mm/page_alloc: check the correct buddy if it is a starting block

find_large_buddy() search buddy based on start_pfn, which maybe different
from page's pfn, e.g.  when page is not pageblock aligned, because
prep_move_freepages_block() always align start_pfn to pageblock.

This means when we found a starting block at start_pfn, it may check on
the wrong page theoretically.  And not split the free page as it is
supposed to, causing a freelist migratetype mismatch.

The good news is the page passed to __move_freepages_block_isolate() has
only two possible cases:

  * page is pageblock aligned
  * page is __first_valid_page() of this block

So it is safe for the first case, and it won't get a buddy larger than
pageblock for the second case.

To fix the issue, check the returned pfn of find_large_buddy() to decide
whether to split the free page:

  1. if it is not a PageBuddy pfn, no split;
  2. if it is a PageBuddy pfn but order <= pageblock_order, no split;
  3. if it is a PageBuddy pfn with order > pageblock_order, start_pfn is
     either in the starting block or tail block, split the PageBuddy at
     pageblock_order level.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250905140358.28849-1-richard.weiyang@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Cc: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>

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