mm/hugetlb: defer freeing of huge pages if in non-task context
The following lockdep splat was observed when a certain hugetlbfs test
was run:
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WARNING: inconsistent lock state
4.18.0-159.el8.x86_64+debug #1 Tainted: G W --------- - -
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inconsistent {SOFTIRQ-ON-W} -> {IN-SOFTIRQ-W} usage.
swapper/30/0 [HC0[0]:SC1[1]:HE1:SE0] takes:
ffffffff9acdc038 (hugetlb_lock){+.?.}, at: free_huge_page+0x36f/0xaa0
{SOFTIRQ-ON-W} state was registered at:
lock_acquire+0x14f/0x3b0
_raw_spin_lock+0x30/0x70
__nr_hugepages_store_common+0x11b/0xb30
hugetlb_sysctl_handler_common+0x209/0x2d0
proc_sys_call_handler+0x37f/0x450
vfs_write+0x157/0x460
ksys_write+0xb8/0x170
do_syscall_64+0xa5/0x4d0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6a/0xdf
irq event stamp: 691296
hardirqs last enabled at (691296): [<ffffffff99bb034b>] _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x4b/0x60
hardirqs last disabled at (691295): [<ffffffff99bb0...
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