Re: [PATCH] mm/page_reporting: the "page" must not be the list head

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On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 11:35:29AM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>On 17.08.20 10:48, Wei Yang wrote:
>> If "page" is the list head, list_for_each_entry_safe() would stop
>> iteration.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  mm/page_reporting.c | 2 +-
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/mm/page_reporting.c b/mm/page_reporting.c
>> index 3bbd471cfc81..aaaa3605123d 100644
>> --- a/mm/page_reporting.c
>> +++ b/mm/page_reporting.c
>> @@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ page_reporting_cycle(struct page_reporting_dev_info *prdev, struct zone *zone,
>>  		 * the new head of the free list before we release the
>>  		 * zone lock.
>>  		 */
>> -		if (&page->lru != list && !list_is_first(&page->lru, list))
>> +		if (!list_is_first(&page->lru, list))
>>  			list_rotate_to_front(&page->lru, list);
>>  
>>  		/* release lock before waiting on report processing */
>> 
>
>Is this a fix or a cleanup? If it's a fix, can this be reproduced easily
>and what ere the effects?
>

I think this is a cleanup.

I am not sure why you ask this, since the check must be true when the
iteration continues.

>-- 
>Thanks,
>
>David / dhildenb

-- 
Wei Yang
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