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diff --git a/kernel/cpuset.c b/kernel/cpuset.c
index 18aea1bd128..72248d1b9e3 100644
--- a/kernel/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cpuset.c
@@ -616,12 +616,10 @@ static void guarantee_online_mems(const struct cpuset *cs, nodemask_t *pmask)
* current->cpuset if a task has its memory placement changed.
* Do not call this routine if in_interrupt().
*
- * Call without callback_mutex or task_lock() held. May be called
- * with or without manage_mutex held. Doesn't need task_lock to guard
- * against another task changing a non-NULL cpuset pointer to NULL,
- * as that is only done by a task on itself, and if the current task
- * is here, it is not simultaneously in the exit code NULL'ing its
- * cpuset pointer. This routine also might acquire callback_mutex and
+ * Call without callback_mutex or task_lock() held. May be
+ * called with or without manage_mutex held. Thanks in part to
+ * 'the_top_cpuset_hack', the tasks cpuset pointer will never
+ * be NULL. This routine also might acquire callback_mutex and
* current->mm->mmap_sem during call.
*
* Reading current->cpuset->mems_generation doesn't need task_lock
@@ -836,6 +834,55 @@ static int update_cpumask(struct cpuset *cs, char *buf)
}
/*
+ * cpuset_migrate_mm
+ *
+ * Migrate memory region from one set of nodes to another.
+ *
+ * Temporarilly set tasks mems_allowed to target nodes of migration,
+ * so that the migration code can allocate pages on these nodes.
+ *
+ * Call holding manage_mutex, so our current->cpuset won't change
+ * during this call, as manage_mutex holds off any attach_task()
+ * calls. Therefore we don't need to take task_lock around the
+ * call to guarantee_online_mems(), as we know no one is changing
+ * our tasks cpuset.
+ *
+ * Hold callback_mutex around the two modifications of our tasks
+ * mems_allowed to synchronize with cpuset_mems_allowed().
+ *
+ * While the mm_struct we are migrating is typically from some
+ * other task, the task_struct mems_allowed that we are hacking
+ * is for our current task, which must allocate new pages for that
+ * migrating memory region.
+ *
+ * We call cpuset_update_task_memory_state() before hacking
+ * our tasks mems_allowed, so that we are assured of being in
+ * sync with our tasks cpuset, and in particular, callbacks to
+ * cpuset_update_task_memory_state() from nested page allocations
+ * won't see any mismatch of our cpuset and task mems_generation
+ * values, so won't overwrite our hacked tasks mems_allowed
+ * nodemask.
+ */
+
+static void cpuset_migrate_mm(struct mm_struct *mm, const nodemask_t *from,
+ const nodemask_t *to)
+{
+ struct task_struct *tsk = current;
+
+ cpuset_update_task_memory_state();
+
+ mutex_lock(&callback_mutex);
+ tsk->mems_allowed = *to;
+ mutex_unlock(&callback_mutex);
+
+ do_migrate_pages(mm, from, to, MPOL_MF_MOVE_ALL);
+
+ mutex_lock(&callback_mutex);
+ guarantee_online_mems(tsk->cpuset, &tsk->mems_allowed);
+ mutex_unlock(&callback_mutex);
+}
+
+/*
* Handle user request to change the 'mems' memory placement
* of a cpuset. Needs to validate the request, update the
* cpusets mems_allowed and mems_generation, and for each
@@ -947,10 +994,8 @@ static int update_nodemask(struct cpuset *cs, char *buf)
struct mm_struct *mm = mmarray[i];
mpol_rebind_mm(mm, &cs->mems_allowed);
- if (migrate) {
- do_migrate_pages(mm, &oldmem, &cs->mems_allowed,
- MPOL_MF_MOVE_ALL);
- }
+ if (migrate)
+ cpuset_migrate_mm(mm, &oldmem, &cs->mems_allowed);
mmput(mm);
}
@@ -1185,11 +1230,11 @@ static int attach_task(struct cpuset *cs, char *pidbuf, char **ppathbuf)
mm = get_task_mm(tsk);
if (mm) {
mpol_rebind_mm(mm, &to);
+ if (is_memory_migrate(cs))
+ cpuset_migrate_mm(mm, &from, &to);
mmput(mm);
}
- if (is_memory_migrate(cs))
- do_migrate_pages(tsk->mm, &from, &to, MPOL_MF_MOVE_ALL);
put_task_struct(tsk);
synchronize_rcu();
if (atomic_dec_and_test(&oldcs->count))