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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Revert "mm/page_alloc: fix memmap_init_zone pageblock alignment"
On Wed 14-03-18 14:35:12, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> On 14 March 2018 at 14:13, Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> wrote:
> > Does http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180313224240.25295-1-neelx@redhat.com
> > fix your issue? From the debugging info you provided it should because
> > the patch prevents jumping backwards.
> >
>
> The patch does fix the boot hang.
>
> But I am concerned that we are papering over a fundamental flaw in
> memblock_next_valid_pfn().

It seems that memblock_next_valid_pfn is doing the right thing here. It
is the alignment which moves the pfn back AFAICS. I am not really
impressed about the original patch either, to be completely honest.
It just looks awfully tricky. I still didn't manage to wrap my head
around the original issue though so I do not have much better ideas to
be honest.
--
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs

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