mm: convert zone->managed_pages to atomic variable
totalram_pages, zone->managed_pages and totalhigh_pages updates are protected by managed_page_count_lock, but readers never care about it. Convert these variables to atomic to avoid readers potentially seeing a store tear. This patch converts zone->managed_pages. Subsequent patches will convert totalram_panges, totalhigh_pages and eventually managed_page_count_lock will be removed. Main motivation was that managed_page_count_lock handling was complicating things. It was discussed in length here, https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/995739/#1181785 So it seemes better to remove the lock and convert variables to atomic, with preventing poteintial store-to-read tearing as a bonus. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1542090790-21750-3-git-send-email-arunks@codeaurora.orgSigned-off-by: NArun KS <arunks@codeaurora.org> Suggested-by: NMichal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Suggested-by: NVlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> Reviewed-by: NKonstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@yandex-team.ru> Reviewed-by: NDavid Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com> Acked-by: NMichal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Acked-by: NVlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> Reviewed-by: NPavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com> Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Showing
想要评论请 注册 或 登录