Lockdep complains that __mmdrop is not safe from the softirq context:
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[ INFO: inconsistent lock state ]
4.6.0-oomfortification2-00011-geeb3eadeab96-dirty #949 Tainted: G W
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inconsistent {SOFTIRQ-ON-W} -> {IN-SOFTIRQ-W} usage.
swapper/1/0 [HC0[0]:SC1[1]:HE1:SE0] takes:
(pgd_lock){+.?...}, at: pgd_free+0x19/0x6b
{SOFTIRQ-ON-W} state was registered at:
__lock_acquire+0xa06/0x196e
lock_acquire+0x139/0x1e1
_raw_spin_lock+0x32/0x41
__change_page_attr_set_clr+0x2a5/0xacd
change_page_attr_set_clr+0x16f/0x32c
set_memory_nx+0x37/0x3a
free_init_pages+0x9e/0xc7
alternative_instructions+0xa2/0xb3
check_bugs+0xe/0x2d
start_kernel+0x3ce/0x3ea
x86_64_start_reservations+0x2a/0x2c
x86_64_start_kernel+0x17a/0x18d
irq event stamp: 105916
hardirqs last enabled at (105916): free_hot_cold_page+0x37e/0x390
hardirqs last disabled at (105915): free_hot_cold_page+0x2c1/0x390
softirqs last enabled at (105878): _local_bh_enable+0x42/0x44
softirqs last disabled at (105879): irq_exit+0x6f/0xd1
other info that might help us debug this:
Possible unsafe locking scenario:
CPU0
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lock(pgd_lock);
<Interrupt>
lock(pgd_lock);
*** DEADLOCK ***
1 lock held by swapper/1/0:
#0: (rcu_callback){......}, at: rcu_process_callbacks+0x390/0x800
stack backtrace:
CPU: 1 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/1 Tainted: G W 4.6.0-oomfortification2-00011-geeb3eadeab96-dirty #949
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS Debian-1.8.2-1 04/01/2014
Call Trace:
<IRQ>
print_usage_bug.part.25+0x259/0x268
mark_lock+0x381/0x567
__lock_acquire+0x993/0x196e
lock_acquire+0x139/0x1e1
_raw_spin_lock+0x32/0x41
pgd_free+0x19/0x6b
__mmdrop+0x25/0xb9
__put_task_struct+0x103/0x11e
delayed_put_task_struct+0x157/0x15e
rcu_process_callbacks+0x660/0x800
__do_softirq+0x1ec/0x4d5
irq_exit+0x6f/0xd1
smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x42/0x4d
apic_timer_interrupt+0x8e/0xa0
<EOI>
arch_cpu_idle+0xf/0x11
default_idle_call+0x32/0x34
cpu_startup_entry+0x20c/0x399
start_secondary+0xfe/0x101
More over commit a79e53d856 ("x86/mm: Fix pgd_lock deadlock") was
explicit about pgd_lock not to be called from the irq context. This
means that __mmdrop called from free_signal_struct has to be postponed
to a user context. We already have a similar mechanism for mmput_async
so we can use it here as well. This is safe because mm_count is pinned
by mm_users.
This fixes bug introduced by "oom: keep mm of the killed task available"
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1472119394-11342-5-git-send-email-mhocko@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Cc: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov@parallels.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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