From: Qi Zheng <qi.zheng@linux.dev>
To: akpm@linux-foundation.org, hughd@google.com,
baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com, usama.arif@linux.dev,
yi1.lai@intel.com
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@bytedance.com>
Subject: [PATCH] mm: shmem: assign a lock class to the unused huge shrinklist
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2026 12:59:56 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261011045956.30277-1-qi.zheng@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261010161622.3a460fdbcd6765adb5c1eb7f@linux-foundation.org>
From: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@bytedance.com>
The unused huge shrinklist shares the default list_lru lock class with the
dentry LRU. Although they use distinct lock instances, lockdep conflates
their dependencies and reports a circular locking dependency:
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
Give the unused huge shrinklist a dedicated lock class to fix this
false-positive lockdep warning.
Fixes: b9b1861d4f7a ("mm: shmem: make unused huge shrinker memcg aware")
Reported-by: kernel test robot <yi1.lai@intel.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-lkp/202610091403.d1d8080b-lkp@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@bytedance.com>
---
mm/shmem.c | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 5a9bcc7c66926..a6e3c9c7f72da 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -5164,6 +5164,9 @@ static const struct dentry_operations shmem_ci_dentry_ops = {
static int shmem_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
{
+#ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
+ static struct lock_class_key shmem_unused_huge_lock_key;
+#endif
struct shmem_options *ctx = fc->fs_private;
struct inode *inode;
struct shmem_sb_info *sbinfo;
@@ -5243,7 +5246,8 @@ static int shmem_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
goto failed;
#ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
- if (list_lru_init_memcg(&sbinfo->shrinklist, sb->s_shrink))
+ if (list_lru_init_memcg_key(&sbinfo->shrinklist, sb->s_shrink,
+ &shmem_unused_huge_lock_key))
goto failed;
#endif
--
2.54.0
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-11 5:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-09 6:46 [linux-next:master] [mm] b9b1861d4f: WARNING:possible_circular_locking_dependency_detected kernel test robot
2026-10-09 7:58 ` Qi Zheng
2026-10-10 2:07 ` kernel test rebot
2026-10-10 23:16 ` Andrew Morton
2026-10-11 4:50 ` Qi Zheng
2026-10-11 4:59 ` Qi Zheng [this message]
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