[patch 10/24] mm: numa: clear numa hinting information on mprotect

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From: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx>
Subject: mm: numa: clear numa hinting information on mprotect

On a protection change it is no longer clear if the page should be still
accessible.  This patch clears the NUMA hinting fault bits on a protection
change.

Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alex Thorlton <athorlton@xxxxxxx>
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 mm/huge_memory.c |    2 ++
 mm/mprotect.c    |    2 ++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff -puN mm/huge_memory.c~mm-numa-clear-numa-hinting-information-on-mprotect mm/huge_memory.c
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c~mm-numa-clear-numa-hinting-information-on-mprotect
+++ a/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -1532,6 +1532,8 @@ int change_huge_pmd(struct vm_area_struc
 		ret = 1;
 		if (!prot_numa) {
 			entry = pmdp_get_and_clear(mm, addr, pmd);
+			if (pmd_numa(entry))
+				entry = pmd_mknonnuma(entry);
 			entry = pmd_modify(entry, newprot);
 			ret = HPAGE_PMD_NR;
 			BUG_ON(pmd_write(entry));
diff -puN mm/mprotect.c~mm-numa-clear-numa-hinting-information-on-mprotect mm/mprotect.c
--- a/mm/mprotect.c~mm-numa-clear-numa-hinting-information-on-mprotect
+++ a/mm/mprotect.c
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ static unsigned long change_pte_range(st
 
 			if (!prot_numa) {
 				ptent = ptep_modify_prot_start(mm, addr, pte);
+				if (pte_numa(ptent))
+					ptent = pte_mknonnuma(ptent);
 				ptent = pte_modify(ptent, newprot);
 				updated = true;
 			} else {
_
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