mm: page_alloc: Make paranoid check in move_freepages a VM_BUG_ON

Since 2.6.24 there has been a paranoid check in move_freepages that looks
up the zone of two pages.  This is a very slow path and the only time I've
seen this bug trigger recently is when memory initialisation was broken
during patch development.  Despite the fact it's a slow path, this patch
converts the check to a VM_BUG_ON anyway as it has served its purpose by
now.

Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <[email protected]>
Acked-by: David Rientjes <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Rik van Riel <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Johannes Weiner <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
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Mel Gorman 2014-10-09 15:28:28 -07:00 • committed by Linus Torvalds
commit 97ee4ba7cb

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@ -1015,7 +1015,7 @@ int move_freepages(struct zone *zone,
* Remove at a later date when no bug reports exist related to
* grouping pages by mobility
*/
BUG_ON(page_zone(start_page) != page_zone(end_page));
VM_BUG_ON(page_zone(start_page) != page_zone(end_page));
#endif
for (page = start_page; page <= end_page;) {