hould_stop. === offlining memory (waker) === kswapd_stop() kthread_stop() kthread->should_stop = 1 wake_up_process() wait_for_completion() === kswapd_try_to_sleep (sleeper) === kswapd_try_to_sleep() prepare_to_wait() . . schedule() . . finish_wait() The schedule() needs to be protected by a test of kthread->should_stop, which is wrapped by kthread_should_stop(). Reproducer: Do heavy file I/O in background. Do a memory offline/online in a tight loop Signed-off-by: Aaditya Kumar Acked-by: KOSAKI Motohiro Reviewed-by: Minchan Kim Acked-by: Mel Gorman Cc: Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds íÐ6’œ8x