When trimming memcg consumption excess (see memory.high), we call try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pages without checking if we are allowed to sleep in the current context, which can result in a deadlock. Fix this.
Signed-off-by: Vladimir Davydov <vdavy...@parallels.com> Cc: Johannes Weiner <han...@cmpxchg.org> Cc: Michal Hocko <mho...@suse.cz> --- mm/memcontrol.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c index 14c2f2017e37..9da23a7ec4c0 100644 --- a/mm/memcontrol.c +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c @@ -2323,6 +2323,8 @@ done_restock: css_get_many(&memcg->css, batch); if (batch > nr_pages) refill_stock(memcg, batch - nr_pages); + if (!(gfp_mask & __GFP_WAIT)) + goto done; /* * If the hierarchy is above the normal consumption range, * make the charging task trim their excess contribution. -- 2.1.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/