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| -rw-r--r-- | mm/ksm.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -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: |