Re: [linux-next: Tree for Jun 1] __khugepaged_exit rwsem_down_write_failed lockup

[Sergey Senozhatsky]

Hello,

On (06/02/16 11:21), Michal Hocko wrote:
[..]
> @@ -2863,6 +2854,7 @@ static unsigned int khugepaged_scan_mm_slot(unsigned int pages,
>  
>  		collect_mm_slot(mm_slot);
>  	}
> +	mmput(mm);
>  
>  	return progress;
>  }

this possibly sleeping mmput() is called from
under the spin_lock(&khugepaged_mm_lock).

there is also a trivial build fixup needed
(move collect_mm_slot() before __khugepaged_exit()).


it's quite hard to trigger the bug (somehow), so I can't
follow up with more information as of now.

	-ss