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charset="utf-8" When page isolation loops indefinitely during memory offline, reading /proc/sys/vm/percpu_pagelist_high_fraction blocks on pcp_batch_high_lock, causing hung task warnings. Make procfs reads lock-free since percpu_pagelist_high_fraction is a simple integer with naturally atomic reads, writers still serialize via the mutex. This prevents hung task warnings when reading the procfs file during long-running memory offline operations. Signed-off-by: Aboorva Devarajan --- mm/page_alloc.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c index ed82ee55e66a..7c8d773ed4af 100644 --- a/mm/page_alloc.c +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c @@ -6611,11 +6611,14 @@ static int percpu_pagelist_high_fraction_sysctl_han= dler(const struct ctl_table * int old_percpu_pagelist_high_fraction; int ret; =20 + if (!write) + return proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, length, ppos); + mutex_lock(&pcp_batch_high_lock); old_percpu_pagelist_high_fraction =3D percpu_pagelist_high_fraction; =20 ret =3D proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, length, ppos); - if (!write || ret < 0) + if (ret < 0) goto out; =20 /* Sanity checking to avoid pcp imbalance */ --=20 2.50.1