qubes-linux-kernel/patches.arch/ia64-page-migration.fix
2010-07-07 13:12:45 +02:00

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From: Russ Anderson <rja@sgi.com>
Subject: ia64: cpe_migrate.ko causes deadlock.
References: bnc#464676
Patch-mainline: not yet, depends on patches.arch/ia64-page-migration
schedule_on_each_cpu() deadlocks when called from an event thread.
Change cpe_migrate to use a kthread to avoid the problem.
Signed-off-by: Russ Anderson <rja@sgi.com>
Acked-by: Raymund Will <rw@suse.de>
---
arch/ia64/kernel/cpe_migrate.c | 72 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 56 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/cpe_migrate.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/cpe_migrate.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
#include <linux/page-isolation.h>
#include <linux/memcontrol.h>
#include <linux/kobject.h>
+#include <linux/kthread.h>
#include <asm/page.h>
#include <asm/system.h>
@@ -40,12 +41,15 @@ static struct cpe_info cpe[CE_HISTORY_LE
static int cpe_polling_enabled = 1;
static int cpe_head;
static int cpe_tail;
-static int work_scheduled;
static int mstat_cannot_isolate;
static int mstat_failed_to_discard;
static int mstat_already_marked;
static int mstat_already_on_list;
+/* IRQ handler notifies this wait queue on receipt of an IRQ */
+DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(cpe_activate_IRQ_wq);
+static DECLARE_COMPLETION(kthread_cpe_migrated_exited);
+int cpe_active;
DEFINE_SPINLOCK(cpe_migrate_lock);
static void
@@ -160,12 +164,12 @@ ia64_mca_cpe_move_page(u64 paddr, u32 no
}
/*
- * ia64_mca_cpe_migrate
- * The worker that does the actual migration. It pulls a
- * physical address off the list and calls the migration code.
+ * cpe_process_queue
+ * Pulls the physical address off the list and calls the migration code.
+ * Will process all the addresses on the list.
*/
-static void
-ia64_mca_cpe_migrate(struct work_struct *unused)
+void
+cpe_process_queue(void)
{
int ret;
u64 paddr;
@@ -193,10 +197,36 @@ ia64_mca_cpe_migrate(struct work_struct
cpe_tail = 0;
} while (cpe_tail != cpe_head);
- work_scheduled = 0;
+ return;
+}
+
+inline int
+cpe_list_empty(void)
+{
+ return (cpe_head == cpe_tail) && (!cpe[cpe_head].paddr);
+}
+
+/*
+ * kthread_cpe_migrate
+ * kthread_cpe_migrate is created at module load time and lives
+ * until the module is removed. When not active, it will sleep.
+ */
+static int
+kthread_cpe_migrate(void *ignore)
+{
+ while (cpe_active) {
+ /*
+ * wait for work
+ */
+ (void)wait_event_interruptible(cpe_activate_IRQ_wq,
+ (!cpe_list_empty() ||
+ !cpe_active));
+ cpe_process_queue(); /* process work */
+ }
+ complete(&kthread_cpe_migrated_exited);
+ return 0;
}
-static DECLARE_WORK(cpe_enable_work, ia64_mca_cpe_migrate);
DEFINE_SPINLOCK(cpe_list_lock);
/*
@@ -228,10 +258,7 @@ cpe_setup_migrate(void *rec)
if (ret < 0)
return -EINVAL;
- if ((cpe_head != cpe_tail) || (cpe[cpe_head].paddr != 0))
- /*
- * List not empty
- */
+ if (!cpe_list_empty())
for (i = 0; i < CE_HISTORY_LENGTH; i++) {
if (PAGE_ALIGN(cpe[i].paddr) == PAGE_ALIGN(paddr)) {
mstat_already_on_list++;
@@ -256,10 +283,7 @@ cpe_setup_migrate(void *rec)
}
spin_unlock(&cpe_list_lock);
- if (!work_scheduled) {
- work_scheduled = 1;
- schedule_work(&cpe_enable_work);
- }
+ wake_up_interruptible(&cpe_activate_IRQ_wq);
return 1;
}
@@ -396,12 +420,23 @@ static int __init
cpe_migrate_external_handler_init(void)
{
int error;
+ struct task_struct *kthread;
error = sysfs_create_file(kernel_kobj, &badram_attr.attr);
if (error)
return -EINVAL;
/*
+ * set up the kthread
+ */
+ cpe_active = 1;
+ kthread = kthread_run(kthread_cpe_migrate, NULL, "cpe_migrate");
+ if (IS_ERR(kthread)) {
+ complete(&kthread_cpe_migrated_exited);
+ return -EFAULT;
+ }
+
+ /*
* register external ce handler
*/
if (ia64_reg_CE_extension(cpe_setup_migrate)) {
@@ -420,6 +455,11 @@ cpe_migrate_external_handler_exit(void)
/* unregister external mca handlers */
ia64_unreg_CE_extension();
+ /* Stop kthread */
+ cpe_active = 0; /* tell kthread_cpe_migrate to exit */
+ wake_up_interruptible(&cpe_activate_IRQ_wq);
+ wait_for_completion(&kthread_cpe_migrated_exited);
+
sysfs_remove_file(kernel_kobj, &badram_attr.attr);
}