Re: [PATCH 1/2] mm/zsmalloc: fix class per-fullness zspage counts

[Andrew Morton]

On Thu, 27 Jun 2024 15:59:58 +0800 Chengming Zhou <chengming.zhou@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> We always use insert_zspage() and remove_zspage() to update zspage's
> fullness location, which will account correctly.
> 
> But this special async free path use "splice" instead of remove_zspage(),
> so the per-fullness zspage count for ZS_INUSE_RATIO_0 won't decrease.
> 
> Fix it by decreasing when iterate over the zspage free list.
>
> ...
>
> Signed-off-by: Chengming Zhou <chengming.zhou@xxxxxxxxx>
> +++ b/mm/zsmalloc.c
> @@ -1883,6 +1883,7 @@ static void async_free_zspage(struct work_struct *work)
>  
>  		class = zspage_class(pool, zspage);
>  		spin_lock(&class->lock);
> +		class_stat_dec(class, ZS_INUSE_RATIO_0, 1);
>  		__free_zspage(pool, class, zspage);
>  		spin_unlock(&class->lock);
>  	}

What are the runtime effects of this bug?  Should we backport the fix
into earlier kernels?  And are we able to identify the appropriate
Fixes: target?

Thanks.