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author | J. Bruce Fields <bfields@redhat.com> | 2010-12-17 13:29:07 -0500 |
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committer | J. Bruce Fields <bfields@redhat.com> | 2010-12-17 13:29:07 -0500 |
commit | ec66ee3797e5848356cf593c6ec7aabf30a00cf1 (patch) | |
tree | 7ed5c84cc914644ffa1cd1b6a2b45db53fc224e8 /mm/ksm.c | |
parent | 1205065764f2eda3216ebe213143f69891ee3460 (diff) | |
parent | b0c3844d8af6b9f3f18f31e1b0502fbefa2166be (diff) | |
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Merge commit 'v2.6.37-rc6' into for-2.6.38
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@@ -1724,8 +1724,13 @@ static int ksm_memory_callback(struct notifier_block *self, /* * Keep it very simple for now: just lock out ksmd and * MADV_UNMERGEABLE while any memory is going offline. + * mutex_lock_nested() is necessary because lockdep was alarmed + * that here we take ksm_thread_mutex inside notifier chain + * mutex, and later take notifier chain mutex inside + * ksm_thread_mutex to unlock it. But that's safe because both + * are inside mem_hotplug_mutex. */ - mutex_lock(&ksm_thread_mutex); + mutex_lock_nested(&ksm_thread_mutex, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING); break; case MEM_OFFLINE: |