On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 06:05:58PM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote: > + end_pfn = min(start_pfn + nr_pages, > + zone_end_pfn(page_zone(pfn_to_page(start_pfn)))); > > /* Check the starting page of each pageblock within the range */ > - for (; page < end_page; page = next_active_pageblock(page)) { > - if (!is_pageblock_removable_nolock(page)) > + for (; start_pfn < end_pfn; start_pfn = next_active_pageblock(start_pfn)) { > + if (!is_pageblock_removable_nolock(start_pfn)) If you have a zone which contains pfns that run from ULONG_MAX-n to ULONG_MAX, end_pfn is going to wrap around to 0 and this loop won't execute. I think you should use: max_pfn = min(start_pfn + nr_pages, zone_end_pfn(page_zone(pfn_to_page(start_pfn)))) - 1; for (; start_pfn <= max_pfn; ...)