This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled mm, compaction: fix fast_isolate_around() to stay within boundaries to the 5.15-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-fast_isolate_around-to-stay-within-boundaries.patch and it can be found in the queue-5.15 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From be21b32afe470c5ae98e27e49201158a47032942 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: NARIBAYASHI Akira <a.naribayashi@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2022 20:24:38 +0900 Subject: mm, compaction: fix fast_isolate_around() to stay within boundaries From: NARIBAYASHI Akira <a.naribayashi@xxxxxxxxxxx> commit be21b32afe470c5ae98e27e49201158a47032942 upstream. Depending on the memory configuration, isolate_freepages_block() may scan pages out of the target range and causes panic. Panic can occur on systems with multiple zones in a single pageblock. The reason it is rare is that it only happens in special configurations. Depending on how many similar systems there are, it may be a good idea to fix this problem for older kernels as well. The problem is that pfn as argument of fast_isolate_around() could be out of the target range. Therefore we should consider the case where pfn < start_pfn, and also the case where end_pfn < pfn. This problem should have been addressd by the commit 6e2b7044c199 ("mm, compaction: make fast_isolate_freepages() stay within zone") but there was an oversight. Case1: pfn < start_pfn <at memory compaction for node Y> | node X's zone | node Y's zone +-----------------+------------------------------... pageblock ^ ^ ^ +-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+... ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ end_pfn ^ start_pfn = cc->zone->zone_start_pfn pfn <---------> scanned range by "Scan After" Case2: end_pfn < pfn <at memory compaction for node X> | node X's zone | node Y's zone +-----------------+------------------------------... pageblock ^ ^ ^ +-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+... ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ pfn ^ end_pfn start_pfn <---------> scanned range by "Scan Before" It seems that there is no good reason to skip nr_isolated pages just after given pfn. So let perform simple scan from start to end instead of dividing the scan into "Before" and "After". Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20221026112438.236336-1-a.naribayashi@xxxxxxxxxxx Fixes: 6e2b7044c199 ("mm, compaction: make fast_isolate_freepages() stay within zone"). Signed-off-by: NARIBAYASHI Akira <a.naribayashi@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/compaction.c | 18 +++++------------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) --- a/mm/compaction.c +++ b/mm/compaction.c @@ -1350,7 +1350,7 @@ move_freelist_tail(struct list_head *fre } static void -fast_isolate_around(struct compact_control *cc, unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_isolated) +fast_isolate_around(struct compact_control *cc, unsigned long pfn) { unsigned long start_pfn, end_pfn; struct page *page; @@ -1371,21 +1371,13 @@ fast_isolate_around(struct compact_contr if (!page) return; - /* Scan before */ - if (start_pfn != pfn) { - isolate_freepages_block(cc, &start_pfn, pfn, &cc->freepages, 1, false); - if (cc->nr_freepages >= cc->nr_migratepages) - return; - } - - /* Scan after */ - start_pfn = pfn + nr_isolated; - if (start_pfn < end_pfn) - isolate_freepages_block(cc, &start_pfn, end_pfn, &cc->freepages, 1, false); + isolate_freepages_block(cc, &start_pfn, end_pfn, &cc->freepages, 1, false); /* Skip this pageblock in the future as it's full or nearly full */ if (cc->nr_freepages < cc->nr_migratepages) set_pageblock_skip(page); + + return; } /* Search orders in round-robin fashion */ @@ -1561,7 +1553,7 @@ fast_isolate_freepages(struct compact_co return cc->free_pfn; low_pfn = page_to_pfn(page); - fast_isolate_around(cc, low_pfn, nr_isolated); + fast_isolate_around(cc, low_pfn); return low_pfn; } Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from a.naribayashi@xxxxxxxxxxx are queue-5.15/mm-compaction-fix-fast_isolate_around-to-stay-within-boundaries.patch