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-rw-r--r--mm/compaction.c36
-rw-r--r--mm/internal.h16
2 files changed, 46 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c
index b69b7dac0361..b9cf751cc00e 100644
--- a/mm/compaction.c
+++ b/mm/compaction.c
@@ -313,8 +313,15 @@ static inline bool compact_should_abort(struct compact_control *cc)
static bool suitable_migration_target(struct page *page)
{
/* If the page is a large free page, then disallow migration */
- if (PageBuddy(page) && page_order(page) >= pageblock_order)
- return false;
+ if (PageBuddy(page)) {
+ /*
+ * We are checking page_order without zone->lock taken. But
+ * the only small danger is that we skip a potentially suitable
+ * pageblock, so it's not worth to check order for valid range.
+ */
+ if (page_order_unsafe(page) >= pageblock_order)
+ return false;
+ }
/* If the block is MIGRATE_MOVABLE or MIGRATE_CMA, allow migration */
if (migrate_async_suitable(get_pageblock_migratetype(page)))
@@ -608,11 +615,23 @@ isolate_migratepages_block(struct compact_control *cc, unsigned long low_pfn,
valid_page = page;
/*
- * Skip if free. page_order cannot be used without zone->lock
- * as nothing prevents parallel allocations or buddy merging.
+ * Skip if free. We read page order here without zone lock
+ * which is generally unsafe, but the race window is small and
+ * the worst thing that can happen is that we skip some
+ * potential isolation targets.
*/
- if (PageBuddy(page))
+ if (PageBuddy(page)) {
+ unsigned long freepage_order = page_order_unsafe(page);
+
+ /*
+ * Without lock, we cannot be sure that what we got is
+ * a valid page order. Consider only values in the
+ * valid order range to prevent low_pfn overflow.
+ */
+ if (freepage_order > 0 && freepage_order < MAX_ORDER)
+ low_pfn += (1UL << freepage_order) - 1;
continue;
+ }
/*
* Check may be lockless but that's ok as we recheck later.
@@ -698,6 +717,13 @@ isolate_success:
}
}
+ /*
+ * The PageBuddy() check could have potentially brought us outside
+ * the range to be scanned.
+ */
+ if (unlikely(low_pfn > end_pfn))
+ low_pfn = end_pfn;
+
if (locked)
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&zone->lru_lock, flags);
diff --git a/mm/internal.h b/mm/internal.h
index 4c1d604c396c..86ae964a25b0 100644
--- a/mm/internal.h
+++ b/mm/internal.h
@@ -164,7 +164,8 @@ isolate_migratepages_range(struct compact_control *cc,
* general, page_zone(page)->lock must be held by the caller to prevent the
* page from being allocated in parallel and returning garbage as the order.
* If a caller does not hold page_zone(page)->lock, it must guarantee that the
- * page cannot be allocated or merged in parallel.
+ * page cannot be allocated or merged in parallel. Alternatively, it must
+ * handle invalid values gracefully, and use page_order_unsafe() below.
*/
static inline unsigned long page_order(struct page *page)
{
@@ -172,6 +173,19 @@ static inline unsigned long page_order(struct page *page)
return page_private(page);
}
+/*
+ * Like page_order(), but for callers who cannot afford to hold the zone lock.
+ * PageBuddy() should be checked first by the caller to minimize race window,
+ * and invalid values must be handled gracefully.
+ *
+ * ACCESS_ONCE is used so that if the caller assigns the result into a local
+ * variable and e.g. tests it for valid range before using, the compiler cannot
+ * decide to remove the variable and inline the page_private(page) multiple
+ * times, potentially observing different values in the tests and the actual
+ * use of the result.
+ */
+#define page_order_unsafe(page) ACCESS_ONCE(page_private(page))
+
static inline bool is_cow_mapping(vm_flags_t flags)
{
return (flags & (VM_SHARED | VM_MAYWRITE)) == VM_MAYWRITE;