In powerpc servers with large memory(32TB), we watched several soft lockups for hugepage under stress tests. The call trace are as follows: 1. get_page_from_freelist+0x2d8/0xd50 __alloc_pages_nodemask+0x180/0xc20 alloc_fresh_huge_page+0xb0/0x190 set_max_huge_pages+0x164/0x3b0 2. prep_new_huge_page+0x5c/0x100 alloc_fresh_huge_page+0xc8/0x190 set_max_huge_pages+0x164/0x3b0 This patch is to fix such soft lockups. It is safe to call cond_resched() there because it is out of spin_lock/unlock section. Signed-off-by: Jia He <hejianet@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Changes in V2: move cond_resched to a common calling site in set_max_huge_pages mm/hugetlb.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c index abc1c5f..9284280 100644 --- a/mm/hugetlb.c +++ b/mm/hugetlb.c @@ -2216,6 +2216,10 @@ static unsigned long set_max_huge_pages(struct hstate *h, unsigned long count, * and reducing the surplus. */ spin_unlock(&hugetlb_lock); + + /* yield cpu to avoid soft lockup */ + cond_resched(); + if (hstate_is_gigantic(h)) ret = alloc_fresh_gigantic_page(h, nodes_allowed); else -- 2.5.0 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>