Re: [PATCH v2] net, swap: Remove a warning and clarify why sk_mem_reclaim is required when deactivating swap

[David Miller]

From: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2015 21:02:04 -0400

> From: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx>
> 
> Jeff Layton reported the following;
> 
>  [   74.232485] ------------[ cut here ]------------
>  [   74.233354] WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 754 at net/core/sock.c:364 sk_clear_memalloc+0x51/0x80()
>  [   74.234790] Modules linked in: cts rpcsec_gss_krb5 nfsv4 dns_resolver nfs fscache xfs libcrc32c snd_hda_codec_generic snd_hda_intel snd_hda_controller snd_hda_codec snd_hda_core snd_hwdep snd_seq snd_seq_device nfsd snd_pcm snd_timer snd e1000 ppdev parport_pc joydev parport pvpanic soundcore floppy serio_raw i2c_piix4 pcspkr nfs_acl lockd virtio_balloon acpi_cpufreq auth_rpcgss grace sunrpc qxl drm_kms_helper ttm drm virtio_console virtio_blk virtio_pci ata_generic virtio_ring pata_acpi virtio
>  [   74.243599] CPU: 2 PID: 754 Comm: swapoff Not tainted 4.1.0-rc6+ #5
>  [   74.244635] Hardware name: Bochs Bochs, BIOS Bochs 01/01/2011
>  [   74.245546]  0000000000000000 0000000079e69e31 ffff8800d066bde8 ffffffff8179263d
>  [   74.246786]  0000000000000000 0000000000000000 ffff8800d066be28 ffffffff8109e6fa
>  [   74.248175]  0000000000000000 ffff880118d48000 ffff8800d58f5c08 ffff880036e380a8
>  [   74.249483] Call Trace:
>  [   74.249872]  [<ffffffff8179263d>] dump_stack+0x45/0x57
>  [   74.250703]  [<ffffffff8109e6fa>] warn_slowpath_common+0x8a/0xc0
>  [   74.251655]  [<ffffffff8109e82a>] warn_slowpath_null+0x1a/0x20
>  [   74.252585]  [<ffffffff81661241>] sk_clear_memalloc+0x51/0x80
>  [   74.253519]  [<ffffffffa0116c72>] xs_disable_swap+0x42/0x80 [sunrpc]
>  [   74.254537]  [<ffffffffa01109de>] rpc_clnt_swap_deactivate+0x7e/0xc0 [sunrpc]
>  [   74.255610]  [<ffffffffa03e4fd7>] nfs_swap_deactivate+0x27/0x30 [nfs]
>  [   74.256582]  [<ffffffff811e99d4>] destroy_swap_extents+0x74/0x80
>  [   74.257496]  [<ffffffff811ecb52>] SyS_swapoff+0x222/0x5c0
>  [   74.258318]  [<ffffffff81023f27>] ? syscall_trace_leave+0xc7/0x140
>  [   74.259253]  [<ffffffff81798dae>] system_call_fastpath+0x12/0x71
>  [   74.260158] ---[ end trace 2530722966429f10 ]---
> 
> The warning in question was unnecessary but with Jeff's series the rules
> are also clearer.  This patch removes the warning and updates the comment
> to explain why sk_mem_reclaim() may still be called.
> 
> [jlayton: remove if (sk->sk_forward_alloc) conditional. As Leon
>           points out that it's not needed.]
> 
> Cc: Leon Romanovsky <leon@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jeff.layton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Applied, thanks everyone.
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