[PATCH v3 17/21] mm/hugetlb: Flush work when dissolving hugetlb page

[Muchun Song]

We should flush work when dissolving a hugetlb page to make sure that
the hugetlb page is freed to the buddy.

Signed-off-by: Muchun Song <songmuchun@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 mm/hugetlb.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 00a6e97629aa..4cd2f4a6366a 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -1795,6 +1795,11 @@ static inline void free_gigantic_page(struct hstate *h, struct page *page)
 	__free_gigantic_page(page, huge_page_order(h));
 }
 
+static inline void flush_free_huge_page_work(void)
+{
+	flush_work(&hpage_update_work);
+}
+
 static inline void subpage_hwpoison_deliver(struct page *head)
 {
 	struct page *page = head;
@@ -1865,6 +1870,10 @@ static inline void free_gigantic_page(struct hstate *h, struct page *page)
 	spin_lock(&hugetlb_lock);
 }
 
+static inline void flush_free_huge_page_work(void)
+{
+}
+
 static inline void subpage_hwpoison_deliver(struct page *head)
 {
 }
@@ -2439,6 +2448,7 @@ static int free_pool_huge_page(struct hstate *h, nodemask_t *nodes_allowed,
 int dissolve_free_huge_page(struct page *page)
 {
 	int rc = -EBUSY;
+	bool need_flush = false;
 
 	/* Not to disrupt normal path by vainly holding hugetlb_lock */
 	if (!PageHuge(page))
@@ -2463,10 +2473,19 @@ int dissolve_free_huge_page(struct page *page)
 		h->free_huge_pages_node[nid]--;
 		h->max_huge_pages--;
 		update_and_free_page(h, head);
+		need_flush = true;
 		rc = 0;
 	}
 out:
 	spin_unlock(&hugetlb_lock);
+
+	/*
+	 * We should flush work before return to make sure that
+	 * the hugetlb page is freed to the buddy.
+	 */
+	if (need_flush)
+		flush_free_huge_page_work();
+
 	return rc;
 }
 
-- 
2.11.0