shmem_getpage_gfp uses an atomic operation to set the SwapBacked field before it's even added to the LRU or visible. This is unnecessary as what could it possible race against? Use an unlocked variant. Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx> Acked-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/page-flags.h | 1 + mm/shmem.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/include/linux/page-flags.h b/include/linux/page-flags.h index d1fe1a7..4d4b39a 100644 --- a/include/linux/page-flags.h +++ b/include/linux/page-flags.h @@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ PAGEFLAG(Pinned, pinned) TESTSCFLAG(Pinned, pinned) /* Xen */ PAGEFLAG(SavePinned, savepinned); /* Xen */ PAGEFLAG(Reserved, reserved) __CLEARPAGEFLAG(Reserved, reserved) PAGEFLAG(SwapBacked, swapbacked) __CLEARPAGEFLAG(SwapBacked, swapbacked) + __SETPAGEFLAG(SwapBacked, swapbacked) __PAGEFLAG(SlobFree, slob_free) diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c index 9f70e02..f47fb38 100644 --- a/mm/shmem.c +++ b/mm/shmem.c @@ -1132,7 +1132,7 @@ repeat: goto decused; } - SetPageSwapBacked(page); + __SetPageSwapBacked(page); __set_page_locked(page); error = mem_cgroup_charge_file(page, current->mm, gfp & GFP_RECLAIM_MASK); -- 1.8.4.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html