From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_GIT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4083DC3279B for ; Tue, 10 Jul 2018 18:29:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A32020BF2 for ; Tue, 10 Jul 2018 18:29:44 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 0A32020BF2 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=linuxfoundation.org Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2387878AbeGJS3w (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Jul 2018 14:29:52 -0400 Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:45444 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1732917AbeGJS3w (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Jul 2018 14:29:52 -0400 Received: from localhost (LFbn-1-12247-202.w90-92.abo.wanadoo.fr [90.92.61.202]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 26107EC6; Tue, 10 Jul 2018 18:29:40 +0000 (UTC) From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , stable@vger.kernel.org, Cannon Matthews , Andrew Morton , Mike Kravetz , Michal Hocko , Andres Lagar-Cavilla , Peter Feiner , Greg Thelen , Linus Torvalds Subject: [PATCH 4.9 19/52] mm: hugetlb: yield when prepping struct pages Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2018 20:24:47 +0200 Message-Id: <20180710182451.317666681@linuxfoundation.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.18.0 In-Reply-To: <20180710182449.285532226@linuxfoundation.org> References: <20180710182449.285532226@linuxfoundation.org> User-Agent: quilt/0.65 X-stable: review MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 4.9-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Cannon Matthews commit 520495fe96d74e05db585fc748351e0504d8f40d upstream. When booting with very large numbers of gigantic (i.e. 1G) pages, the operations in the loop of gather_bootmem_prealloc, and specifically prep_compound_gigantic_page, takes a very long time, and can cause a softlockup if enough pages are requested at boot. For example booting with 3844 1G pages requires prepping (set_compound_head, init the count) over 1 billion 4K tail pages, which takes considerable time. Add a cond_resched() to the outer loop in gather_bootmem_prealloc() to prevent this lockup. Tested: Booted with softlockup_panic=1 hugepagesz=1G hugepages=3844 and no softlockup is reported, and the hugepages are reported as successfully setup. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180627214447.260804-1-cannonmatthews@google.com Signed-off-by: Cannon Matthews Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton Reviewed-by: Mike Kravetz Acked-by: Michal Hocko Cc: Andres Lagar-Cavilla Cc: Peter Feiner Cc: Greg Thelen Cc: Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- mm/hugetlb.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) --- a/mm/hugetlb.c +++ b/mm/hugetlb.c @@ -2171,6 +2171,7 @@ static void __init gather_bootmem_preall */ if (hstate_is_gigantic(h)) adjust_managed_page_count(page, 1 << h->order); + cond_resched(); } }