task_numa_placement checks current->mm but after buffers for faults have already been uselessly allocated. Move the check earlier. [peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx: Identified the problem] Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx> --- kernel/sched/fair.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c index dce3545..9eb384b 100644 --- a/kernel/sched/fair.c +++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c @@ -930,8 +930,6 @@ static void task_numa_placement(struct task_struct *p) int seq, nid, max_nid = -1; unsigned long max_faults = 0; - if (!p->mm) /* for example, ksmd faulting in a user's mm */ - return; seq = ACCESS_ONCE(p->mm->numa_scan_seq); if (p->numa_scan_seq == seq) return; @@ -998,6 +996,10 @@ void task_numa_fault(int last_nid, int node, int pages, bool migrated) if (!numabalancing_enabled) return; + /* for example, ksmd faulting in a user's mm */ + if (!p->mm) + return; + /* For now, do not attempt to detect private/shared accesses */ priv = 1; -- 1.8.4 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>