linux-kernel - Re: XFS deadlock fixed?

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Date:	Wed, 11 May 2011 11:35:46 -0400
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Felipe Wilhelms Damasio - Taghos <felipewd@...hos.com.br>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: XFS deadlock fixed?

And here's the actual patch, sorry:


Index: linux-2.6/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/kmem.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/kmem.c	2011-05-11 17:29:51.729191621 +0200
+++ linux-2.6/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/kmem.c	2011-05-11 17:30:22.915689382 +0200
@@ -56,10 +56,12 @@ kmem_alloc(size_t size, unsigned int __n
 		ptr = kmalloc(size, lflags);
 		if (ptr || (flags & (KM_MAYFAIL|KM_NOSLEEP)))
 			return ptr;
-		if (!(++retries % 100))
+		if (!(++retries % 100)) {
 			xfs_err(NULL,
 		"possible memory allocation deadlock in %s (mode:0x%x)",
 					__func__, lflags);
+			dump_stack();
+		}
 		congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/50);
 	} while (1);
 }
@@ -112,10 +114,12 @@ kmem_zone_alloc(kmem_zone_t *zone, unsig
 		ptr = kmem_cache_alloc(zone, lflags);
 		if (ptr || (flags & (KM_MAYFAIL|KM_NOSLEEP)))
 			return ptr;
-		if (!(++retries % 100))
+		if (!(++retries % 100)) {
 			xfs_err(NULL,
 		"possible memory allocation deadlock in %s (mode:0x%x)",
 					__func__, lflags);
+			dump_stack();
+		}
 		congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/50);
 	} while (1);
 }
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