When trimming memcg consumption excess (see memory.high), we call try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pages without checking if we are allowed to sleep in the current context, which can result in a deadlock. Fix this. Signed-off-by: Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxx> --- mm/memcontrol.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c index 14c2f2017e37..9da23a7ec4c0 100644 --- a/mm/memcontrol.c +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c @@ -2323,6 +2323,8 @@ done_restock: css_get_many(&memcg->css, batch); if (batch > nr_pages) refill_stock(memcg, batch - nr_pages); + if (!(gfp_mask & __GFP_WAIT)) + goto done; /* * If the hierarchy is above the normal consumption range, * make the charging task trim their excess contribution. -- 2.1.4 -- 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>