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SubjectRe: [PATCH] mm, compaction: fast_find_migrateblock() should return pfn in the target zone
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On Fri, 13 May 2022 14:01:41 -0700 Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> On Fri, 13 May 2022 13:11:12 +0900 Rei Yamamoto <yamamoto.rei@jp.fujitsu.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 12 May 2022 13:49:45 -0700 Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
>> > On Thu, 12 May 2022 13:27:33 +0900 Rei Yamamoto <yamamoto.rei@jp.fujitsu.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> >> Thank you for your review.
>> >> >> The runtime effect is that compaction become unintended behavior.
>> >> >> For example, pages not in the target zone are added to cc->migratepages list in isolate_migratepages_block().
>> >> >> As a result, pages migrate between nodes unintentionally.
>> >> >
>> >> > Many thanks for clarifying. :) Is this worth a Fixes tag or even CC stable?
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks!
>> >>
>> >> Thank you for your reply.
>> >>
>> >> If add a Fixes tag, I think the following commit:
>> >> Fixes: 70b4459 ("mm, compaction: use free lists to quickly locate a migration source")
>> >>
>> >> Andrew, how do you think about this?
>> >
>> > Thanks, I added that and also a paragraph describing the effect of the bug:
>> >
>> > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-compaction-fast_find_migrateblock-should-return-pfn-in-the-target-zone.patch
>> >
>> > I assume this problem isn't sufficiently serious to require a -stable
>> > backport of the fix?
>>
>> This would be a serious problem for older kernels without commit a984226,
>> because it can corrupt the lru list by handling pages in list without holding proper lru_lock.
>
> Thanks, I added the above to the changelog.
>
> The patch applies OK to older kernels (I tried v5.10). So I guess we
> put a cc:stable in this, so it gets backported?

Sounds great.
I think that's fine.

Thanks,
Rei

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