[PATCH] mm/swapfile: Do not sleep with a spin lock held

From: Qian Cai
Date: Wed Dec 02 2020 - 10:17:40 EST


We can't call kvfree() with a spin lock held, so defer it.

Signed-off-by: Qian Cai <qcai@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/swapfile.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mm/swapfile.c b/mm/swapfile.c
index c4a613688a17..d58361109066 100644
--- a/mm/swapfile.c
+++ b/mm/swapfile.c
@@ -2867,6 +2867,7 @@ late_initcall(max_swapfiles_check);
static struct swap_info_struct *alloc_swap_info(void)
{
struct swap_info_struct *p;
+ struct swap_info_struct *defer = NULL;
unsigned int type;
int i;

@@ -2895,7 +2896,7 @@ static struct swap_info_struct *alloc_swap_info(void)
smp_wmb();
WRITE_ONCE(nr_swapfiles, nr_swapfiles + 1);
} else {
- kvfree(p);
+ defer = p;
p = swap_info[type];
/*
* Do not memset this entry: a racing procfs swap_next()
@@ -2908,6 +2909,7 @@ static struct swap_info_struct *alloc_swap_info(void)
plist_node_init(&p->avail_lists[i], 0);
p->flags = SWP_USED;
spin_unlock(&swap_lock);
+ kvfree(defer);
spin_lock_init(&p->lock);
spin_lock_init(&p->cont_lock);

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