On Tue, Aug 09, 2016 at 03:46:32PM +0100, Chris Wilson wrote: ... > diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c > index 850737bdfbd8..22b2c1f3db0e 100644 > --- a/mm/slub.c > +++ b/mm/slub.c > @@ -3629,11 +3629,15 @@ static void list_slab_objects(struct kmem_cache *s, struct page *page, > */ > static void free_partial(struct kmem_cache *s, struct kmem_cache_node *n) > { > + LIST_HEAD(partial_list); > struct page *page, *h; > > BUG_ON(irqs_disabled()); > spin_lock_irq(&n->list_lock); > - list_for_each_entry_safe(page, h, &n->partial, lru) { > + list_splice_init(&n->partial, &partial_list); > + spin_unlock_irq(&n->list_lock); > + > + list_for_each_entry_safe(page, h, &partial_list, lru) { > if (!page->inuse) { > remove_partial(n, page); remove_partial() must be called with n->list_lock held - it even has lockdep_assert_held(). What you actually need to do is to move discard_slab() out of the critical section, like __kmem_cache_shrink() does. > discard_slab(s, page); > @@ -3642,7 +3646,6 @@ static void free_partial(struct kmem_cache *s, struct kmem_cache_node *n) > "Objects remaining in %s on __kmem_cache_shutdown()"); > } > } > - spin_unlock_irq(&n->list_lock); > } > > /* -- 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>