On Fri, 03 Nov 2017 01:44:44 +0800 "Yang Shi" <yang.s@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I may not articulate it in the commit log You should have done so ;) Here's the changelog I ended up with: : From: "Yang Shi" <yang.s@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> : Subject: mm: use in_atomic() in print_vma_addr() : : 3e51f3c4004c9b ("sched/preempt: Remove PREEMPT_ACTIVE unmasking off : in_atomic()") uses in_atomic() just check the preempt count, so it is not : necessary to use preempt_count() in print_vma_addr() any more. Replace : preempt_count() to in_atomic() which is a generic API for checking atomic : context. : : in_atomic() is the preferred API for checking atomic context instead of : preempt_count() which should be used for retrieving the preemption count : value. : : If we go through the kernel code, almost everywhere "in_atomic" is used : for such use case already, except two places: : : - print_vma_addr() : - debug_smp_processor_id() : : Both came from Ingo long time ago before 3e51f3c4004c9b01 ("sched/preempt: : Remove PREEMPT_ACTIVE unmasking off in_atomic()"). But, after this commit : was merged, use in_atomic() to follow the convention. : : Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1509572313-102989-1-git-send-email-yang.s@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx : Signed-off-by: Yang Shi <yang.s@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> : Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx> : Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx> : Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> Also, checkpatch says WARNING: use of in_atomic() is incorrect outside core kernel code #43: FILE: mm/memory.c:4491: + if (in_atomic()) I don't recall why we did that, but perhaps this should be revisited? -- 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>