Re: [PATCH 5/6] mm, hugetlb: further simplify hugetlb allocation API

[Michal Hocko]

On Wed 21-02-18 10:19:14, Dan Rue wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 11:01:07AM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > On Wed 21-02-18 10:55:26, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > > On Tue 20-02-18 22:24:57, Dan Rue wrote:
> > [...]
> > > > I bisected the failure to this commit. The problem is seen on multiple
> > > > architectures (tested x86-64 and arm64).
> > > 
> > > The patch shouldn't have introduced any functional changes IIRC. But let
> > > me have a look
> > 
> > Hmm, I guess I can see it. Does the following help?
> > ---
> > diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
> > index 7c204e3d132b..a963f2034dfc 100644
> > --- a/mm/hugetlb.c
> > +++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
> > @@ -1583,7 +1583,7 @@ static struct page *alloc_surplus_huge_page(struct hstate *h, gfp_t gfp_mask,
> >  		page = NULL;
> >  	} else {
> >  		h->surplus_huge_pages++;
> > -		h->nr_huge_pages_node[page_to_nid(page)]++;
> > +		h->surplus_huge_pages_node[page_to_nid(page)]++;
> >  	}
> >  
> >  out_unlock:
> 
> That did the trick. Confirmed fixed on v4.15-3389-g0c397daea1d4 and
> v4.16-rc2 with the above patch.

Thanks a lot for re-testing! Can I assume your Tested-by?

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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs