linux-kernel - Re: [linux-next: Tree for Jun 1] __khugepaged_exit rwsem_down_write

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Date:	Fri, 3 Jun 2016 09:25:36 +0200
From:	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
To:	Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [linux-next: Tree for Jun 1] __khugepaged_exit
 rwsem_down_write_failed lockup

On Fri 03-06-16 16:15:51, Sergey Senozhatsky wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> On (06/02/16 11:21), Michal Hocko wrote:
> [..]
> > @@ -2863,6 +2854,7 @@ static unsigned int khugepaged_scan_mm_slot(unsigned int pages,
> >  
> >  		collect_mm_slot(mm_slot);
> >  	}
> > +	mmput(mm);
> >  
> >  	return progress;
> >  }
> 
> this possibly sleeping mmput() is called from
> under the spin_lock(&khugepaged_mm_lock).

You are right. khugepaged_scan_mm_slot returns with the lock held.
mmput_async would deal with it.
 
> there is also a trivial build fixup needed
> (move collect_mm_slot() before __khugepaged_exit()).

will fix that. Thanks!

> it's quite hard to trigger the bug (somehow), so I can't
> follow up with more information as of now.

Thanks anyway!
-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs