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__build_all_zonelists() acquires zonelist_update_seq by first disabling interrupts via local_irq_save() and then acquiring the seqlock with write_seqlock(). This is troublesome and leads to problems on PREEMPT_RT. The problem is that the inner spinlock_t becomes a sleeping lock on PREEMPT_RT and must not be acquired with disabled interrupts. The API provides write_seqlock_irqsave() which does the right thing in one step. printk_deferred_enter() has to be invoked in non-migrate-able context to ensure that deferred printing is enabled and disabled on the same CPU. This is the case after zonelist_update_seq has been acquired. There was discussion on the first submission that the order should be: local_irq_disable(); printk_deferred_enter(); write_seqlock(); to avoid pitfalls like having an unaccounted printk() coming from write_seqlock_irqsave() before printk_deferred_enter() is invoked. The only origin of such a printk() can be a lockdep splat because the lockdep annotation happens after the sequence count is incremented. This is exceptional and subject to change. It was also pointed that PREEMPT_RT can be affected by the printk problem since its write_seqlock_irqsave() does not really disable interrupts. This isn't the case because PREEMPT_RT's printk implementation differs from the mainline implementation in two important aspects: - Printing happens in a dedicated threads and not at during the invocation of printk(). - In emergency cases where synchronous printing is used, a different driver is used which does not use tty_port::lock. Acquire zonelist_update_seq with write_seqlock_irqsave() and then defer printk output. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230623201517.yw286Knb@linutronix.de Fixes: 1007843a91909 ("mm/page_alloc: fix potential deadlock on zonelist_update_seq seqlock") Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com> Acked-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> Cc: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de> Cc: Luis Claudio R. Goncalves <lgoncalv@redhat.com> Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> Cc: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com> Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.