Re: [PATCH v2] mm: Use aligned zone start for pfn_to_bitidx calculation

[Laura Abbott]

On 12/6/2012 12:05 PM, Laura Abbott wrote:
> The current calculation in pfn_to_bitidx assumes that
> (pfn - zone->zone_start_pfn) >> pageblock_order will return the
> same bit for all pfn in a pageblock. If zone_start_pfn is not
> aligned to pageblock_nr_pages, this may not always be correct.
>
> Consider the following with pageblock order = 10, zone start 2MB:
>
> pfn     | pfn - zone start | (pfn - zone start) >> page block order
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> 0x26000 | 0x25e00	   |  0x97
> 0x26100 | 0x25f00	   |  0x97
> 0x26200 | 0x26000	   |  0x98
> 0x26300 | 0x26100	   |  0x98
>
> This means that calling {get,set}_pageblock_migratetype on a single
> page will not set the migratetype for the full block. Fix this by
> rounding down zone_start_pfn when doing the bitidx calculation.
>
> Signed-off-by: Laura Abbott <lauraa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   mm/page_alloc.c |    2 +-
>   1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
> index 92dd060..2e06abd 100644
> --- a/mm/page_alloc.c
> +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
> @@ -5422,7 +5422,7 @@ static inline int pfn_to_bitidx(struct zone *zone, unsigned long pfn)
>   	pfn &= (PAGES_PER_SECTION-1);
>   	return (pfn >> pageblock_order) * NR_PAGEBLOCK_BITS;
>   #else
> -	pfn = pfn - zone->zone_start_pfn;
> +	pfn = pfn - round_down(zone->start_pfn, pageblock_nr_pages);
>   	return (pfn >> pageblock_order) * NR_PAGEBLOCK_BITS;
>   #endif /* CONFIG_SPARSEMEM */
>   }

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