From e767e0561d7fd2333df1921f1ab4176211f9036b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daisuke Nishimura Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 14:34:28 -0700 Subject: memcg: fix deadlock between lock_page_cgroup and mapping tree_lock mapping->tree_lock can be acquired from interrupt context. Then, following dead lock can occur. Assume "A" as a page. CPU0: lock_page_cgroup(A) interrupted -> take mapping->tree_lock. CPU1: take mapping->tree_lock -> lock_page_cgroup(A) This patch tries to fix above deadlock by moving memcg's hook to out of mapping->tree_lock. charge/uncharge of pagecache/swapcache is protected by page lock, not tree_lock. After this patch, lock_page_cgroup() is not called under mapping->tree_lock. Signed-off-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki Signed-off-by: Daisuke Nishimura Cc: Balbir Singh Cc: Daisuke Nishimura Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- mm/swap_state.c | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'mm/swap_state.c') diff --git a/mm/swap_state.c b/mm/swap_state.c index 3ecea98ecb45..1416e7e9e02d 100644 --- a/mm/swap_state.c +++ b/mm/swap_state.c @@ -109,8 +109,6 @@ int add_to_swap_cache(struct page *page, swp_entry_t entry, gfp_t gfp_mask) */ void __delete_from_swap_cache(struct page *page) { - swp_entry_t ent = {.val = page_private(page)}; - VM_BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page)); VM_BUG_ON(!PageSwapCache(page)); VM_BUG_ON(PageWriteback(page)); @@ -121,7 +119,6 @@ void __delete_from_swap_cache(struct page *page) total_swapcache_pages--; __dec_zone_page_state(page, NR_FILE_PAGES); INC_CACHE_INFO(del_total); - mem_cgroup_uncharge_swapcache(page, ent); } /** @@ -191,6 +188,7 @@ void delete_from_swap_cache(struct page *page) __delete_from_swap_cache(page); spin_unlock_irq(&swapper_space.tree_lock); + mem_cgroup_uncharge_swapcache(page, entry); swap_free(entry); page_cache_release(page); } -- cgit