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mbind() is required to report EFAULT if range, specified by addr and
len, contains unmapped holes. In current implementation, below rules
are applied for this checking:
1: Unmapped holes at any part of the specified range should be reported
as EFAULT if mbind() for none MPOL_DEFAULT cases;
2: Unmapped holes at any part of the specified range should be ignored
(do not reprot EFAULT) if mbind() for MPOL_DEFAULT case;
3: The whole range in an unmapped hole should be reported as EFAULT;
Note that rule 2 does not fullfill the mbind() API definition, but since
that behavior has existed for long days (the internal flag
MPOL_MF_DISCONTIG_OK is for this purpose), this patch does not plan to
change it.
In current code, application observed inconsistent behavior on rule 1
and rule 2 respectively. That inconsistency is fixed as below details.
Cases of rule 1:
- Hole at head side of range. Current code reprot EFAULT, no change by
this patch.
[ vma ][ hole ][ vma ]
[ range ]
- Hole at middle of range. Current code report EFAULT, no change by
this patch.
[ vma ][ hole ][ vma ]
[ range ]
- Hole at tail side of range. Current code do not report EFAULT, this
patch fixes it.
[ vma ][ hole ][ vma ]
[ range ]
Cases of rule 2:
- Hole at head side of range. Current code reports EFAULT, this patch
fixes it.
[ vma ][ hole ][ vma ]
[ range ]
- Hole at middle of range. Current code does not report EFAULT, no
change by this patch.
[ vma ][ hole ][ vma]
[ range ]
- Hole at tail side of range. Current code does not report EFAULT, no
change by this patch.
[ vma ][ hole ][ vma]
[ range ]
This patch has no changes to rule 3.
The unmapped hole checking can also be handled by using .pte_hole(),
instead of .test_walk(). But .pte_hole() is called for holes inside and
outside vma, which causes more cost, so this patch keeps the original
design with .test_walk().
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1573218104-11021-3-git-send-email-lixinhai.lxh@gmail.com
Fixes: 6f4576e3687b ("mempolicy: apply page table walker on queue_pages_range()")
Signed-off-by: Li Xinhai <lixinhai.lxh@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@ah.jp.nec.com>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
Cc: linux-man <linux-man@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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