linux-kernel - Re: [tip:sched/core] mm/numa: Remove BUG_ON() in __handle_mm

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Date:	Mon, 23 Jun 2014 13:51:43 -0700
From:	Patrick McLean <chutzpah@...too.org>
To:	tip-bot for Rik van Riel <tipbot@...or.com>
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Subject: Re: [tip:sched/core] mm/numa: Remove BUG_ON() in
 __handle_mm_fault()

On Thu, 8 May 2014 03:43:19 -0700

Could this please be included in 3.14 and 3.15 stable as well.

tip-bot for Rik van Riel <tipbot@...or.com> wrote:

> Commit-ID:  107437febd495a50e2cd09c81bbaa84d30e57b07
> Gitweb:
> http://git.kernel.org/tip/107437febd495a50e2cd09c81bbaa84d30e57b07
> Author:     Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com> AuthorDate: Tue, 29 Apr
> 2014 15:36:15 -0400 Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
> CommitDate: Wed, 7 May 2014 13:33:48 +0200
> 
> mm/numa: Remove BUG_ON() in __handle_mm_fault()
> 
> Changing PTEs and PMDs to pte_numa & pmd_numa is done with the
> mmap_sem held for reading, which means a pmd can be instantiated
> and turned into a numa one while __handle_mm_fault() is examining
> the value of old_pmd.
> 
> If that happens, __handle_mm_fault() should just return and let
> the page fault retry, instead of throwing an oops. This is
> handled by the test for pmd_trans_huge(*pmd) below.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
> Reviewed-by: Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@...jp.nec.com>
> Reported-by: Sunil Pandey <sunil.k.pandey@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
> Cc: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
> Cc: linux-mm@...ck.org
> Cc: lwoodman@...hat.com
> Cc: dave.hansen@...el.com
> Link:
> http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20140429153615.2d72098e@annuminas.surriel.com
> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org> ---
>  mm/memory.c | 3 ---
>  1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
> index d0f0bef..9c2dc65 100644
> --- a/mm/memory.c
> +++ b/mm/memory.c
> @@ -3900,9 +3900,6 @@ static int __handle_mm_fault(struct mm_struct
> *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma, }
>  	}
>  
> -	/* THP should already have been handled */
> -	BUG_ON(pmd_numa(*pmd));
> -
>  	/*
>  	 * Use __pte_alloc instead of pte_alloc_map, because we can't
>  	 * run pte_offset_map on the pmd, if an huge pmd could
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