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-rw-r--r--mm/memcontrol.c15
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 0f870ba43942..91dfc7c5ce8f 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -2154,6 +2154,8 @@ struct memcg_kmem_cache_create_work {
struct work_struct work;
};
+static struct workqueue_struct *memcg_kmem_cache_create_wq;
+
static void memcg_kmem_cache_create_func(struct work_struct *w)
{
struct memcg_kmem_cache_create_work *cw =
@@ -2185,7 +2187,7 @@ static void __memcg_schedule_kmem_cache_create(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
cw->cachep = cachep;
INIT_WORK(&cw->work, memcg_kmem_cache_create_func);
- schedule_work(&cw->work);
+ queue_work(memcg_kmem_cache_create_wq, &cw->work);
}
static void memcg_schedule_kmem_cache_create(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
@@ -5783,6 +5785,17 @@ static int __init mem_cgroup_init(void)
{
int cpu, node;
+#ifndef CONFIG_SLOB
+ /*
+ * Kmem cache creation is mostly done with the slab_mutex held,
+ * so use a special workqueue to avoid stalling all worker
+ * threads in case lots of cgroups are created simultaneously.
+ */
+ memcg_kmem_cache_create_wq =
+ alloc_ordered_workqueue("memcg_kmem_cache_create", 0);
+ BUG_ON(!memcg_kmem_cache_create_wq);
+#endif
+
hotcpu_notifier(memcg_cpu_hotplug_callback, 0);
for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)