get_cpu_var() disables preemption and returns the per-CPU version of the variable. Disabling preemption is useful to ensure atomic access to the variable within the critical section. In this case however, after the per-CPU version of the variable is obtained the ->free_lock is acquired. For that reason it seems the raw accessor could be used. It only seems that ->slots_ret should be retested (because with disabled preemption this variable can not be set to NULL otherwise). Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/swap_slots.c | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/swap_slots.c b/mm/swap_slots.c index 58f6c78f1dad..51c304477482 100644 --- a/mm/swap_slots.c +++ b/mm/swap_slots.c @@ -272,11 +272,11 @@ int free_swap_slot(swp_entry_t entry) { struct swap_slots_cache *cache; - cache = &get_cpu_var(swp_slots); + cache = raw_cpu_ptr(&swp_slots); if (use_swap_slot_cache && cache->slots_ret) { spin_lock_irq(&cache->free_lock); /* Swap slots cache may be deactivated before acquiring lock */ - if (!use_swap_slot_cache) { + if (!use_swap_slot_cache || !cache->slots_ret) { spin_unlock_irq(&cache->free_lock); goto direct_free; } @@ -296,7 +296,6 @@ int free_swap_slot(swp_entry_t entry) direct_free: swapcache_free_entries(&entry, 1); } - put_cpu_var(swp_slots); return 0; } -- 2.13.1 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>