From e767e0561d7fd2333df1921f1ab4176211f9036b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daisuke Nishimura Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 14:34:28 -0700 Subject: memcg: fix deadlock between lock_page_cgroup and mapping tree_lock mapping->tree_lock can be acquired from interrupt context. Then, following dead lock can occur. Assume "A" as a page. CPU0: lock_page_cgroup(A) interrupted -> take mapping->tree_lock. CPU1: take mapping->tree_lock -> lock_page_cgroup(A) This patch tries to fix above deadlock by moving memcg's hook to out of mapping->tree_lock. charge/uncharge of pagecache/swapcache is protected by page lock, not tree_lock. After this patch, lock_page_cgroup() is not called under mapping->tree_lock. Signed-off-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki Signed-off-by: Daisuke Nishimura Cc: Balbir Singh Cc: Daisuke Nishimura Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- mm/vmscan.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) (limited to 'mm/vmscan.c') diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c index 5fa3eda1f03..d254306562c 100644 --- a/mm/vmscan.c +++ b/mm/vmscan.c @@ -470,10 +470,12 @@ static int __remove_mapping(struct address_space *mapping, struct page *page) swp_entry_t swap = { .val = page_private(page) }; __delete_from_swap_cache(page); spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock); + mem_cgroup_uncharge_swapcache(page, swap); swap_free(swap); } else { __remove_from_page_cache(page); spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock); + mem_cgroup_uncharge_cache_page(page); } return 1; -- cgit v1.2.3