The patch titled Subject: mm-remove-cold-parameter-from-free_hot_cold_page-fix has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is mm-remove-cold-parameter-from-free_hot_cold_page-fix.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-remove-cold-parameter-from-free_hot_cold_page-fix.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mm-remove-cold-parameter-from-free_hot_cold_page-fix.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: mm-remove-cold-parameter-from-free_hot_cold_page-fix As pointed out by Vlastimil Babka, the pages being freed should be added to the head, no the tail, of the pcpu list. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20171019154321.qtpzaeftoyyw4iey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Dave Chinner <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/page_alloc.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN mm/page_alloc.c~mm-remove-cold-parameter-from-free_hot_cold_page-fix mm/page_alloc.c --- a/mm/page_alloc.c~mm-remove-cold-parameter-from-free_hot_cold_page-fix +++ a/mm/page_alloc.c @@ -2624,7 +2624,7 @@ static void free_unref_page_commit(struc } pcp = &this_cpu_ptr(zone->pageset)->pcp; - list_add_tail(&page->lru, &pcp->lists[migratetype]); + list_add(&page->lru, &pcp->lists[migratetype]); pcp->count++; if (pcp->count >= pcp->high) { unsigned long batch = READ_ONCE(pcp->batch); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from mgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are mm-page_alloc-enable-disable-irqs-once-when-freeing-a-list-of-pages.patch mm-page_alloc-enable-disable-irqs-once-when-freeing-a-list-of-pages-fix.patch mm-truncate-do-not-check-mapping-for-every-page-being-truncated.patch mm-truncate-remove-all-exceptional-entries-from-pagevec-under-one-lock.patch mm-only-drain-per-cpu-pagevecs-once-per-pagevec-usage.patch mm-pagevec-remove-cold-parameter-for-pagevecs.patch mm-remove-cold-parameter-for-release_pages.patch mm-remove-cold-parameter-from-free_hot_cold_page.patch mm-remove-cold-parameter-from-free_hot_cold_page-fix.patch mm-remove-__gfp_cold.patch mm-pagevec-rename-pagevec-drained-field.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html