This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled mm/compaction: fix misbehaviors of fast_find_migrateblock() to the 5.4-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: mm-compaction-fix-misbehaviors-of-fast_find_migrateb.patch and it can be found in the queue-5.4 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. commit cedcb6aa89079444ddfe314505aa4e1d1fdc2713 Author: Wonhyuk Yang <vvghjk1234@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed Feb 24 12:09:36 2021 -0800 mm/compaction: fix misbehaviors of fast_find_migrateblock() [ Upstream commit 15d28d0d11609c7a4f217b3d85e26456d9beb134 ] In the fast_find_migrateblock(), it iterates ocer the freelist to find the proper pageblock. But there are some misbehaviors. First, if the page we found is equal to cc->migrate_pfn, it is considered that we didn't find a suitable pageblock. Secondly, if the loop was terminated because order is less than PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER, it could be considered that we found a suitable one. Thirdly, if the skip bit is set on the page block and we goto continue, it doesn't check nr_scanned. Fourthly, if the page block's skip bit is set, it checks that page block is the last of list, which is unnecessary. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210128130411.6125-1-vvghjk1234@xxxxxxxxx Fixes: 70b44595eafe9 ("mm, compaction: use free lists to quickly locate a migration source") Signed-off-by: Wonhyuk Yang <vvghjk1234@xxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx> Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c index 88c3f6bad1aba..d686887856fee 100644 --- a/mm/compaction.c +++ b/mm/compaction.c @@ -1630,6 +1630,7 @@ static unsigned long fast_find_migrateblock(struct compact_control *cc) unsigned long pfn = cc->migrate_pfn; unsigned long high_pfn; int order; + bool found_block = false; /* Skip hints are relied on to avoid repeats on the fast search */ if (cc->ignore_skip_hint) @@ -1672,7 +1673,7 @@ static unsigned long fast_find_migrateblock(struct compact_control *cc) high_pfn = pageblock_start_pfn(cc->migrate_pfn + distance); for (order = cc->order - 1; - order >= PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER && pfn == cc->migrate_pfn && nr_scanned < limit; + order >= PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER && !found_block && nr_scanned < limit; order--) { struct free_area *area = &cc->zone->free_area[order]; struct list_head *freelist; @@ -1687,7 +1688,11 @@ static unsigned long fast_find_migrateblock(struct compact_control *cc) list_for_each_entry(freepage, freelist, lru) { unsigned long free_pfn; - nr_scanned++; + if (nr_scanned++ >= limit) { + move_freelist_tail(freelist, freepage); + break; + } + free_pfn = page_to_pfn(freepage); if (free_pfn < high_pfn) { /* @@ -1696,12 +1701,8 @@ static unsigned long fast_find_migrateblock(struct compact_control *cc) * the list assumes an entry is deleted, not * reordered. */ - if (get_pageblock_skip(freepage)) { - if (list_is_last(freelist, &freepage->lru)) - break; - + if (get_pageblock_skip(freepage)) continue; - } /* Reorder to so a future search skips recent pages */ move_freelist_tail(freelist, freepage); @@ -1709,15 +1710,10 @@ static unsigned long fast_find_migrateblock(struct compact_control *cc) update_fast_start_pfn(cc, free_pfn); pfn = pageblock_start_pfn(free_pfn); cc->fast_search_fail = 0; + found_block = true; set_pageblock_skip(freepage); break; } - - if (nr_scanned >= limit) { - cc->fast_search_fail++; - move_freelist_tail(freelist, freepage); - break; - } } spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cc->zone->lock, flags); } @@ -1728,9 +1724,10 @@ static unsigned long fast_find_migrateblock(struct compact_control *cc) * If fast scanning failed then use a cached entry for a page block * that had free pages as the basis for starting a linear scan. */ - if (pfn == cc->migrate_pfn) + if (!found_block) { + cc->fast_search_fail++; pfn = reinit_migrate_pfn(cc); - + } return pfn; }