[Intel-gfx] [PATCH] shmem: fix pageflags after swapping DMA32 object
Kirill A. Shutemov
kirill at shutemov.name
Mon Nov 7 11:29:00 UTC 2016
On Sun, Nov 06, 2016 at 08:08:29PM -0800, Hugh Dickins wrote:
> If shmem_alloc_page() does not set PageLocked and PageSwapBacked, then
> shmem_replace_page() needs to do so for itself. Without this, it puts
> newpage on the wrong lru, re-unlocks the unlocked newpage, and system
> descends into "Bad page" reports and freeze; or if CONFIG_DEBUG_VM=y,
> it hits an earlier VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!PageLocked), depending on config.
>
> But shmem_replace_page() is not a common path: it's only called when
> swapin (or swapoff) finds the page was already read into an unsuitable
> zone: usually all zones are suitable, but gem objects for a few drm
> devices (gma500, omapdrm, crestline, broadwater) require zone DMA32
> if there's more than 4GB of ram.
>
> Fixes: 800d8c63b2e9 ("shmem: add huge pages support")
> Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org # v4.8
> Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd at google.com>
Sorry for that.
Acked-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov at linux.intel.com>
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