The patch titled
Subject: mm,compaction: serialize waitqueue_active() checks
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
mmcompaction-serialize-waitqueue_active-checks.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree
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From: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: mm,compaction: serialize waitqueue_active() checks
Without a memory barrier, the following race can occur with a high-order
allocation:
wakeup_kcompactd(order == 1) kcompactd()
[L] waitqueue_active(kcompactd_wait)
[S] prepare_to_wait_event(kcompactd_wait)
[L] (kcompactd_max_order == 0)
[S] kcompactd_max_order = order; schedule()
Where the waitqueue_active() check is speculatively re-ordered to before
setting the actual condition (max_order), not seeing the threads that's
going to block; making us miss a wakeup. There are a couple of options to
fix this, including calling wq_has_sleepers() which adds a full barrier,
or unconditionally doing the wake_up_interruptible() and serialize on the
q->lock. However, to make use of the control dependency, we just need to
add L->L guarantees.
While this bug is theoretical, there have been other offenders of the lockless
waitqueue_active() in the past -- this is also documented in the call itself.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1483975528-24342-1-git-send-email-dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/compaction.c | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff -puN mm/compaction.c~mmcompaction-serialize-waitqueue_active-checks mm/compaction.c
--- a/mm/compaction.c~mmcompaction-serialize-waitqueue_active-checks
+++ a/mm/compaction.c
@@ -1966,6 +1966,13 @@ void wakeup_kcompactd(pg_data_t *pgdat,
if (pgdat->kcompactd_max_order < order)
pgdat->kcompactd_max_order = order;
+ /*
+ * Pairs with implicit barrier in wait_event_freezable()
+ * such that wakeups are not missed in the lockless
+ * waitqueue_active() call.
+ */
+ smp_acquire__after_ctrl_dep();
+
if (pgdat->kcompactd_classzone_idx > classzone_idx)
pgdat->kcompactd_classzone_idx = classzone_idx;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx are
cris-use-generic-currenth.patch
alpha-use-generic-currenth.patch
ipc-shm-fix-shmat-mmap-nil-page-protection.patch
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