Re: [PATCH v3] mm: Use aligned zone start for pfn_to_bitidx calculation
From: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>
Date: 2012-12-13 11:21:04
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On Thu, Dec 06, 2012 at 01:11:41PM -0800, Laura Abbott wrote:
The current calculation in pfn_to_bitidx assumes that
(pfn - zone->zone_start_pfn) >> pageblock_order will return the
same bit for all pfn in a pageblock. If zone_start_pfn is not
aligned to pageblock_nr_pages, this may not always be correct.
Consider the following with pageblock order = 10, zone start 2MB:
pfn | pfn - zone start | (pfn - zone start) >> page block order
----------------------------------------------------------------
0x26000 | 0x25e00 | 0x97
0x26100 | 0x25f00 | 0x97
0x26200 | 0x26000 | 0x98
0x26300 | 0x26100 | 0x98
This means that calling {get,set}_pageblock_migratetype on a single
page will not set the migratetype for the full block. Fix this by
rounding down zone_start_pfn when doing the bitidx calculation.
Signed-off-by: Laura Abbott <redacted>Acked-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de> It's merge window at the moment so it's in danger of getting lost. What I suggest you do is do is resend to Andrew with the same people cc'd post-merge window so it'll be picked up in mmotm for the next cycle. Thanks. -- Mel Gorman SUSE Labs -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@kvack.org"> email@kvack.org </a>