linux-kernel - [PATCH 4/4] mm: numa: Do not mark PTEs pte

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Message-Id: <1412256558-9995-5-git-send-email-mgorman@suse.de>
Date:	Thu,  2 Oct 2014 14:29:18 +0100
From:	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
To:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Aneesh Kumar <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Michel Lespinasse <walken@...gle.com>,
	Kirill A Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] mm: numa: Do not mark PTEs pte_numa when splitting huge pages

This patch reverts 1ba6e0b50b ("mm: numa: split_huge_page: transfer the
NUMA type from the pmd to the pte"). If a huge page is being split due
a protection change and the tail will be in a PROT_NONE vma then NUMA
hinting PTEs are temporarily created in the protected VMA.

 VM_RW|VM_PROTNONE
|-----------------|
      ^
      split here

In the specific case above, it should get fixed up by change_pte_range()
but there is a window of opportunity for weirdness to happen. Similarly,
if a huge page is shrunk and split during a protection update but before
pmd_numa is cleared then a pte_numa can be left behind.

Instead of adding complexity trying to deal with the case, this patch
will not mark PTEs NUMA when splitting a huge page. NUMA hinting faults
will not be triggered which is marginal in comparison to the complexity
in dealing with the corner cases during THP split.

Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
---
 mm/huge_memory.c | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index d9a21d06..17a74d6 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -1801,8 +1801,6 @@ static int __split_huge_page_map(struct page *page,
 				entry = pte_wrprotect(entry);
 			if (!pmd_young(*pmd))
 				entry = pte_mkold(entry);
-			if (pmd_numa(*pmd))
-				entry = pte_mknuma(entry);
 			pte = pte_offset_map(&_pmd, haddr);
 			BUG_ON(!pte_none(*pte));
 			set_pte_at(mm, haddr, pte, entry);
-- 
1.8.4.5

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