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Date:   Thu, 10 Oct 2019 16:18:20 +0200
From:   Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>
To:     Qian Cai <cai@lca.pw>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] mm/page_isolation: fix a deadlock with printk()
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On Thu 10-10-19 09:11:52, Qian Cai wrote:
> On Thu, 2019-10-10 at 12:59 +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > On Thu 10-10-19 05:01:44, Qian Cai wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > On Oct 9, 2019, at 12:23 PM, Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > If this was only about the memory offline code then I would agree. But
> > > > we are talking about any printk from the zone->lock context and that is
> > > > a bigger deal. Besides that it is quite natural that the printk code
> > > > should be more universal and allow to be also called from the MM
> > > > contexts as much as possible. If there is any really strong reason this
> > > > is not possible then it should be documented at least.
> > > 
> > > Where is the best place to document this? I am thinking about under
> > > the “struct zone” definition’s lock field in mmzone.h.
> > 
> > I am not sure TBH and I do not think we have reached the state where
> > this would be the only way forward.
> 
> How about I revised the changelog to focus on memory offline rather than making
> a rule that nobody should call printk() with zone->lock held?

If you are to remove the CONFIG_DEBUG_VM printk then I am all for it. I
am still not convinced that fiddling with dump_page in the isolation
code is justified though.

-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs