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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/cpuset.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/cpuset.c | 25 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/cpuset.c b/kernel/cpuset.c index 72248d1b9e3f..ab81fdd4572b 100644 --- a/kernel/cpuset.c +++ b/kernel/cpuset.c @@ -2231,19 +2231,25 @@ static const struct cpuset *nearest_exclusive_ancestor(const struct cpuset *cs) * So only GFP_KERNEL allocations, if all nodes in the cpuset are * short of memory, might require taking the callback_mutex mutex. * - * The first loop over the zonelist in mm/page_alloc.c:__alloc_pages() - * calls here with __GFP_HARDWALL always set in gfp_mask, enforcing - * hardwall cpusets - no allocation on a node outside the cpuset is - * allowed (unless in interrupt, of course). - * - * The second loop doesn't even call here for GFP_ATOMIC requests - * (if the __alloc_pages() local variable 'wait' is set). That check - * and the checks below have the combined affect in the second loop of - * the __alloc_pages() routine that: + * The first call here from mm/page_alloc:get_page_from_freelist() + * has __GFP_HARDWALL set in gfp_mask, enforcing hardwall cpusets, so + * no allocation on a node outside the cpuset is allowed (unless in + * interrupt, of course). + * + * The second pass through get_page_from_freelist() doesn't even call + * here for GFP_ATOMIC calls. For those calls, the __alloc_pages() + * variable 'wait' is not set, and the bit ALLOC_CPUSET is not set + * in alloc_flags. That logic and the checks below have the combined + * affect that: * in_interrupt - any node ok (current task context irrelevant) * GFP_ATOMIC - any node ok * GFP_KERNEL - any node in enclosing mem_exclusive cpuset ok * GFP_USER - only nodes in current tasks mems allowed ok. + * + * Rule: + * Don't call cpuset_zone_allowed() if you can't sleep, unless you + * pass in the __GFP_HARDWALL flag set in gfp_flag, which disables + * the code that might scan up ancestor cpusets and sleep. **/ int __cpuset_zone_allowed(struct zone *z, gfp_t gfp_mask) @@ -2255,6 +2261,7 @@ int __cpuset_zone_allowed(struct zone *z, gfp_t gfp_mask) if (in_interrupt()) return 1; node = z->zone_pgdat->node_id; + might_sleep_if(!(gfp_mask & __GFP_HARDWALL)); if (node_isset(node, current->mems_allowed)) return 1; if (gfp_mask & __GFP_HARDWALL) /* If hardwall request, stop here */ |