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

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Date:	Mon,  9 Dec 2013 07:09:02 +0000
From:	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Alex Thorlton <athorlton@....com>, Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
Subject: [PATCH 08/18] sched: numa: Skip inaccessible VMAs

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

Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
---
 kernel/sched/fair.c | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index e8b652e..1ce1615 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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