On Thu 18-03-21 09:54:01, Oscar Salvador wrote:
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> @@ -2287,10 +2288,12 @@ static int alloc_and_dissolve_huge_page(struct hstate
> *h, struct page *old_page)
> goto unlock;
> } else if (page_count(old_page)) {
> /*
> - * Someone has grabbed the page, fail for now.
> + * Someone has grabbed the page, try to isolate it here.
> + * Fail with -EBUSY if not possible.
> */
> - ret = -EBUSY;
> update_and_free_page(h, new_page);
> + if (!isolate_huge_page(old_page, list)
> + ret = -EBUSY;
> goto unlock;
> } else if (!HPageFreed(old_page)) {
I do not think you want to call isolate_huge_page with hugetlb_lock
held. You would need to drop the lock before calling isolate_huge_page.
--
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs
