Re: [RFC PATCH 6/7] workingset: memcg: sleep when flushing stats in workingset_refault()

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On Thu, Mar 23, 2023 at 04:00:36AM +0000, Yosry Ahmed wrote:
> In workingset_refault(), we call mem_cgroup_flush_stats_delayed() to
> flush stats within an RCU read section and with sleeping disallowed.
> Move the call to mem_cgroup_flush_stats_delayed() above the RCU read
> section and allow sleeping to avoid unnecessarily performing a lot of
> work without sleeping.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosryahmed@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 
> A lot of code paths call into workingset_refault(), so I am not
> generally sure at all whether it's okay to sleep in all contexts or not.
> Feedback here would be very helpful.

Yes, it's safe.



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