Re: [PATCH v1 0/2] mm/page_alloc: fix stalls/soft lockups with huge VMs

From: David Hildenbrand
Date: Wed Apr 01 2020 - 11:55:02 EST


On 01.04.20 16:45, Daniel Jordan wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 01, 2020 at 04:31:51PM +0200, Pankaj Gupta wrote:
>>> On 01.04.20 12:41, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>>>> Two fixes for misleading stall messages / soft lockups with huge nodes /
>>>> zones during boot without CONFIG_PREEMPT.
>>>>
>>>> David Hildenbrand (2):
>>>> mm/page_alloc: fix RCU stalls during deferred page initialization
>>>> mm/page_alloc: fix watchdog soft lockups during set_zone_contiguous()
>>>>
>>>> mm/page_alloc.c | 2 ++
>>>> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>>>>
>>>
>>> Patch #1 requires "[PATCH v3] mm: fix tick timer stall during deferred
>>> page init"
>>>
>>> https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200311123848.118638-1-shile.zhang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> Thanks! Took me some time to figure it out.
>
> FYI, I'm planning to post an alternate version of that fix, hopefully today if
> all goes well with my testing.
>

Cool, please CC me :)

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Thanks,

David / dhildenb