Subject: + mm-hugetlbc-add-cond_resched_lock-in-return_unused_surplus_pages.patch added to -mm tree To: m.mizuma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx,aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,iamjoonsoo.kim@xxxxxxx,kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx,mhocko@xxxxxxx,n-horiguchi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx From: akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2014 12:21:02 -0700 The patch titled Subject: mm/hugetlb.c: add cond_resched_lock() in return_unused_surplus_pages() has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is mm-hugetlbc-add-cond_resched_lock-in-return_unused_surplus_pages.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-hugetlbc-add-cond_resched_lock-in-return_unused_surplus_pages.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mm-hugetlbc-add-cond_resched_lock-in-return_unused_surplus_pages.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: "Mizuma, Masayoshi" <m.mizuma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: mm/hugetlb.c: add cond_resched_lock() in return_unused_surplus_pages() soft lockup in freeing gigantic hugepage fixed in commit 55f67141a892 "mm: hugetlb: fix softlockup when a large number of hugepages are freed." can happen in return_unused_surplus_pages(), so let's fix it. Signed-off-by: Masayoshi Mizuma <m.mizuma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@xxxxxxx> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxx> Cc: Aneesh Kumar <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/hugetlb.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff -puN mm/hugetlb.c~mm-hugetlbc-add-cond_resched_lock-in-return_unused_surplus_pages mm/hugetlb.c --- a/mm/hugetlb.c~mm-hugetlbc-add-cond_resched_lock-in-return_unused_surplus_pages +++ a/mm/hugetlb.c @@ -1173,6 +1173,7 @@ static void return_unused_surplus_pages( while (nr_pages--) { if (!free_pool_huge_page(h, &node_states[N_MEMORY], 1)) break; + cond_resched_lock(&hugetlb_lock); } } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from m.mizuma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch mm-hugetlbc-add-cond_resched_lock-in-return_unused_surplus_pages.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html