page_ref_unfreeze() has exactly that semantic. No functional changes: just minus one barrier and proper handling of PPro errata. Signed-off-by: Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/page_ref.h | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/page_ref.h b/include/linux/page_ref.h index 760d74a0e9a9..14d14beb1f7f 100644 --- a/include/linux/page_ref.h +++ b/include/linux/page_ref.h @@ -175,8 +175,7 @@ static inline void page_ref_unfreeze(struct page *page, int count) VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(page_count(page) != 0, page); VM_BUG_ON(count == 0); - smp_mb(); - atomic_set(&page->_refcount, count); + atomic_set_release(&page->_refcount, count); if (page_ref_tracepoint_active(__tracepoint_page_ref_unfreeze)) __page_ref_unfreeze(page, count); } -- 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>
