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…queue_pcplist()

It's expected that no page should be left in pcp_list after calling
zone_pcp_disable() in offline_pages().  Previously, it's observed that
offline_pages() gets stuck [1] due to some pages remaining in pcp_list.

Cause:
There is a race condition between drain_pages_zone() and __rmqueue_pcplist()
involving the pcp->count variable. See below scenario:

         CPU0                              CPU1
    ----------------                    ---------------
                                      spin_lock(&pcp->lock);
                                      __rmqueue_pcplist() {
zone_pcp_disable() {
                                        /* list is empty */
                                        if (list_empty(list)) {
                                          /* add pages to pcp_list */
                                          alloced = rmqueue_bulk()
  mutex_lock(&pcp_batch_high_lock)
  ...
  __drain_all_pages() {
    drain_pages_zone() {
      /* read pcp->count, it's 0 here */
      count = READ_ONCE(pcp->count)
      /* 0 means nothing to drain */
                                          /* update pcp->count */
                                          pcp->count += alloced << order;
      ...
                                      ...
                                      spin_unlock(&pcp->lock);

In this case, after calling zone_pcp_disable() though, there are still some
pages in pcp_list. And these pages in pcp_list are neither movable nor
isolated, offline_pages() gets stuck as a result.

Solution:
Expand the scope of the pcp->lock to also protect pcp->count in
drain_pages_zone(), to ensure no pages are left in the pcp list after
zone_pcp_disable()

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/[email protected]/

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Fixes: 4b23a68 ("mm/page_alloc: protect PCP lists with a spinlock")
Signed-off-by: Li Zhijian <[email protected]>
Reported-by: Yao Xingtao <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <[email protected]>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
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zhijianli88 authored and akpm00 committed Jul 26, 2024
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18 changes: 11 additions & 7 deletions mm/page_alloc.c
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Expand Up @@ -2343,16 +2343,20 @@ void drain_zone_pages(struct zone *zone, struct per_cpu_pages *pcp)
static void drain_pages_zone(unsigned int cpu, struct zone *zone)
{
struct per_cpu_pages *pcp = per_cpu_ptr(zone->per_cpu_pageset, cpu);
int count = READ_ONCE(pcp->count);

while (count) {
int to_drain = min(count, pcp->batch << CONFIG_PCP_BATCH_SCALE_MAX);
count -= to_drain;
int count;

do {
spin_lock(&pcp->lock);
free_pcppages_bulk(zone, to_drain, pcp, 0);
count = pcp->count;
if (count) {
int to_drain = min(count,
pcp->batch << CONFIG_PCP_BATCH_SCALE_MAX);

free_pcppages_bulk(zone, to_drain, pcp, 0);
count -= to_drain;
}
spin_unlock(&pcp->lock);
}
} while (count);
}

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