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SubjectRe: [PATCH -V8 05/16] hugetlb: avoid taking i_mmap_mutex in unmap_single_vma() for hugetlb
On Sat, Jun 09, 2012 at 02:29:50PM +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
> From: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>
> i_mmap_mutex lock was added in unmap_single_vma by 502717f4e ("hugetlb:
> fix linked list corruption in unmap_hugepage_range()") but we don't use
> page->lru in unmap_hugepage_range any more. Also the lock was taken
> higher up in the stack in some code path. That would result in deadlock.
>
> unmap_mapping_range (i_mmap_mutex)
> -> unmap_mapping_range_tree
> -> unmap_mapping_range_vma
> -> zap_page_range_single
> -> unmap_single_vma
> -> unmap_hugepage_range (i_mmap_mutex)
>
> For shared pagetable support for huge pages, since pagetable pages are ref
> counted we don't need any lock during huge_pmd_unshare. We do take
> i_mmap_mutex in huge_pmd_share while walking the vma_prio_tree in mapping.
> (39dde65c9940c97f ("shared page table for hugetlb page")).
>
> Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

This patch (together with the previous one) seems like a bugfix that's
not really related to the hugetlb controller, unless I miss something.

Could you please submit the fix separately?

Maybe also fold the two patches into one and make it a single bugfix
change that gets rid of the lock by switching away from page->lru.

Thanks


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