On Thu 05-10-17 17:11:19, Pavel Tatashin wrote: > Some memory is reserved but unavailable: not present in memblock.memory > (because not backed by physical pages), but present in memblock.reserved. > Such memory has backing struct pages, but they are not initialized by going > through __init_single_page(). > > In some cases these struct pages are accessed even if they do not contain > any data. One example is page_to_pfn() might access page->flags if this is > where section information is stored (CONFIG_SPARSEMEM, > SECTION_IN_PAGE_FLAGS). > > One example of such memory: trim_low_memory_range() unconditionally > reserves from pfn 0, but e820__memblock_setup() might provide the exiting > memory from pfn 1 (i.e. KVM). > > Since, struct pages are zeroed in __init_single_page(), and not during > allocation time, we must zero such struct pages explicitly. > > The patch involves adding a new memblock iterator: > for_each_resv_unavail_range(i, p_start, p_end) > > Which iterates through reserved && !memory lists, and we zero struct pages > explicitly by calling mm_zero_struct_page(). As I've said in other reply this should go in only if the scenario you describe is real. I am somehow suspicious to be honest. I simply do not see how those weird struct pages would be in a valid pfn range of any zone. > Signed-off-by: Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@xxxxxxxxxx> > Reviewed-by: Steven Sistare <steven.sistare@xxxxxxxxxx> > Reviewed-by: Daniel Jordan <daniel.m.jordan@xxxxxxxxxx> > Reviewed-by: Bob Picco <bob.picco@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > include/linux/memblock.h | 16 ++++++++++++++++ > include/linux/mm.h | 15 +++++++++++++++ > mm/page_alloc.c | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 3 files changed, 69 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/include/linux/memblock.h b/include/linux/memblock.h > index bae11c7e7bf3..ce8bfa5f3e9b 100644 > --- a/include/linux/memblock.h > +++ b/include/linux/memblock.h > @@ -237,6 +237,22 @@ unsigned long memblock_next_valid_pfn(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long max_pfn); > for_each_mem_range_rev(i, &memblock.memory, &memblock.reserved, \ > nid, flags, p_start, p_end, p_nid) > > +/** > + * for_each_resv_unavail_range - iterate through reserved and unavailable memory > + * @i: u64 used as loop variable > + * @flags: pick from blocks based on memory attributes > + * @p_start: ptr to phys_addr_t for start address of the range, can be %NULL > + * @p_end: ptr to phys_addr_t for end address of the range, can be %NULL > + * > + * Walks over unavailable but reserved (reserved && !memory) areas of memblock. > + * Available as soon as memblock is initialized. > + * Note: because this memory does not belong to any physical node, flags and > + * nid arguments do not make sense and thus not exported as arguments. > + */ > +#define for_each_resv_unavail_range(i, p_start, p_end) \ > + for_each_mem_range(i, &memblock.reserved, &memblock.memory, \ > + NUMA_NO_NODE, MEMBLOCK_NONE, p_start, p_end, NULL) > + > static inline void memblock_set_region_flags(struct memblock_region *r, > unsigned long flags) > { > diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h > index 065d99deb847..04c8b2e5aff4 100644 > --- a/include/linux/mm.h > +++ b/include/linux/mm.h > @@ -94,6 +94,15 @@ extern int mmap_rnd_compat_bits __read_mostly; > #define mm_forbids_zeropage(X) (0) > #endif > > +/* > + * On some architectures it is expensive to call memset() for small sizes. > + * Those architectures should provide their own implementation of "struct page" > + * zeroing by defining this macro in <asm/pgtable.h>. > + */ > +#ifndef mm_zero_struct_page > +#define mm_zero_struct_page(pp) ((void)memset((pp), 0, sizeof(struct page))) > +#endif > + > /* > * Default maximum number of active map areas, this limits the number of vmas > * per mm struct. Users can overwrite this number by sysctl but there is a > @@ -2001,6 +2010,12 @@ extern int __meminit __early_pfn_to_nid(unsigned long pfn, > struct mminit_pfnnid_cache *state); > #endif > > +#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_MEMBLOCK > +void zero_resv_unavail(void); > +#else > +static inline void zero_resv_unavail(void) {} > +#endif > + > extern void set_dma_reserve(unsigned long new_dma_reserve); > extern void memmap_init_zone(unsigned long, int, unsigned long, > unsigned long, enum memmap_context); > diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c > index 20b0bace2235..5f0013bbbe9d 100644 > --- a/mm/page_alloc.c > +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c > @@ -6209,6 +6209,42 @@ void __paginginit free_area_init_node(int nid, unsigned long *zones_size, > free_area_init_core(pgdat); > } > > +#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_MEMBLOCK > +/* > + * Only struct pages that are backed by physical memory are zeroed and > + * initialized by going through __init_single_page(). But, there are some > + * struct pages which are reserved in memblock allocator and their fields > + * may be accessed (for example page_to_pfn() on some configuration accesses > + * flags). We must explicitly zero those struct pages. > + */ > +void __paginginit zero_resv_unavail(void) > +{ > + phys_addr_t start, end; > + unsigned long pfn; > + u64 i, pgcnt; > + > + /* Loop through ranges that are reserved, but do not have reported > + * physical memory backing. > + */ > + pgcnt = 0; > + for_each_resv_unavail_range(i, &start, &end) { > + for (pfn = PFN_DOWN(start); pfn < PFN_UP(end); pfn++) { > + mm_zero_struct_page(pfn_to_page(pfn)); > + pgcnt++; > + } > + } > + > + /* > + * Struct pages that do not have backing memory. This could be because > + * firmware is using some of this memory, or for some other reasons. > + * Once memblock is changed so such behaviour is not allowed: i.e. > + * list of "reserved" memory must be a subset of list of "memory", then > + * this code can be removed. > + */ > + pr_info("Reserved but unavailable: %lld pages", pgcnt); > +} > +#endif /* CONFIG_HAVE_MEMBLOCK */ > + > #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_MEMBLOCK_NODE_MAP > > #if MAX_NUMNODES > 1 > @@ -6632,6 +6668,7 @@ void __init free_area_init_nodes(unsigned long *max_zone_pfn) > node_set_state(nid, N_MEMORY); > check_for_memory(pgdat, nid); > } > + zero_resv_unavail(); > } > > static int __init cmdline_parse_core(char *p, unsigned long *core) > @@ -6795,6 +6832,7 @@ void __init free_area_init(unsigned long *zones_size) > { > free_area_init_node(0, zones_size, > __pa(PAGE_OFFSET) >> PAGE_SHIFT, NULL); > + zero_resv_unavail(); > } > > static int page_alloc_cpu_dead(unsigned int cpu) > -- > 2.14.2 -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-s390" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html