Lack of set_freezable_with_signal() prevented khugepaged to be waken up (and prevented to sleep again) across the schedule_timeout_interruptible() calls after freezing() becomes true. The tight loop in khugepaged_alloc_hugepage() also missed one try_to_freeze() call in case alloc_hugepage() would repeatedly fail in turn preventing the loop to break and to reach the try_to_freeze() in the khugepaged main loop. khugepaged would still freeze just fine by trying again the next minute but it's better if it freezes immediately. Reported-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/huge_memory.c | 3 ++- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c index 4298aba..67311d1 100644 --- a/mm/huge_memory.c +++ b/mm/huge_memory.c @@ -2277,6 +2277,7 @@ static struct page *khugepaged_alloc_hugepage(void) if (!hpage) { count_vm_event(THP_COLLAPSE_ALLOC_FAILED); khugepaged_alloc_sleep(); + try_to_freeze(); } else count_vm_event(THP_COLLAPSE_ALLOC); } while (unlikely(!hpage) && @@ -2331,7 +2332,7 @@ static int khugepaged(void *none) { struct mm_slot *mm_slot; - set_freezable(); + set_freezable_with_signal(); set_user_nice(current, 19); /* serialize with start_khugepaged() */ -- 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/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>