From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> This patch has been added to the 3.18 stable tree. If you have any objections, please let us know. =============== [ Upstream commit 3d2a3774c1b046f548ebea0391a602fd5685a307 ] virtio balloon has this code: wait_event_interruptible(vb->config_change, (diff = towards_target(vb)) != 0 || vb->need_stats_update || kthread_should_stop() || freezing(current)); Which is a problem because towards_target() call might block after wait_event_interruptible sets task state to TAST_INTERRUPTIBLE, causing the task_struct::state collision typical of nesting of sleeping primitives See also http://lwn.net/Articles/628628/ or Thomas's bug report http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.virtualization/24846 for a fuller explanation. To fix, rewrite using wait_woken. Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Reported-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c | 19 ++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c index cd56c64..440d78f 100644 --- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c +++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ #include <linux/slab.h> #include <linux/module.h> #include <linux/balloon_compaction.h> +#include <linux/wait.h> /* * Balloon device works in 4K page units. So each page is pointed to by @@ -290,17 +291,25 @@ static void update_balloon_size(struct virtio_balloon *vb) static int balloon(void *_vballoon) { struct virtio_balloon *vb = _vballoon; + DEFINE_WAIT_FUNC(wait, woken_wake_function); set_freezable(); while (!kthread_should_stop()) { s64 diff; try_to_freeze(); - wait_event_interruptible(vb->config_change, - (diff = towards_target(vb)) != 0 - || vb->need_stats_update - || kthread_should_stop() - || freezing(current)); + + add_wait_queue(&vb->config_change, &wait); + for (;;) { + if ((diff = towards_target(vb)) != 0 || + vb->need_stats_update || + kthread_should_stop() || + freezing(current)) + break; + wait_woken(&wait, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE, MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT); + } + remove_wait_queue(&vb->config_change, &wait); + if (vb->need_stats_update) stats_handle_request(vb); if (diff > 0) -- 2.1.0 -- 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