Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 14 Mar 2023 10:27:25 -0700 | From | Mike Kravetz <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/2] mm: compaction: fix the possible deadlock when isolating hugetlb pages |
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On 03/14/23 12:11, Baolin Wang wrote: > On 3/14/2023 1:08 AM, Mike Kravetz wrote: > > On 03/13/23 18:37, Baolin Wang wrote: > > > > It would seem that the pfn of a hugetlb page would always be a multiple of > > COMPACT_CLUSTER_MAX so we would drop the lock. However, I am not sure if > > that is ALWAYS true and would prefer something like the code you suggested. > > Well, this is not always true, suppose the CONT-PTE hugetlb on ARM arch, > which contains 16 contiguous normal pages. >
Right. I keep forgetting about the CONT-* page sizes on arm :(
In any case, I think explicitly dropping the lock as you have done is a good idea.
Feel free to add,
Reviewed-by: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@oracle.com> -- Mike Kravetz
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