On Fri 19-03-21 15:42:06, Mike Kravetz wrote: [...] > @@ -2090,9 +2084,15 @@ static void return_unused_surplus_pages(struct hstate *h, > while (nr_pages--) { > h->resv_huge_pages--; > unused_resv_pages--; > - if (!free_pool_huge_page(h, &node_states[N_MEMORY], 1)) > + page = remove_pool_huge_page(h, &node_states[N_MEMORY], 1); > + if (!page) > goto out; > - cond_resched_lock(&hugetlb_lock); > + > + /* Drop lock and free page to buddy as it could sleep */ > + spin_unlock(&hugetlb_lock); > + update_and_free_page(h, page); > + cond_resched(); > + spin_lock(&hugetlb_lock); > } > > out: This is likely a matter of taste but the repeated pattern of unlock, update_and_free_page, cond_resched and lock seems rather clumsy. Would it be slightly better/nicer to remove_pool_huge_page into a list_head under a single lock invocation and then free up the whole lot after the lock is dropped? -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs