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    Subject[PATCH next] memcg: fix deadlock by avoiding stat lock when anon
    Fix deadlock in "memcg: use new logic for page stat accounting".

    page_remove_rmap() first calls mem_cgroup_begin_update_page_stat(),
    which may take move_lock_mem_cgroup(), unlocked at the end of
    page_remove_rmap() by mem_cgroup_end_update_page_stat().

    The PageAnon case never needs to mem_cgroup_dec_page_stat(page,
    MEMCG_NR_FILE_MAPPED); but it often needs to mem_cgroup_uncharge_page(),
    which does lock_page_cgroup(), while holding that move_lock_mem_cgroup().
    Whereas mem_cgroup_move_account() calls move_lock_mem_cgroup() while
    holding lock_page_cgroup().

    Since mem_cgroup_begin and end are unnecessary here for PageAnon,
    simply avoid the deadlock and wasted calls in that case.

    Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
    ---

    mm/rmap.c | 11 +++++++----
    1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

    --- 3.3-rc5-next/mm/rmap.c 2012-02-26 23:51:46.506050210 -0800
    +++ linux/mm/rmap.c 2012-02-27 20:25:56.423324211 -0800
    @@ -1166,10 +1166,12 @@ void page_add_file_rmap(struct page *pag
    */
    void page_remove_rmap(struct page *page)
    {
    + bool anon = PageAnon(page);
    bool locked;
    unsigned long flags;

    - mem_cgroup_begin_update_page_stat(page, &locked, &flags);
    + if (!anon)
    + mem_cgroup_begin_update_page_stat(page, &locked, &flags);
    /* page still mapped by someone else? */
    if (!atomic_add_negative(-1, &page->_mapcount))
    goto out;
    @@ -1181,7 +1183,7 @@ void page_remove_rmap(struct page *page)
    * not if it's in swapcache - there might be another pte slot
    * containing the swap entry, but page not yet written to swap.
    */
    - if ((!PageAnon(page) || PageSwapCache(page)) &&
    + if ((!anon || PageSwapCache(page)) &&
    page_test_and_clear_dirty(page_to_pfn(page), 1))
    set_page_dirty(page);
    /*
    @@ -1190,7 +1192,7 @@ void page_remove_rmap(struct page *page)
    */
    if (unlikely(PageHuge(page)))
    goto out;
    - if (PageAnon(page)) {
    + if (anon) {
    mem_cgroup_uncharge_page(page);
    if (!PageTransHuge(page))
    __dec_zone_page_state(page, NR_ANON_PAGES);
    @@ -1211,7 +1213,8 @@ void page_remove_rmap(struct page *page)
    * faster for those pages still in swapcache.
    */
    out:
    - mem_cgroup_end_update_page_stat(page, &locked, &flags);
    + if (!anon)
    + mem_cgroup_end_update_page_stat(page, &locked, &flags);
    }

    /*

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