This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
mm/hugetlb.c: add cond_resched_lock() in return_unused_surplus_pages()
to the 3.4-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
mm-hugetlb.c-add-cond_resched_lock-in-return_unused_surplus_pages.patch
and it can be found in the queue-3.4 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From 7848a4bf51b34f41fcc9bd77e837126d99ae84e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Mizuma, Masayoshi" <m.mizuma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 15:07:18 -0700
Subject: mm/hugetlb.c: add cond_resched_lock() in return_unused_surplus_pages()
From: "Mizuma, Masayoshi" <m.mizuma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
commit 7848a4bf51b34f41fcc9bd77e837126d99ae84e3 upstream.
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>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/hugetlb.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -1082,6 +1082,7 @@ static void return_unused_surplus_pages(
while (nr_pages--) {
if (!free_pool_huge_page(h, &node_states[N_HIGH_MEMORY], 1))
break;
+ cond_resched_lock(&hugetlb_lock);
}
}
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from m.mizuma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
queue-3.4/mm-hugetlb.c-add-cond_resched_lock-in-return_unused_surplus_pages.patch
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