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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/9] mm/compaction: use correct list in move_freelist_{head}/{tail}
On Sat,  5 Aug 2023 19:07:03 +0800 Kemeng Shi <shikemeng@huaweicloud.com> wrote:

> The freepage is chained with buddy_list in freelist head. Use buddy_list
> instead of lru to correct the list operation.
>
> ...
>
> --- a/mm/compaction.c
> +++ b/mm/compaction.c
> @@ -1395,8 +1395,8 @@ move_freelist_head(struct list_head *freelist, struct page *freepage)
> {
> LIST_HEAD(sublist);
>
> - if (!list_is_last(freelist, &freepage->lru)) {
> - list_cut_before(&sublist, freelist, &freepage->lru);
> + if (!list_is_last(freelist, &freepage->buddy_list)) {
> + list_cut_before(&sublist, freelist, &freepage->buddy_list);
> list_splice_tail(&sublist, freelist);
> }
> }
> @@ -1412,8 +1412,8 @@ move_freelist_tail(struct list_head *freelist, struct page *freepage)
> {
> LIST_HEAD(sublist);
>
> - if (!list_is_first(freelist, &freepage->lru)) {
> - list_cut_position(&sublist, freelist, &freepage->lru);
> + if (!list_is_first(freelist, &freepage->buddy_list)) {
> + list_cut_position(&sublist, freelist, &freepage->buddy_list);
> list_splice_tail(&sublist, freelist);
> }
> }

This looks like a significant error. Can we speculate about the
possible runtime effects?

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