the list
of pages to free since forever. It works by coincidence because list_add
happened to do the right thing adding the pages to just the PCP lists.
However, a later patch added pages to either the PCP list or the zone list
but only properly deleted the page from the list in one path leading to
list corruption and a subsequent failure. As a preparation patch, always
delete the pages from one list properly before adding to another. On its
own, this fixes nothing although it adds a fractional amount of overhead
but is critical to the next patch.
Reported-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/page_alloc.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 218b28ee49ed..1ec54173b8d4 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -3546,6 +3546,8 @@ void free_unref_page_list(struct list_head *list)
list_for_each_entry_safe(page, next, list, lru) {
struct zone *zone = page_zone(page);
+ list_del(&page->lru);
+
/* Different zone, different pcp lock. */
if (zone != locked_zone) {
if (pcp)
--
2.35.3
