From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-Id: <20071004040005.631121150@sgi.com> References: <20071004035935.042951211@sgi.com> Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2007 20:59:52 -0700 From: Christoph Lameter Subject: [17/18] Virtual compound page freeing in interrupt context Content-Disposition: inline; filename=vcompound_interrupt_free Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: akpm@linux-foundation.org Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-ID: If we are in an interrupt context then simply defer the free via a workqueue. Removing a virtual mappping *must* be done with interrupts enabled since tlb_xx functions are called that rely on interrupts for processor to processor communications. Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter --- mm/page_alloc.c | 12 +++++++++++- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) Index: linux-2.6/mm/page_alloc.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/mm/page_alloc.c 2007-10-03 20:00:37.000000000 -0700 +++ linux-2.6/mm/page_alloc.c 2007-10-03 20:01:09.000000000 -0700 @@ -294,10 +294,20 @@ static void __free_vcompound(void *addr) kfree(pages); } +static void vcompound_free_work(struct work_struct *w) +{ + __free_vcompound((void *)w); +} static void free_vcompound(void *addr) { - __free_vcompound(addr); + struct work_struct *w = addr; + + if (irqs_disabled() || in_interrupt()) { + INIT_WORK(w, vcompound_free_work); + schedule_work(w); + } else + __free_vcompound(w); } static void free_compound_page(struct page *page) -- -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: email@kvack.org