Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] mm, proc: Fix region lost in /proc/self/smaps

[Michal Hocko]

On Fri 23-09-16 17:53:51, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> On 09/23, Michal Hocko wrote:
> >
> > On Fri 23-09-16 15:56:36, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> > > 
> > > I think we can simplify this patch. And imo make it better. How about
> > 
> > it is certainly less subtle because it doesn't report "sub-vmas".
> > 
> > > 	if (last_addr) {
> > > 		vma = find_vma(mm, last_addr - 1);
> > > 		if (vma && vma->vm_start <= last_addr)
> > > 			vma = m_next_vma(priv, vma);
> > > 		if (vma)
> > > 			return vma;
> > > 	}
> > 
> > we would still miss a VMA if the last one got shrunk/split
> 
> Not sure I understand what you mean... If the last one was split
> we probably should not report the new vma.

Right, VMA split is less of a problem. I meant to say that if the
last_vma->vm_end got lower for whatever reason then we could miss a VMA
right after. We actually might want to display such a VMA because it
could be a completely new one. We just do not know whether it is a
former split with enlarged VMA or a completely new one

[      old VMA     ]   Hole       [   VMA    ]
[ old VMA   ][  New VMa    ]      [   VMA    ]

> Nevermind, in any case yes, sure, this can't "fix" other corner cases.

Agreed, or at least I do not see an easy way for that.
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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs