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diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c index 9cbc502..cfd005c 100644 --- a/mm/vmscan.c +++ b/mm/vmscan.c @@ -3056,7 +3056,10 @@ static int kswapd(void *p) } } + tsk->flags &= ~(PF_MEMALLOC | PF_SWAPWRITE | PF_KSWAPD); current->reclaim_state = NULL; + lockdep_clear_current_reclaim_state(); + return 0; }
This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled mm: vmscan: clear kswapd's special reclaim powers before exiting to the linux-3.8.y-queue branch of the 3.8.y.z extended stable tree which can be found at: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/linux.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/linux-3.8.y-queue This patch is scheduled to be released in version 3.8.13.27. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please reply to this email. For more information about the 3.8.y.z tree, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable Thanks. -Kamal ------ From 9a3e1d9330e2a40764b5859536e1d48759f95cee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org> Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2014 14:35:35 -0700 Subject: mm: vmscan: clear kswapd's special reclaim powers before exiting commit 71abdc15adf8c702a1dd535f8e30df50758848d2 upstream. When kswapd exits, it can end up taking locks that were previously held by allocating tasks while they waited for reclaim. Lockdep currently warns about this: On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 06:06:34PM +0800, Gu Zheng wrote: > inconsistent {RECLAIM_FS-ON-W} -> {IN-RECLAIM_FS-R} usage. > kswapd2/1151 [HC0[0]:SC0[0]:HE1:SE1] takes: > (&sig->group_rwsem){+++++?}, at: exit_signals+0x24/0x130 > {RECLAIM_FS-ON-W} state was registered at: > mark_held_locks+0xb9/0x140 > lockdep_trace_alloc+0x7a/0xe0 > kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x37/0x240 > flex_array_alloc+0x99/0x1a0 > cgroup_attach_task+0x63/0x430 > attach_task_by_pid+0x210/0x280 > cgroup_procs_write+0x16/0x20 > cgroup_file_write+0x120/0x2c0 > vfs_write+0xc0/0x1f0 > SyS_write+0x4c/0xa0 > tracesys+0xdd/0xe2 > irq event stamp: 49 > hardirqs last enabled at (49): _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x36/0x70 > hardirqs last disabled at (48): _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x2b/0xa0 > softirqs last enabled at (0): copy_process.part.24+0x627/0x15f0 > softirqs last disabled at (0): (null) > > other info that might help us debug this: > Possible unsafe locking scenario: > > CPU0 > ---- > lock(&sig->group_rwsem); > <Interrupt> > lock(&sig->group_rwsem); > > *** DEADLOCK *** > > no locks held by kswapd2/1151. > > stack backtrace: > CPU: 30 PID: 1151 Comm: kswapd2 Not tainted 3.10.39+ #4 > Call Trace: > dump_stack+0x19/0x1b > print_usage_bug+0x1f7/0x208 > mark_lock+0x21d/0x2a0 > __lock_acquire+0x52a/0xb60 > lock_acquire+0xa2/0x140 > down_read+0x51/0xa0 > exit_signals+0x24/0x130 > do_exit+0xb5/0xa50 > kthread+0xdb/0x100 > ret_from_fork+0x7c/0xb0 This is because the kswapd thread is still marked as a reclaimer at the time of exit. But because it is exiting, nobody is actually waiting on it to make reclaim progress anymore, and it's nothing but a regular thread at this point. Be tidy and strip it of all its powers (PF_MEMALLOC, PF_SWAPWRITE, PF_KSWAPD, and the lockdep reclaim state) before returning from the thread function. Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org> Reported-by: Gu Zheng <guz.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: Yasuaki Ishimatsu <isimatu.yasuaki@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Tang Chen <tangchen@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@canonical.com> --- mm/vmscan.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) -- 1.9.1