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Message-ID: <20081021151301.GE4980@osiris.boeblingen.de.ibm.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:13:01 +0200
From: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>
To: Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Hugh Dickins <hugh@...itas.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
Lee Schermerhorn <lee.schermerhorn@...com>,
KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: mlock: mlocked pages are unevictable
Hi Nick,
On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 04:59:55PM +0000, Linux Kernel Mailing List wrote:
> Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b291f000393f5a0b679012b39d79fbc85c018233
> Commit: b291f000393f5a0b679012b39d79fbc85c018233
> Author: Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>
> AuthorDate: Sat Oct 18 20:26:44 2008 -0700
> Committer: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
> CommitDate: Mon Oct 20 08:52:30 2008 -0700
>
> mlock: mlocked pages are unevictable
[...]
I think the following part of your patch:
> diff --git a/mm/swap.c b/mm/swap.c
> index fee6b97..bc58c13 100644
> --- a/mm/swap.c
> +++ b/mm/swap.c
> @@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ void lru_add_drain(void)
> put_cpu();
> }
>
> -#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
> +#if defined(CONFIG_NUMA) || defined(CONFIG_UNEVICTABLE_LRU)
> static void lru_add_drain_per_cpu(struct work_struct *dummy)
> {
> lru_add_drain();
causes this (allyesconfig on s390):
[17179587.988810] =======================================================
[17179587.988819] [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ]
[17179587.988824] 2.6.27-06509-g2515ddc-dirty #190
[17179587.988827] -------------------------------------------------------
[17179587.988831] multipathd/3868 is trying to acquire lock:
[17179587.988834] (events){--..}, at: [<0000000000157f82>] flush_work+0x42/0x124
[17179587.988850]
[17179587.988851] but task is already holding lock:
[17179587.988854] (&mm->mmap_sem){----}, at: [<00000000001c0be4>] sys_mlockall+0x5c/0xe0
[17179587.988865]
[17179587.988866] which lock already depends on the new lock.
[17179587.988867]
[17179587.988871]
[17179587.988871] the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
[17179587.988875]
[17179587.988876] -> #3 (&mm->mmap_sem){----}:
[17179587.988883] [<0000000000171a42>] __lock_acquire+0x143e/0x17c4
[17179587.988891] [<0000000000171e5c>] lock_acquire+0x94/0xbc
[17179587.988896] [<0000000000b2a532>] down_read+0x62/0xd8
[17179587.988905] [<0000000000b2cc40>] do_dat_exception+0x14c/0x390
[17179587.988910] [<0000000000114d36>] sysc_return+0x0/0x8
[17179587.988917] [<00000000006c694a>] copy_from_user_mvcos+0x12/0x84
[17179587.988926] [<00000000007335f0>] eql_ioctl+0x3e8/0x590
[17179587.988935] [<00000000008b6230>] dev_ifsioc+0x29c/0x2c8
[17179587.988942] [<00000000008b6874>] dev_ioctl+0x618/0x680
[17179587.988946] [<00000000008a1a8c>] sock_ioctl+0x2b4/0x2c8
[17179587.988953] [<00000000001f99a8>] vfs_ioctl+0x50/0xbc
[17179587.988960] [<00000000001f9ee2>] do_vfs_ioctl+0x4ce/0x510
[17179587.988965] [<00000000001f9f94>] sys_ioctl+0x70/0x98
[17179587.988970] [<0000000000114d30>] sysc_noemu+0x10/0x16
[17179587.988975] [<0000020000131286>] 0x20000131286
[17179587.988980]
[17179587.988981] -> #2 (rtnl_mutex){--..}:
[17179587.988987] [<0000000000171a42>] __lock_acquire+0x143e/0x17c4
[17179587.988993] [<0000000000171e5c>] lock_acquire+0x94/0xbc
[17179587.988998] [<0000000000b29ae8>] mutex_lock_nested+0x11c/0x31c
[17179587.989003] [<00000000008bff1c>] rtnl_lock+0x30/0x40
