From: Omar Sandoval <osandov@xxxxxx>
The memory hotplug notifier kcore_callback() only needs kclist_lock to
prevent races with __kcore_update_ram(), but we can easily eliminate
that race by using an atomic xchg() in __kcore_update_ram(). This is
preparation for converting kclist_lock to an rwsem.
Signed-off-by: Omar Sandoval <osandov@xxxxxx>
---
fs/proc/kcore.c | 6 ++----
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/proc/kcore.c b/fs/proc/kcore.c
index b0b9a76f28d6..e83f15a4f66d 100644
--- a/fs/proc/kcore.c
+++ b/fs/proc/kcore.c
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ static void __kcore_update_ram(struct list_head *list)
LIST_HEAD(garbage);
write_lock(&kclist_lock);
- if (kcore_need_update) {
+ if (xchg(&kcore_need_update, 0)) {
list_for_each_entry_safe(pos, tmp, &kclist_head, list) {
if (pos->type == KCORE_RAM
|| pos->type == KCORE_VMEMMAP)
@@ -127,7 +127,6 @@ static void __kcore_update_ram(struct list_head *list)
list_splice_tail(list, &kclist_head);
} else
list_splice(list, &garbage);
- kcore_need_update = 0;
proc_root_kcore->size = get_kcore_size(&nphdr, &size);
write_unlock(&kclist_lock);
@@ -593,9 +592,8 @@ static int __meminit kcore_callback(struct notifier_block *self,
switch (action) {
case MEM_ONLINE:
case MEM_OFFLINE:
- write_lock(&kclist_lock);
kcore_need_update = 1;
- write_unlock(&kclist_lock);
+ break;
}
return NOTIFY_OK;
}
--
2.18.0
