Re: BUG: Bad page state [was: Strange oopses in 2.6.30]

From: KOSAKI Motohiro
Date: Tue Jun 30 2009 - 19:46:03 EST


> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 09:31:04AM +0900, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:
> > > -static inline int free_pages_check(struct page *page)
> > > -{
> > > +static inline int free_pages_check(struct page *page, int wasMlocked)
> > > +{
> > > + if (unlikely(wasMlocked)) {
> > > + WARN_ONCE(1, KERN_WARNING
> > > + "Page flag mlocked set for process %s at pfn:%05lx\n"
> > > + "page:%p flags:0x%lX\n",
> >
> > 0x%lX is a bit redundunt.
> > %lX insert "0x" string by itself, I think.
> >
>
> /me slaps self
>
> As hnaz pointed out to me on IRC, %#lX would have done the job of
> putting in the 0x automatically.

No. it's my fault. my last mail has typo (i forgot to write '#'), sorry.

>
> ==== CUT HERE ====
> mm: Warn once when a page is freed with PG_mlocked set
>
> When a page is freed with the PG_mlocked set, it is considered an unexpected
> but recoverable situation. A counter records how often this event happens
> but it is easy to miss that this event has occured at all. This patch warns
> once when PG_mlocked is set to prompt debuggers to check the counter to see
> how often it is happening.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mel@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> mm/page_alloc.c | 16 ++++++++++++----
> 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
> index 5d714f8..519ea6e 100644
> --- a/mm/page_alloc.c
> +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
> @@ -495,8 +495,16 @@ static inline void free_page_mlock(struct page *page)
> static void free_page_mlock(struct page *page) { }
> #endif
>
> -static inline int free_pages_check(struct page *page)
> -{
> +static inline int free_pages_check(struct page *page, int wasMlocked)
> +{
> + if (unlikely(wasMlocked)) {
> + WARN_ONCE(1, KERN_WARNING
> + "Page flag mlocked set for process %s at pfn:%05lx\n"
> + "page:%p flags:%#lX\n",
> + current->comm, page_to_pfn(page),
> + page, page->flags|__PG_MLOCKED);
> + }
> +
> if (unlikely(page_mapcount(page) |
> (page->mapping != NULL) |
> (atomic_read(&page->_count) != 0) |
> @@ -562,7 +570,7 @@ static void __free_pages_ok(struct page *page, unsigned int order)
> kmemcheck_free_shadow(page, order);
>
> for (i = 0 ; i < (1 << order) ; ++i)
> - bad += free_pages_check(page + i);
> + bad += free_pages_check(page + i, wasMlocked);
> if (bad)
> return;
>
> @@ -1027,7 +1035,7 @@ static void free_hot_cold_page(struct page *page, int cold)
>
> if (PageAnon(page))
> page->mapping = NULL;
> - if (free_pages_check(page))
> + if (free_pages_check(page, wasMlocked))
> return;
>
> if (!PageHighMem(page)) {

OK, looks fine.
Reviewed-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>


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