Re: [Experimental][PATCH] putback_lru_page rework

[KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki]

On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:56:17 +0900
KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > 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.
> 

Sorry,
-Kame


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

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