On (03/21/17 13:44), Sergey Senozhatsky wrote:
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> so we probably can
>
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> 1) move pr_info() out of zone->lock in __offline_isolated_pages().
> meh...
>
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> 2) switch to printk_deferred() in __offline_isolated_pages().
> meh.. there might a bunch of other printks done from under zone->lock.
>
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> 3) move add_timer() out of sclp_con_lock console in sclp_console_write().
> well, there can be other consoles that do something similar.
>
>
> 4) ... something smart.
Sebastian, does this change make lockdep happy?
it removes console drivers from the __offline_isolated_pages(). not the
best solution I can think of, but the simplest one.
---
mm/page_alloc.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index f749b7ff7c50..eb61e6ab5f4f 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -7705,7 +7705,7 @@ __offline_isolated_pages(unsigned long start_pfn,
unsigned long end_pfn)
BUG_ON(!PageBuddy(page));
order = page_order(page);
#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_VM
- pr_info("remove from free list %lx %d %lx\n",
+ printk_deferred(KERN_INFO "remove from free list %lx %d %lx\n",
pfn, 1 << order, end_pfn);
#endif
list_del(&page->lru);