[17179587.989009] [<00000000008c144e>] linkwatch_event+0x26/0x6c
[17179587.989015] [<0000000000157356>] run_workqueue+0x146/0x240
[17179587.989020] [<000000000015756e>] worker_thread+0x11e/0x134
[17179587.989025] [<000000000015cd8e>] kthread+0x6e/0xa4
[17179587.989030] [<000000000010ad9a>] kernel_thread_starter+0x6/0xc
[17179587.989036] [<000000000010ad94>] kernel_thread_starter+0x0/0xc
[17179587.989042]
[17179587.989042] -> #1 ((linkwatch_work).work){--..}:
[17179587.989049] [<0000000000171a42>] __lock_acquire+0x143e/0x17c4
[17179587.989054] [<0000000000171e5c>] lock_acquire+0x94/0xbc
[17179587.989059] [<0000000000157350>] run_workqueue+0x140/0x240
[17179587.989064] [<000000000015756e>] worker_thread+0x11e/0x134
[17179587.989069] [<000000000015cd8e>] kthread+0x6e/0xa4
[17179587.989074] [<000000000010ad9a>] kernel_thread_starter+0x6/0xc
[17179587.989079] [<000000000010ad94>] kernel_thread_starter+0x0/0xc
[17179587.989084]
[17179587.989085] -> #0 (events){--..}:
[17179587.989091] [<00000000001716ca>] __lock_acquire+0x10c6/0x17c4
[17179587.989096] [<0000000000171e5c>] lock_acquire+0x94/0xbc
[17179587.989101] [<0000000000157fb4>] flush_work+0x74/0x124
[17179587.989107] [<0000000000158620>] schedule_on_each_cpu+0xec/0x138
[17179587.989112] [<00000000001b0ab4>] lru_add_drain_all+0x2c/0x40
[17179587.989117] [<00000000001c05ac>] __mlock_vma_pages_range+0xcc/0x2e8
[17179587.989123] [<00000000001c0970>] mlock_fixup+0x1a8/0x280
[17179587.989128] [<00000000001c0aec>] do_mlockall+0xa4/0xd4
[17179587.989133] [<00000000001c0c36>] sys_mlockall+0xae/0xe0
[17179587.989138] [<0000000000114d30>] sysc_noemu+0x10/0x16
[17179587.989142] [<000002000025a466>] 0x2000025a466
[17179587.989147]
[17179587.989148] other info that might help us debug this:
[17179587.989149]
[17179587.989154] 1 lock held by multipathd/3868:
[17179587.989156] #0: (&mm->mmap_sem){----}, at: [<00000000001c0be4>] sys_mlockall+0x5c/0xe0
[17179587.989165]
[17179587.989166] stack backtrace:
[17179587.989170] CPU: 0 Not tainted 2.6.27-06509-g2515ddc-dirty #190
[17179587.989174] Process multipathd (pid: 3868, task: 000000003978a298, ksp: 0000000039b23eb8)
[17179587.989178] 000000003978aa00 0000000039b238b8 0000000000000002 0000000000000000
[17179587.989184] 0000000039b23958 0000000039b238d0 0000000039b238d0 00000000001060ee
[17179587.989192] 0000000000000003 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 000000000000000b
[17179587.989199] 0000000000000060 0000000000000008 0000000039b238b8 0000000039b23928
[17179587.989207] 0000000000b30b50 00000000001060ee 0000000039b238b8 0000000039b23910
[17179587.989216] Call Trace:
[17179587.989219] ([<0000000000106036>] show_trace+0xb2/0xd0)
[17179587.989225] [<000000000010610c>] show_stack+0xb8/0xc8
[17179587.989230] [<0000000000b27a96>] dump_stack+0xae/0xbc
[17179587.989234] [<000000000017019e>] print_circular_bug_tail+0xee/0x100
[17179587.989240] [<00000000001716ca>] __lock_acquire+0x10c6/0x17c4
[17179587.989245] [<0000000000171e5c>] lock_acquire+0x94/0xbc
[17179587.989250] [<0000000000157fb4>] flush_work+0x74/0x124
[17179587.989256] [<0000000000158620>] schedule_on_each_cpu+0xec/0x138
[17179587.989261] [<00000000001b0ab4>] lru_add_drain_all+0x2c/0x40
[17179587.989266] [<00000000001c05ac>] __mlock_vma_pages_range+0xcc/0x2e8
[17179587.989271] [<00000000001c0970>] mlock_fixup+0x1a8/0x280
[17179587.989276] [<00000000001c0aec>] do_mlockall+0xa4/0xd4
[17179587.989281] [<00000000001c0c36>] sys_mlockall+0xae/0xe0
[17179587.989286] [<0000000000114d30>] sysc_noemu+0x10/0x16
[17179587.989290] [<000002000025a466>] 0x2000025a466
[17179587.989294] INFO: lockdep is turned off.
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