On 08/25/2017 05:31 AM, Dave Chinner wrote: > On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 12:56:35PM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote: >> On Thu 24-08-17 16:12:47, Anshuman Khandual wrote: >>> xfs_btree_split() calls xfs_btree_split_worker() with args.kswapd set >>> if current->flags alrady has PF_KSWAPD. Hence we should not again add >>> PF_KSWAPD into the current flags inside kswapd context. So drop this >>> redundant flag addition. >> >> I am not familiar with the code but your change seems incorect. The >> whole point of args->kswapd is to convey the kswapd context to the >> worker which is obviously running in a different context. So this patch >> loses the kswapd context. > > Yup. That's what the code does, and removing the PF_KSWAPD from it > will break it. The worker thread need to inherit these flags. Thanks for pointing out. -- 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>
