mm/memory_hotplug.c: update start_pfn in zone and pg_data when spanned_pages == 0.
If we hot-remove memory only and leave the cpus alive, the corresponding
node will not be removed. But the node_start_pfn and node_spanned_pages
in pg_data will be reset to 0. In this case, when we hot-add the memory
back next time, the node_start_pfn will always be 0 because no pfn is less
than 0. After that, if we hot-remove the memory again, it will cause
kernel panic in function find_biggest_section_pfn() when it tries to scan
all the pfns.
The zone will also have the same problem.
This patch sets start_pfn to the start_pfn of the section being added when
spanned_pages of the zone or pg_data is 0.
---How to reproduce---
1. hot-add a container with some memory and cpus;
2. hot-remove the container's memory, and leave cpus there;
3. hot-add these memory again;
4. hot-remove them again;
then, the kernel will panic.
---Call trace---
BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at 00000fff82a8cc38
IP: [<ffffffff811c0d55>] find_biggest_section_pfn+0xe5/0x180
......
Call Trace:
[<ffffffff811c1124>] __remove_zone+0x184/0x1b0
[<ffffffff811c11dc>] __remove_section+0x8c/0xb0
[<ffffffff811c12e7>] __remove_pages+0xe7/0x120
[<ffffffff81654f7c>] arch_remove_memory+0x2c/0x80
[<ffffffff81655bb6>] remove_memory+0x56/0x90
[<ffffffff813da0c8>] acpi_memory_device_remove_memory+0x48/0x73
[<ffffffff813da55a>] acpi_memory_device_notify+0x153/0x274
[<ffffffff813b6786>] acpi_ev_notify_dispatch+0x41/0x5f
[<ffffffff813a3867>] acpi_os_execute_deferred+0x27/0x34
[<ffffffff81090589>] process_one_work+0x219/0x680
[<ffffffff810923be>] worker_thread+0x12e/0x320
[<ffffffff81098396>] kthread+0xc6/0xd0
[<ffffffff8167c7c4>] kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10
......
---[ end trace 96d845dbf33fee11 ]---
Signed-off-by: Tang Chen <tangchen@cn.fujitsu.com>
Cc: Yasuaki Ishimatsu <isimatu.yasuaki@jp.fujitsu.com>
Cc: Wen Congyang <wency@cn.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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