On some platforms ZERO_PAGE(0) might end-up in a movable zone. Do not migrate zero page in gup during longterm pinning as migration of zero page is not allowed.
For example, in x86 QEMU with 16G of memory and kernelcore=5G parameter, I see the following:
Boot#1: zero_pfn 0x48a8d zero_pfn zone: ZONE_DMA32 Boot#2: zero_pfn 0x20168d zero_pfn zone: ZONE_MOVABLE
On x86, empty_zero_page is declared in .bss and depending on the loader may end up in different physical locations during boots.
Signed-off-by: Pavel Tatashin pasha.tatashin@soleen.com --- include/linux/mmzone.h | 4 ++++ mm/gup.c | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h index fc99e9241846..f67427a8f22b 100644 --- a/include/linux/mmzone.h +++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h @@ -427,6 +427,10 @@ enum zone_type { * techniques might use alloc_contig_range() to hide previously * exposed pages from the buddy again (e.g., to implement some sort * of memory unplug in virtio-mem). + * 6. ZERO_PAGE(0), kernelcore/movablecore setups might create + * situations where ZERO_PAGE(0) which is allocated differently + * on different platforms may end up in a movable zone. ZERO_PAGE(0) + * cannot be migrated. * * In general, no unmovable allocations that degrade memory offlining * should end up in ZONE_MOVABLE. Allocators (like alloc_contig_range()) diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c index 857b273e32ac..fdd5cda30a07 100644 --- a/mm/gup.c +++ b/mm/gup.c @@ -1580,6 +1580,8 @@ static long check_and_migrate_cma_pages(struct mm_struct *mm, * of the CMA zone if possible. */ if (is_migrate_cma_page(head)) { + if (is_zero_pfn(page_to_pfn(head))) + continue; if (PageHuge(head)) { if (!isolate_huge_page(head, &cma_page_list)) isolation_error_count++;