[PATCH 11/15] sched: numa: Skip inaccessible VMAs

From: Mel Gorman
Date: Tue Dec 03 2013 - 03:52:40 EST


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

Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sched/fair.c | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 7c70201..40d8ea3 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -970,6 +970,13 @@ void task_numa_work(struct callback_head *work)
if (!vma_migratable(vma))
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;
+
/* Skip small VMAs. They are not likely to be of relevance */
if (vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start < HPAGE_SIZE)
continue;
--
1.8.4

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