Re: [PATCH] mm, page_alloc: fix build_zonerefs_node()

[David Hildenbrand]

On 07.04.22 11:32, Juergen Gross wrote:
> Since commit 9d3be21bf9c0 ("mm, page_alloc: simplify zonelist
> initialization") only zones with free memory are included in a built
> zonelist. This is problematic when e.g. all memory of a zone has been
> ballooned out.
> 
> Use populated_zone() when building a zonelist as it has been done
> before that commit.
> 
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Fixes: 9d3be21bf9c0 ("mm, page_alloc: simplify zonelist initialization")
> Reported-by: Marek Marczykowski-Górecki <marmarek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  mm/page_alloc.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
> index bdc8f60ae462..3d0662af3289 100644
> --- a/mm/page_alloc.c
> +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
> @@ -6128,7 +6128,7 @@ static int build_zonerefs_node(pg_data_t *pgdat, struct zoneref *zonerefs)
>  	do {
>  		zone_type--;
>  		zone = pgdat->node_zones + zone_type;
> -		if (managed_zone(zone)) {
> +		if (populated_zone(zone)) {
>  			zoneref_set_zone(zone, &zonerefs[nr_zones++]);
>  			check_highest_zone(zone_type);
>  		}

Let's see if we have to find another way to properly handle fadump.

Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Thanks,

David / dhildenb