Re: [PATCH] mm/memory-failure: fix deadlock when hugetlb_optimize_vmemmap is enabled

[Oscar Salvador]

On Sun, Apr 07, 2024 at 04:54:56PM +0800, Miaohe Lin wrote:
> In short, below scene breaks the lock dependency chain:
> 
>  memory_failure
>   __page_handle_poison
>    zone_pcp_disable -- lock(pcp_batch_high_lock)
>    dissolve_free_huge_page
>     __hugetlb_vmemmap_restore_folio
>      static_key_slow_dec
>       cpus_read_lock -- rlock(cpu_hotplug_lock)
> 
> Fix this by calling drain_all_pages() instead.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@xxxxxxx>

Thanks!


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Oscar Salvador
SUSE Labs