[RFC PATCH v2 09/25] page_alloc: when dynamic numa is enabled, don't check that all pages in a block belong to the same zone

From: Cody P Schafer
Date: Thu Apr 11 2013 - 21:18:17 EST


When dynamic numa is enabled, the last or first page in a pageblock may
have been transplanted to a new zone (or may not yet be transplanted to
a new zone).

Disable a BUG_ON() which checks that the start_page and end_page are in
the same zone, if they are not in the proper zone they will simply be
skipped.

Signed-off-by: Cody P Schafer <cody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/page_alloc.c | 15 +++++++++------
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 75192eb..95e4a23 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -959,13 +959,16 @@ int move_freepages(struct zone *zone,
int pages_moved = 0;
int zone_nid = zone_to_nid(zone);

-#ifndef CONFIG_HOLES_IN_ZONE
+#if !defined(CONFIG_HOLES_IN_ZONE) && !defined(CONFIG_DYNAMIC_NUMA)
/*
- * page_zone is not safe to call in this context when
- * CONFIG_HOLES_IN_ZONE is set. This bug check is probably redundant
- * anyway as we check zone boundaries in move_freepages_block().
- * Remove at a later date when no bug reports exist related to
- * grouping pages by mobility
+ * With CONFIG_HOLES_IN_ZONE set, this check is unsafe as start_page or
+ * end_page may not be "valid".
+ * With CONFIG_DYNAMIC_NUMA set, this condition is a valid occurence &
+ * not a bug.
+ *
+ * This bug check is probably redundant anyway as we check zone
+ * boundaries in move_freepages_block(). Remove at a later date when
+ * no bug reports exist related to grouping pages by mobility
*/
BUG_ON(page_zone(start_page) != page_zone(end_page));
#endif
--
1.8.2.1

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