Re: [lkp-robot] [mm, page_alloc] b7ef62aa8a: BUG:kernel_hang_in_boot_stage

[Vlastimil Babka]

On 03/31/2017 12:40 AM, Andrew Morton wrote:
>> > BUG: kernel hang in boot stage
>> 
>> Thanks, I was able to reproduce and debug this.
>> Andrew, please apply the following -fix. There will be conflicts on later
>> patches, but with trivial resolution (pages -> free_pages). Thanks!
>> 
>> ...
>>
>> --- a/mm/page_alloc.c
>> +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
>> @@ -1977,6 +1977,9 @@ static void steal_suitable_fallback(struct zone *zone, struct page *page,
>>  		goto single_page;
>>  
>>  	pages = move_freepages_block(zone, page, start_type);
>> +	/* moving whole block can fail due to zone boundary conditions */
>> +	if (!pages)
>> +		goto single_page;
>>  
>>  	/* Claim the whole block if over half of it is free */
>>  	if (pages >= (1 << (pageblock_order-1)) ||
> 
> The result is a bit odd:
> 
> 	free_pages = move_freepages_block(zone, page, start_type,
> 						&movable_pages);
> 	/*
> 	 * Determine how many pages are compatible with our allocation.
> 	 * For movable allocation, it's the number of movable pages which
> 	 * we just obtained. For other types it's a bit more tricky.
> 	 */
> 	if (start_type == MIGRATE_MOVABLE) {
> 		alike_pages = movable_pages;
> 	} else {
> 		/*
> 		 * If we are falling back a RECLAIMABLE or UNMOVABLE allocation
> 		 * to MOVABLE pageblock, consider all non-movable pages as
> 		 * compatible. If it's UNMOVABLE falling back to RECLAIMABLE or
> 		 * vice versa, be conservative since we can't distinguish the
> 		 * exact migratetype of non-movable pages.
> 		 */
> 		if (old_block_type == MIGRATE_MOVABLE)
> 			alike_pages = pageblock_nr_pages
> 						- (free_pages + movable_pages);
> 		else
> 			alike_pages = 0;
> 	}
> 
> 	/* moving whole block can fail due to zone boundary conditions */
> 	if (!free_pages)
> 		goto single_page;
> 
> should we do `goto single_page' as soon as the move_freepages_block()
> call fails?  

Yeah, that would be more obvious. Thanks!