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| author | Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp> | 2017-09-01 01:15:20 +0200 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2017-09-01 01:33:14 +0200 |
| commit | e746bf730a76fe53b82c9e6b6da72d58e9ae3565 (patch) | |
| tree | 5d0170fe8a0bbfbbf4940a2c452ce0f505d14ade /mm/page_alloc.c | |
| parent | Merge branch 'libnvdimm-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/g... (diff) | |
| download | linux-e746bf730a76fe53b82c9e6b6da72d58e9ae3565.tar.xz linux-e746bf730a76fe53b82c9e6b6da72d58e9ae3565.zip | |
mm,page_alloc: don't call __node_reclaim() with oom_lock held.
We are doing a last second memory allocation attempt before calling
out_of_memory(). But since slab shrinker functions might indirectly
wait for other thread's __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM && !__GFP_NORETRY memory
allocations via sleeping locks, calling slab shrinker functions from
node_reclaim() from get_page_from_freelist() with oom_lock held has
possibility of deadlock. Therefore, make sure that last second memory
allocation attempt does not call slab shrinker functions.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1503577106-9196-1-git-send-email-penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp
Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'mm/page_alloc.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/page_alloc.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c index 7a58eb5757e3..1423da8dd16f 100644 --- a/mm/page_alloc.c +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c @@ -3291,10 +3291,13 @@ __alloc_pages_may_oom(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order, /* * Go through the zonelist yet one more time, keep very high watermark * here, this is only to catch a parallel oom killing, we must fail if - * we're still under heavy pressure. + * we're still under heavy pressure. But make sure that this reclaim + * attempt shall not depend on __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM && !__GFP_NORETRY + * allocation which will never fail due to oom_lock already held. */ - page = get_page_from_freelist(gfp_mask | __GFP_HARDWALL, order, - ALLOC_WMARK_HIGH|ALLOC_CPUSET, ac); + page = get_page_from_freelist((gfp_mask | __GFP_HARDWALL) & + ~__GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM, order, + ALLOC_WMARK_HIGH|ALLOC_CPUSET, ac); if (page) goto out; |