Function qib_user_sdma_queue_pkts() gets called with mmap_sem held for writing. Except for get_user_pages() deep down in qib_user_sdma_pin_pages() we don't seem to need mmap_sem at all. Even more interestingly the function qib_user_sdma_queue_pkts() (and also qib_user_sdma_coalesce() called somewhat later) call copy_from_user() which can hit a page fault and we deadlock on trying to get mmap_sem when handling that fault. So just make qib_user_sdma_pin_pages() use get_user_pages_unlocked() and leave mmap_sem locking for mm. CC: Mike Marciniszyn <infinipath@xxxxxxxxx> CC: Roland Dreier <roland@xxxxxxxxxx> CC: linux-rdma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_user_sdma.c | 7 ++----- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_user_sdma.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_user_sdma.c index d0a0ea0c14d6..c1b6463acd59 100644 --- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_user_sdma.c +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_user_sdma.c @@ -594,8 +594,8 @@ static int qib_user_sdma_pin_pages(const struct qib_devdata *dd, else j = npages; - ret = get_user_pages(current, current->mm, addr, - j, 0, 1, pages, NULL); + ret = get_user_pages_unlocked(current, current->mm, addr, + j, 0, 1, pages); if (ret != j) { i = 0; j = ret; @@ -1294,11 +1294,8 @@ int qib_user_sdma_writev(struct qib_ctxtdata *rcd, int mxp = 8; int ndesc = 0; - down_write(¤t->mm->mmap_sem); ret = qib_user_sdma_queue_pkts(dd, ppd, pq, iov, dim, &list, &mxp, &ndesc); - up_write(¤t->mm->mmap_sem); - if (ret < 0) goto done_unlock; else { -- 1.8.1.4 -- 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>