> Could you test if you see the deadlock before > 5ecfda041e4b4bd858d25bbf5a16c2a6c06d7272 without MAP_POPULATE ? Built and tested 72ddc8f72270758951ccefb7d190f364d20215ab. Confirmed that the original bug does not present in this version. Confirmed that removing MAP_POPULATE does cause the deadlock to occur. Here is the stack of the test: # cat /proc/3846/stack [<ffffffff812e8a64>] call_rwsem_down_read_failed+0x14/0x30 [<ffffffff81271c1d>] xfs_ilock+0x9d/0x110 [<ffffffff81271cae>] xfs_ilock_map_shared+0x1e/0x50 [<ffffffff81294985>] __xfs_get_blocks+0xc5/0x4e0 [<ffffffff81294dcc>] xfs_get_blocks+0xc/0x10 [<ffffffff811322c2>] do_mpage_readpage+0x462/0x660 [<ffffffff8113250a>] mpage_readpage+0x4a/0x60 [<ffffffff81295433>] xfs_vm_readpage+0x13/0x20 [<ffffffff810bb850>] filemap_fault+0x2d0/0x4e0 [<ffffffff810d8680>] __do_fault+0x50/0x510 [<ffffffff810da542>] handle_mm_fault+0x1a2/0xe60 [<ffffffff8102a466>] do_page_fault+0x146/0x440 [<ffffffff8164e6cf>] page_fault+0x1f/0x30 [<ffffffffffffffff>] 0xffffffffffffffff xfssyncd is stuck in D state. # cat /proc/2484/stack [<ffffffff8106ee1c>] down+0x3c/0x50 [<ffffffff81297802>] xfs_buf_lock+0x72/0x170 [<ffffffff8128762d>] xfs_getsb+0x1d/0x50 [<ffffffff8128e6af>] xfs_trans_getsb+0x5f/0x150 [<ffffffff8128821e>] xfs_mod_sb+0x4e/0xe0 [<ffffffff8126e4ea>] xfs_fs_log_dummy+0x5a/0xb0 [<ffffffff812a2a13>] xfs_sync_worker+0x83/0x90 [<ffffffff812a28e2>] xfssyncd+0x172/0x220 [<ffffffff81069576>] kthread+0x96/0xa0 [<ffffffff81003354>] kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10 [<ffffffffffffffff>] 0xffffffffffffffff Sean -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxx For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: <a href