linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: hugetlb: fix non-atomic enqueue of huge page

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Date:	Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:43:52 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Hillf Danton <dhillf@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-mm@...ck.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: hugetlb: fix non-atomic enqueue of huge page

On Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:35:25 +0800
Hillf Danton <dhillf@...il.com> wrote:

> From: Hillf Danton <dhillf@...il.com>
> Subject: [PATCH] mm: hugetlb: fix non-atomic enqueue of huge page
> 
> If huge page is enqueued under the protection of hugetlb_lock, then
> the operation is atomic and safe.
> 
> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>
> Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> Signed-off-by: Hillf Danton <dhillf@...il.com>
> ---
> 
> --- a/mm/hugetlb.c	Tue Dec 20 21:26:30 2011
> +++ b/mm/hugetlb.c	Fri Dec 23 21:16:28 2011
> @@ -901,7 +901,6 @@ retry:
>  	h->resv_huge_pages += delta;
>  	ret = 0;
> 
> -	spin_unlock(&hugetlb_lock);
>  	/* Free the needed pages to the hugetlb pool */
>  	list_for_each_entry_safe(page, tmp, &surplus_list, lru) {
>  		if ((--needed) < 0)
> @@ -915,6 +914,7 @@ retry:
>  		VM_BUG_ON(page_count(page));
>  		enqueue_huge_page(h, page);
>  	}
> +	spin_unlock(&hugetlb_lock);
> 
>  	/* Free unnecessary surplus pages to the buddy allocator */

btw,

	/* Free the needed pages to the hugetlb pool */
	list_for_each_entry_safe(page, tmp, &surplus_list, lru) {
		if ((--needed) < 0)
			break;
		list_del(&page->lru);
		/*
		 * This page is now managed by the hugetlb allocator and has
		 * no users -- drop the buddy allocator's reference.
		 */
		put_page_testzero(page);
		VM_BUG_ON(page_count(page));
		enqueue_huge_page(h, page);
	}
	spin_unlock(&hugetlb_lock);


That VM_BUG_ON() largely duplicates the one in put_page_testzero().

(Putting a VM_BUG_ON() in put_page_testzero() was pretty expensive,
too.  I wonder how many people are enabling VM_BUG_ON()?  We should be
sparing in using these things)

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