The previous patch moved the wb_over_bg_thresh()->mem_cgroup_wb_stats() code path in wb_writeback() outside the lock section. We no longer need to flush the stats atomically. Flush the stats non-atomically. Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosryahmed@xxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/memcontrol.c | 6 +----- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c index 3d040a5fa7a35..bdd52fe9e7e4b 100644 --- a/mm/memcontrol.c +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c @@ -4637,11 +4637,7 @@ void mem_cgroup_wb_stats(struct bdi_writeback *wb, unsigned long *pfilepages, struct mem_cgroup *memcg = mem_cgroup_from_css(wb->memcg_css); struct mem_cgroup *parent; - /* - * wb_writeback() takes a spinlock and calls - * wb_over_bg_thresh()->mem_cgroup_wb_stats(). Do not sleep. - */ - mem_cgroup_flush_stats_atomic(); + mem_cgroup_flush_stats(); *pdirty = memcg_page_state(memcg, NR_FILE_DIRTY); *pwriteback = memcg_page_state(memcg, NR_WRITEBACK); -- 2.40.0.348.gf938b09366-goog