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Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2010 13:14:31 +0200
From: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To: Torsten Kaiser <just.for.lkml@...glemail.com>
CC: lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: -mm: xfs lockdep warning
(restoring cc to lkml)
Hello,
On 10/06/2010 08:32 PM, Tejun Heo wrote:
> On 10/06/2010 07:20 PM, Torsten Kaiser wrote:
>>> It seems the system isn't completely stuck yet. The above process is
>>> still trying to free memory. Maybe memory reclaim is just extremely
>>> slow for some reason?
>>
>> How can I check this? With the hund -rc3 I repeatedly hit SysRq+M
>> every time waiting 10..60 seconds.
>> Can you see from these outputs if reclaim ins making any progress?
>
> I think I have an idea of what's going on. I'll prep a patch and send
> it to you tomorrow.
Can you test whether the following patch fix the issue?
Thanks.
diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 32a1c12..622602b 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -2584,7 +2584,7 @@ int __init blk_dev_init(void)
BUILD_BUG_ON(__REQ_NR_BITS > 8 *
sizeof(((struct request *)0)->cmd_flags));
- kblockd_workqueue = create_workqueue("kblockd");
+ kblockd_workqueue = alloc_workqueue("kblockd", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 1);
if (!kblockd_workqueue)
panic("Failed to create kblockd\n");
diff --git a/crypto/crypto_wq.c b/crypto/crypto_wq.c
index fdcf624..4c893a1 100644
--- a/crypto/crypto_wq.c
+++ b/crypto/crypto_wq.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kcrypto_wq);
static int __init crypto_wq_init(void)
{
- kcrypto_wq = create_workqueue("crypto");
+ kcrypto_wq = alloc_workqueue("crypto", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 1);
if (unlikely(!kcrypto_wq))
return -ENOMEM;
return 0;
diff --git a/crypto/pcrypt.c b/crypto/pcrypt.c
index de30782..2ee6ba2 100644
--- a/crypto/pcrypt.c
+++ b/crypto/pcrypt.c
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ static int pcrypt_init_padata(struct padata_pcrypt *pcrypt,
get_online_cpus();
- pcrypt->wq = create_workqueue(name);
+ pcrypt->wq = alloc_workqueue(name, WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 1);
if (!pcrypt->wq)
goto err;
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/cm.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/cm.c
index 64e0903..2631930 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/cm.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/cm.c
@@ -3804,7 +3804,7 @@ static int __init ib_cm_init(void)
if (ret)
return -ENOMEM;
- cm.wq = create_workqueue("ib_cm");
+ cm.wq = alloc_workqueue("ib_cm", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 1);
if (!cm.wq) {
ret = -ENOMEM;
goto error1;
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_init.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_init.c
index f1d16d3..0f559f2 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_init.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_init.c
@@ -1053,7 +1053,7 @@ static int __init qlogic_ib_init(void)
* so flush_scheduled_work() can deadlock during device
* removal.
*/
- qib_wq = create_workqueue("qib");
+ qib_wq = alloc_workqueue("qib", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 1);
if (!qib_wq) {
ret = -ENOMEM;
goto bail_dev;
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-delay.c b/drivers/md/dm-delay.c
index baa1191..1f8d1e4 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-delay.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-delay.c
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ static int __init dm_delay_init(void)
{
int r = -ENOMEM;
- kdelayd_wq = create_workqueue("kdelayd");
+ kdelayd_wq = alloc_workqueue("kdelayd", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 1);
if (!kdelayd_wq) {
DMERR("Couldn't start kdelayd");
goto bad_queue;
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c b/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c
index 487ecda..e60f22d 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c
@@ -1687,7 +1687,7 @@ static int __init dm_multipath_init(void)
return -EINVAL;
}
- kmultipathd = create_workqueue("kmpathd");
+ kmultipathd = alloc_workqueue("kmpathd", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 1);
if (!kmultipathd) {
DMERR("failed to create workqueue kmpathd");
dm_unregister_target(&multipath_target);
diff --git a/drivers/message/i2o/driver.c b/drivers/message/i2o/driver.c
index a0421ef..8a5b2d8 100644
--- a/drivers/message/i2o/driver.c
+++ b/drivers/message/i2o/driver.c
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ int i2o_driver_register(struct i2o_driver *drv)
osm_debug("Register driver %s\n", drv->name);
if (drv->event) {
- drv->event_queue = create_workqueue(drv->name);
+ drv->event_queue = alloc_workqueue(drv->name,
+ WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 1);
if (!drv->event_queue) {
osm_err("Could not initialize event queue for driver "
"%s\n", drv->name);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
index 1e4bff6..a6dd94d 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ static int qla25xx_setup_mode(struct scsi_qla_host *vha)
"Can't create request queue\n");
goto fail;
}
- ha->wq = create_workqueue("qla2xxx_wq");
+ ha->wq = alloc_workqueue("qla2xxx_wq", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 1);
vha->req = ha->req_q_map[req];
options |= BIT_1;
for (ques = 1; ques < ha->max_rsp_queues; ques++) {
diff --git a/fs/bio-integrity.c b/fs/bio-integrity.c
index 4d0ff5e..b37653f 100644
--- a/fs/bio-integrity.c
+++ b/fs/bio-integrity.c
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ void __init bio_integrity_init(void)
{
unsigned int i;
- kintegrityd_wq = create_workqueue("kintegrityd");
+ kintegrityd_wq = alloc_workqueue("kintegrityd", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 1);
if (!kintegrityd_wq)
panic("Failed to create kintegrityd\n");
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 2614774..5efccc6 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -3038,7 +3038,8 @@ no_journal:
goto failed_mount_wq;
}
- EXT4_SB(sb)->dio_unwritten_wq = create_workqueue("ext4-dio-unwritten");
+ EXT4_SB(sb)->dio_unwritten_wq = alloc_workqueue("ext4-dio-unwritten",
+ WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 1);
if (!EXT4_SB(sb)->dio_unwritten_wq) {
printk(KERN_ERR "EXT4-fs: failed to create DIO workqueue\n");
goto failed_mount_wq;
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/journal.c b/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
index 812e2c0..03275f1 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
@@ -2950,7 +2950,7 @@ int journal_init(struct super_block *sb, const char *j_dev_name,
reiserfs_mounted_fs_count++;
if (reiserfs_mounted_fs_count <= 1) {
reiserfs_write_unlock(sb);
- commit_wq = create_workqueue("reiserfs");
+ commit_wq = alloc_workqueue("reiserfs", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 1);
reiserfs_write_lock(sb);
}
diff --git a/include/linux/workqueue.h b/include/linux/workqueue.h
index 25e02c9..77cb9d9 100644
--- a/include/linux/workqueue.h
+++ b/include/linux/workqueue.h
@@ -247,6 +247,8 @@ enum {
WQ_HIGHPRI = 1 << 4, /* high priority */
WQ_CPU_INTENSIVE = 1 << 5, /* cpu instensive workqueue */
+ WQ_MEM_RECLAIM = WQ_RESCUER | WQ_HIGHPRI,
+
WQ_DYING = 1 << 6, /* internal: workqueue is dying */
WQ_MAX_ACTIVE = 512, /* I like 512, better ideas? */
--
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