[Question] ksm: rmap_item pointing to some stale vmas

[Susheel Khiani <skhiani@codeaurora.org>]

Hi,

We are seeing an issue during try_to_unmap_ksm where in call to 
try_to_unmap_one is failing.

try_to_unmap_ksm in this particular case is trying to go through vmas 
associated with each rmap_item->anon_vma. What we see is this that the 
corresponding page is not mapped to any of the vmas associated with 2 
rmap_item.

The associated rmap_item in this case looks like pointing to some valid 
vma but the said page is not found to be mapped under it. 
try_to_unmap_one thus fails to find valid ptes for these vmas.

At the same time we can see that the page actually is mapped in 2 
separate and different vmas which are not part of rmap_item associated 
with page.

So whether rmap_item is pointing to some stale vmas and now the mapping 
has changed? Or there is something else going on here.
p
Any pointer would be appreciated.

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Susheel Khiani

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