On (23/06/17 21:48), Yosry Ahmed wrote:
> > On (23/06/12 11:38), Domenico Cerasuolo wrote:
> > > +static int zswap_reclaim_entry(struct zswap_pool *pool)
> > > +{
> > > + struct zswap_header *zhdr;
> > > + struct zswap_entry *entry;
> > > + struct zswap_tree *tree;
> > > + pgoff_t swpoffset;
> > > + int ret;
> > > +
> > > + /* Get an entry off the LRU */
> > > + spin_lock(&pool->lru_lock);
> > > + if (list_empty(&pool->lru)) {
> > > + spin_unlock(&pool->lru_lock);
> > > + return -EINVAL;
> > > + }
> > > + entry = list_last_entry(&pool->lru, struct zswap_entry, lru);
> > > + list_del_init(&entry->lru);
> >
> > A quick question: should we zswap_entry_get() here?
>
> We need to hold the tree lock for that, and the lock ordering is tree
> lock -> lru lock. If we try to grab the tree lock here we may
> deadlock.
We can deadlock doing this?
lock tree_lock
lock lru_lock
list_del_init
unlock lru_lock
entry_get
unlock tree_lock
writeback
