Re: [PATCH] mm: mempolicy: keep VMA walk if both MPOL_MF_STRICT and MPOL_MF_MOVE are specified

[Yang Shi <yang@os.amperecomputing.com>]

On 9/25/23 8:48 AM, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Sep 2023 15:32:42 -0700 Yang Shi <yang@os.amperecomputing.com> wrote:
>
>> When calling mbind() with MPOL_MF_{MOVE|MOVEALL} | MPOL_MF_STRICT,
>> kernel should attempt to migrate all existing pages, and return -EIO if
>> there is misplaced or unmovable page.  Then commit 6f4576e3687b
>> ("mempolicy: apply page table walker on queue_pages_range()") messed up
>> the return value and didn't break VMA scan early ianymore when MPOL_MF_STRICT
>> alone.  The return value problem was fixed by commit a7f40cfe3b7a
>> ("mm: mempolicy: make mbind() return -EIO when MPOL_MF_STRICT is specified"),
>> but it broke the VMA walk early if unmovable page is met, it may cause some
>> pages are not migrated as expected.
> So I'm thinking that a7f40cfe3b7a is the suitable Fixes: target?

Yes, thanks. My follow-up email also added this.

>
>> The code should conceptually do:
>>
>>   if (MPOL_MF_MOVE|MOVEALL)
>>       scan all vmas
>>       try to migrate the existing pages
>>       return success
>>   else if (MPOL_MF_MOVE* | MPOL_MF_STRICT)
>>       scan all vmas
>>       try to migrate the existing pages
>>       return -EIO if unmovable or migration failed
>>   else /* MPOL_MF_STRICT alone */
>>       break early if meets unmovable and don't call mbind_range() at all
>>   else /* none of those flags */
>>       check the ranges in test_walk, EFAULT without mbind_range() if discontig.
>>
>> Fixed the behavior.
>>