[PATCH 2/2] mm/page_alloc: replace custom bad page ratelimiting logic

From: Pedro Falcato

Date: Tue Aug 11 2026 - 14:01:37 EST


The current logic (allow up to $BURST prints per minute) can be entirely
replaced by the generic version in lib/ratelimit.c, used around the kernel.

Do so. The only functional difference should be that the new logs will
read something like:

KERN_WARNING "bad_page: %d callbacks suppressed\n", ...

But that should be fine enough.

Signed-off-by: Pedro Falcato <pfalcato@xxxxxxx>
---
mm/page_alloc.c | 28 +++++-----------------------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 12fac9084c48..9ccfd87bc273 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -613,31 +613,13 @@ static inline bool __maybe_unused bad_range(struct zone *zone, struct page *page
}
#endif

+/* Allow a burst of 60 reports per minute */
+static DEFINE_RATELIMIT_STATE(bad_page_ratelimit, 60 * HZ, 60);
+
static void bad_page(struct page *page, const char *reason)
{
- static unsigned long resume;
- static unsigned long nr_shown;
- static unsigned long nr_unshown;
-
- /*
- * Allow a burst of 60 reports, then keep quiet for that minute;
- * or allow a steady drip of one report per second.
- */
- if (nr_shown == 60) {
- if (time_before(jiffies, resume)) {
- nr_unshown++;
- goto out;
- }
- if (nr_unshown) {
- pr_alert(
- "BUG: Bad page state: %lu messages suppressed\n",
- nr_unshown);
- nr_unshown = 0;
- }
- nr_shown = 0;
- }
- if (nr_shown++ == 0)
- resume = jiffies + 60 * HZ;
+ if (!__ratelimit(&bad_page_ratelimit))
+ goto out;

pr_alert("BUG: Bad page state in process %s pfn:%05lx\n",
current->comm, page_to_pfn(page));
--
2.55.0