(I am resending to linux-mm, as it belongs here instead of LKML) I have an interesting hang on a kernel I am working on. I am working with an out of tree driver that does get_user_pages and programs an IOMMU with the physical pages. It also listens for MMU notifier callbacks so that it may invalidate the IOMMU PTEs. After the invalidate, it then calls set_page_dirty_lock and page_cache_release. However, if memory compaction is initiated during a running job, migrate_pages will try_to_unmap the page. When it gets down to try_to_unmap_one, the MMU notifier callback will be issued while the page is locked. Of course, once the MMU notifier callback is executing the kernel deadlocks as set_page_dirty_lock will never complete. This appears to be the only location the page is locked when calling mmu_notifier_invalidate_page. So, I would love to switch to calling set_page_dirty unconditionally. I am worried about the mapping changes to the page though. I thought set_page_dirty_lock is supposed to protect against remappings and HWPoisoning. I can't distinguish when the page would be locked or not inside the MMU notifier callback, so I would have to adopt a solution that can work in both environments. I suppose I could call TestSetPageLock, and if it fails then schedule a work queue to release the page, but this would certainly have an impact on migrate pages (and maybe fork). Also, wouldn't get_user_pages protect against remappings as we hold a reference count on the page? As an aside, if the page is anonymous, I don't even need set_page_dirty_lock at all, right? I could just use set_page_dirty, no? Could I get page->mapping and test for the PAGE_MAPPING_ANON bit set? This wouldn't solve my problem, as we support file backed pages, I am just querying to understand. Thanks for the help, -Kyle -- 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>