The anon_vma lock prevents parallel THP splits and any associated complexity that arises when handling splits during THP migration. This patch checks if the lock was successfully acquired and bails from THP migration if it failed for any reason.
Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <[email protected]> --- mm/huge_memory.c | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c index d6c3bf4..98b6a79 100644 --- a/mm/huge_memory.c +++ b/mm/huge_memory.c @@ -1342,6 +1342,13 @@ int do_huge_pmd_numa_page(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma, goto out_unlock; } + /* Bail if we fail to protect against THP splits for any reason */ + if (unlikely(!anon_vma)) { + put_page(page); + page_nid = -1; + goto clear_pmdnuma; + } + /* * Migrate the THP to the requested node, returns with page unlocked * and pmd_numa cleared. -- 1.8.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
