The patch below does not apply to the 3.12-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>.
thanks,
greg k-h
------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
>From 1667918b6483b12a6496bf54151b827b8235d7b1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 17:08:41 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] 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>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index dbafffa5e2ee..70e7429fd8ea 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -1532,6 +1532,8 @@ int change_huge_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
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 --git a/mm/mprotect.c b/mm/mprotect.c
index 1291a053b167..f8421722acb9 100644
--- a/mm/mprotect.c
+++ b/mm/mprotect.c
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ static unsigned long change_pte_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
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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