[PATCH v4 4/9] mm/page_alloc.c: allow oversized movablecore

[Doug Berger]

Now that the error in computation of corepages has been corrected
by commit 9fd745d450e7 ("mm: fix overflow in
find_zone_movable_pfns_for_nodes()"), oversized specifications of
movablecore will result in a zero value for required_kernelcore if
it is not also specified.

It is unintuitive for such a request to lead to no ZONE_MOVABLE
memory when the kernel parameters are clearly requesting some.

The current behavior when requesting an oversized kernelcore is to
classify all of the pages in movable_zone as kernelcore. The new
behavior when requesting an oversized movablecore (when not also
specifying kernelcore) is to similarly classify all of the pages
in movable_zone as movablecore.

Signed-off-by: Doug Berger <opendmb@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 mm/page_alloc.c | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 827b4bfef625..e574c6a79e2f 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -8166,13 +8166,13 @@ static void __init find_zone_movable_pfns_for_nodes(void)
 		corepages = totalpages - required_movablecore;
 
 		required_kernelcore = max(required_kernelcore, corepages);
+	} else if (!required_kernelcore) {
+		/* If kernelcore was not specified, there is no ZONE_MOVABLE */
+		goto out;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * If kernelcore was not specified or kernelcore size is larger
-	 * than totalpages, there is no ZONE_MOVABLE.
-	 */
-	if (!required_kernelcore || required_kernelcore >= totalpages)
+	/* If kernelcore size exceeds totalpages, there is no ZONE_MOVABLE */
+	if (required_kernelcore >= totalpages)
 		goto out;
 
 	/* usable_startpfn is the lowest possible pfn ZONE_MOVABLE can be at */
-- 
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