Re: [PATCH 1/4] mm/vmalloc: allow to call vfree() in atomic context

[Thomas Hellstrom]

On 03/30/2017 04:48 PM, Andrey Ryabinin wrote:
> On 03/30/2017 03:00 PM, Thomas Hellstrom wrote:
>
>>>  
>>>  	if (unlikely(nr_lazy > lazy_max_pages()))
>>> -		try_purge_vmap_area_lazy();
>> Perhaps a slight optimization would be to schedule work iff
>> !mutex_locked(&vmap_purge_lock) below?
>>
> Makes sense, we don't need to spawn workers if we already purging.
>
>
>
> From: Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: mm/vmalloc: allow to call vfree() in atomic context fix
>
> Don't spawn worker if we already purging.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  mm/vmalloc.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
> index ea1b4ab..88168b8 100644
> --- a/mm/vmalloc.c
> +++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
> @@ -737,7 +737,8 @@ static void free_vmap_area_noflush(struct vmap_area *va)
>  	/* After this point, we may free va at any time */
>  	llist_add(&va->purge_list, &vmap_purge_list);
>  
> -	if (unlikely(nr_lazy > lazy_max_pages()))
> +	if (unlikely(nr_lazy > lazy_max_pages()) &&
> +	    !mutex_is_locked(&vmap_purge_lock))
>  		schedule_work(&purge_vmap_work);
>  }
>  

For both patches,

Reviewed-by: Thomas Hellstrom <thellstrom@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,

Thomas