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-rw-r--r--mm/slub.c13
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 3d63ae320d31..442f111d1e98 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -4846,7 +4846,17 @@ static ssize_t show_slab_objects(struct kmem_cache *s,
}
}
- get_online_mems();
+ /*
+ * It is impossible to take "mem_hotplug_lock" here with "kernfs_mutex"
+ * already held which will conflict with an existing lock order:
+ *
+ * mem_hotplug_lock->slab_mutex->kernfs_mutex
+ *
+ * We don't really need mem_hotplug_lock (to hold off
+ * slab_mem_going_offline_callback) here because slab's memory hot
+ * unplug code doesn't destroy the kmem_cache->node[] data.
+ */
+
#ifdef CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG
if (flags & SO_ALL) {
struct kmem_cache_node *n;
@@ -4887,7 +4897,6 @@ static ssize_t show_slab_objects(struct kmem_cache *s,
x += sprintf(buf + x, " N%d=%lu",
node, nodes[node]);
#endif
- put_online_mems();
kfree(nodes);
return x + sprintf(buf + x, "\n");
}