Re: [Experimental][PATCH] putback_lru_page rework

From: KOSAKI Motohiro
Date: Sat Jun 21 2008 - 04:56:51 EST


> Quick update:
>
> With this patch applied, at ~ 1.5 hours into the test, my system panic'd
> [panic_on_oops set] with a BUG in __find_get_block() -- looks like the
> BUG_ON() in check_irqs_on() called from bh_lru_install() inlined by
> __find_get_block(). Before the panic occurred, I saw warnings from
> native_smp_call_function_mask() [arch/x86/kernel/smp.c]--also because
> irqs_disabled().
>
> I'll back out the changes [spin_[un]lock() => spin_[un]lock_irq()] to
> shrink_inactive_list() and try again. Just a hunch.

Yup.
Kamezawa-san's patch remove local_irq_enable(), but don't remove
local_irq_disable().
thus, irq is never enabled.

> - spin_unlock(&zone->lru_lock);
> + spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
> done:
> - local_irq_enable();



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