int. This patch doesn't add any new explicit scheduling points because it relies on zap_pmd_range during page tables zapping which calls cond_resched per PMD. The following lockup has been reported for 3.0 kernel with a huge process (in order of hundreds gigs but I do know any more details). BUG: soft lockup - CPU#56 stuck for 22s! [kernel:31053] Modules linked in: af_packet nfs lockd fscache auth_rpcgss nfs_acl sunrpc mptctl mptbase autofs4 binfmt_misc dm_round_robin dm_multipath bonding cpufreq_conservative cpufreq_userspace cpufreq_powersave pcc_cpufreq mperf microcode fuse loop osst sg sd_mod crc_t10dif st qla2xxx scsi_transport_fc scsi_tgt netxen_nic i7core_edac iTCO_wdt joydev e1000e serio_raw pcspkr edac_core iTCO_vendor_support acpi_power_meter rtc_cmos hpwdt hpilo button container usbhid hid dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log linear uhci_hcd ehci_hcd usbcore usb_common scsi_dh_emc scsi_dh_alua scsi_dh_hp_sw scsi_dh_rdac scsi_dh dm_snapshot pcnet32 mii edd dm_mod raid1 ext3 mbcache jbd fan thermal processor thermal_sys hwmon cciss scsi_mod Supported: Yes CPU 56 Pid: 31053, comm: kernel Not tainted 3.0.31-0.9-default #1 HP ProLiant DL580 G7 RIP: 0010: _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x8/0x10 RSP: 0018:ffff883ec1037af0 EFLAGS: 00000206 RAX: 0000000000000e00 RBX: ffffea01a0817e28 RCX: ffff88803ffd9e80 RDX: 0000000000000200 RSI: 0000000000000206 RDI: 0000000000000206 RBP: 0000000000000002 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffff887ec724a400 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: dead000000200200 R12: ffffffff8144c26e R13: 0000000000000030 R14: 0000000000000297 R15: 000000000000000e FS: 00007ed834282700(0000) GS:ffff88c03f200000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b CR2: 000000000068b240 CR3: 0000003ec13c5000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Process kernel (pid: 31053, threadinfo ffff883ec1036000, task ffff883ebd5d4100) Call Trace: release_pages+0xc5/0x260 free_pages_and_swap_cache+0x9d/0xc0 tlb_flush_mmu+0x5c/0x80 tlb_finish_mmu+0xe/0x50 exit_mmap+0xbd/0x120 mmput+0x49/0x120 exit_mm+0x122/0x160 do_exit+0x17a/0x430 do_group_exit+0x3d/0xb0 get_signal_to_deliver+0x247/0x480 do_signal+0x71/0x1b0 do_notify_resume+0x98/0xb0 int_signal+0x12/0x17 DWARF2 unwinder stuck at int_signal+0x12/0x17 Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko Cc: [3.0+] Cc: Mel Gorman Cc: Rik van Riel Cc: Peter Zijlstra Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds ô¥ É“jx