Changelog: v1 -> v2: * show number of HighTotal before hotremove * remove CONFIG_HIGHMEM * cc stable kernels * add Michal reviewed-by Logic memory-remove code fails to correctly account the Total High Memory when a memory block which contains High Memory is offlined as shown in the example below. The following patch fixes it. Stable for 2.6.24+. Before logic memory remove: MemTotal: 7603740 kB MemFree: 6329612 kB Buffers: 94352 kB Cached: 872008 kB SwapCached: 0 kB Active: 626932 kB Inactive: 519216 kB Active(anon): 180776 kB Inactive(anon): 222944 kB Active(file): 446156 kB Inactive(file): 296272 kB Unevictable: 0 kB Mlocked: 0 kB HighTotal: 7294672 kB HighFree: 5704696 kB LowTotal: 309068 kB LowFree: 624916 kB After logic memory remove: MemTotal: 7079452 kB MemFree: 5805976 kB Buffers: 94372 kB Cached: 872000 kB SwapCached: 0 kB Active: 626936 kB Inactive: 519236 kB Active(anon): 180780 kB Inactive(anon): 222944 kB Active(file): 446156 kB Inactive(file): 296292 kB Unevictable: 0 kB Mlocked: 0 kB HighTotal: 7294672 kB HighFree: 5181024 kB LowTotal: 4294752076 kB LowFree: 624952 kB Reviewed-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <liwanp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/page_alloc.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c index 98cbdf6..23b921f 100644 --- a/mm/page_alloc.c +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c @@ -6140,6 +6140,8 @@ __offline_isolated_pages(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn) list_del(&page->lru); rmv_page_order(page); zone->free_area[order].nr_free--; + if (PageHighMem(page)) + totalhigh_pages -= 1 << order; for (i = 0; i < (1 << order); i++) SetPageReserved((page+i)); pfn += (1 << order); -- 1.8.1.2 -- 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>