mm: compaction: validate pfn range passed to isolate_freepages_block

Mel Gorman · torvalds · commit 60177d31d215 · 2012-12-06T11:17:33.000-08:00
Commit 0bf380b ("mm: compaction: check pfn_valid when entering a new MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES block during isolation for migration") added a check for pfn_valid() when isolating pages for migration as the scanner does not necessarily start pageblock-aligned. Since commit c89511a ("mm: compaction: Restart compaction from near where it left off"), the free scanner has the same problem. This patch makes sure that the pfn range passed to isolate_freepages_block() is within the same block so that pfn_valid() checks are unnecessary. In answer to Henrik's wondering why others have not reported this: reproducing this requires a large enough hole with the right aligment to have compaction walk into a PFN range with no memmap. Size and alignment depends in the memory model - 4M for FLATMEM and 128M for SPARSEMEM on x86. It needs a "lucky" machine. Reported-by: Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@euromail.se> Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c
@@ -713,7 +713,15 @@ static void isolate_freepages(struct zone *zone,
 
 		/* Found a block suitable for isolating free pages from */
 		isolated = 0;
-		end_pfn = min(pfn + pageblock_nr_pages, zone_end_pfn);
+
+		/*
+		 * As pfn may not start aligned, pfn+pageblock_nr_page
+		 * may cross a MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES boundary and miss
+		 * a pfn_valid check. Ensure isolate_freepages_block()
+		 * only scans within a pageblock
+		 */
+		end_pfn = ALIGN(pfn + 1, pageblock_nr_pages);
+		end_pfn = min(end_pfn, zone_end_pfn);
 		isolated = isolate_freepages_block(cc, pfn, end_pfn,
 						   freelist, false);
 		nr_freepages += isolated;
