On Sat, 5 Jan 2013 11:28:31 -0800
Laura Abbott <lauraa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The current calculation in pfn_to_bitidx assumes that
> (pfn - zone->zone_start_pfn) >> pageblock_order will return the
> same bit for all pfn in a pageblock. If zone_start_pfn is not
> aligned to pageblock_nr_pages, this may not always be correct.
>
> Consider the following with pageblock order = 10, zone start 2MB:
>
> pfn | pfn - zone start | (pfn - zone start) >> page block order
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> 0x26000 | 0x25e00 | 0x97
> 0x26100 | 0x25f00 | 0x97
> 0x26200 | 0x26000 | 0x98
> 0x26300 | 0x26100 | 0x98
>
> This means that calling {get,set}_pageblock_migratetype on a single
> page will not set the migratetype for the full block. Fix this by
> rounding down zone_start_pfn when doing the bitidx calculation.
What are the user-visible effects of this bug?
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