[PATCH 08/18] sched: numa: Skip inaccessible VMAs

From: Mel Gorman
Date: Tue Dec 10 2013 - 10:55:09 EST


Inaccessible VMA should not be trapping NUMA hint faults. Skip them.

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sched/fair.c | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index fd773ad..18bf84e 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -1752,6 +1752,13 @@ void task_numa_work(struct callback_head *work)
(vma->vm_file && (vma->vm_flags & (VM_READ|VM_WRITE)) == (VM_READ)))
continue;

+ /*
+ * Skip inaccessible VMAs to avoid any confusion between
+ * PROT_NONE and NUMA hinting ptes
+ */
+ if (!(vma->vm_flags & (VM_READ | VM_EXEC | VM_WRITE)))
+ continue;
+
do {
start = max(start, vma->vm_start);
end = ALIGN(start + (pages << PAGE_SHIFT), HPAGE_SIZE);
--
1.8.4

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