task_numa_placement checks current->mm but after buffers for faults
have already been uselessly allocated. Move the check earlier.

[[email protected]: Identified the problem]
Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <[email protected]>
---
 kernel/sched/fair.c | 22 ++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 336074f..3c796b0 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -870,8 +870,6 @@ static void task_numa_placement(struct task_struct *p)
        int seq, nid, max_nid = 0;
        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;
@@ -945,6 +943,12 @@ void task_numa_fault(int last_nid, int node, int pages, 
bool migrated)
        if (!sched_feat_numa(NUMA))
                return;
 
+       /* for example, ksmd faulting in a user's mm */
+       if (!p->mm) {
+               p->numa_scan_period = sysctl_numa_balancing_scan_period_max;
+               return;
+       }
+
        /* Allocate buffer to track faults on a per-node basis */
        if (unlikely(!p->numa_faults)) {
                int size = sizeof(*p->numa_faults) * 2 * nr_node_ids;
@@ -1072,16 +1076,18 @@ void task_numa_work(struct callback_head *work)
                        end = ALIGN(start + (pages << PAGE_SHIFT), HPAGE_SIZE);
                        end = min(end, vma->vm_end);
                        nr_pte_updates += change_prot_numa(vma, start, end);
-                       pages -= (end - start) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-
-                       start = end;
 
                        /*
                         * Scan sysctl_numa_balancing_scan_size but ensure that
-                        * least one PTE is updated so that unused virtual
-                        * address space is quickly skipped
+                        * at least one PTE is updated so that unused virtual
+                        * address space is quickly skipped.
                         */
-                       if (pages <= 0 && nr_pte_updates)
+                       if (nr_pte_updates)
+                               pages -= (end - start) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+
+                       start = end;
+
+                       if (pages <= 0)
                                goto out;
                } while (end != vma->vm_end);
        }
-- 
1.8.1.4

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