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mm: convert zone->managed_pages to atomic variable
authorArun KS <arunks@codeaurora.org>
Wed, 5 Dec 2018 00:13:38 +0000 (11:13 +1100)
committerStephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Wed, 5 Dec 2018 00:13:38 +0000 (11:13 +1100)
commitad6bae2e456b3d4fa974df521a3387a6440c025f
tree9c79cefeaab4b8d14d00cea3f494b18aee4f9adf
parent0ea496dcf5f56ef0a8adf20c9bd7f2533e8617e1
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.org
Signed-off-by: Arun KS <arunks@codeaurora.org>
Suggested-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Suggested-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Reviewed-by: Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@yandex-team.ru>
Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Reviewed-by: Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_crat.c
include/linux/mmzone.h
lib/show_mem.c
mm/memblock.c
mm/page_alloc.c
mm/vmstat.c