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hugetlb: avoid taking i_mmap_mutex in unmap_single_vma() for hugetlb
authorAneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Wed, 25 Apr 2012 01:03:34 +0000 (11:03 +1000)
committerStephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Mon, 30 Apr 2012 05:17:20 +0000 (15:17 +1000)
commitb884a39872bbc80fc8fbda5d4d03a9019ed298a9
tree704a48135fedf526fd0bde606868a92cc44398ef
parent4a95ae9d5f925a630f0fe789974b8543246e9f74
hugetlb: avoid taking i_mmap_mutex in unmap_single_vma() for hugetlb

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>
Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>
Cc: Hillf Danton <dhillf@gmail.com>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz>
Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
mm/memory.c