Re: [PATCH] hugetlb: fix locking in region_add,region_cgh,allocate_file_region_entries

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On 10/23/20 5:11 AM, Oscar Salvador wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 01:32:54PM +0200, Laurent Cremmer wrote:
>> I came to the same conclusion with the help of David's remarks :-) .
>> And in the end, this patch would be more about fixing the readability
>> of the code than fixing a live problem per-se. If it ain't broken,
>> don't fix it as they say :-)
> 
> Yeah, definitely the code could benefit from a cleanup, so no one
> has to stare at it for a while before he gets the idea.

INDEED, those *region* routines dealing with reservation maps are difficult
to understand, and could benefit from some cleanup.  Recent changes to add
support for reservation cgroup support made them even more complex.

Laurent, thank you for taking the time to look into this.  And thanks to
Oscar and David for their analysis.  The suggested patch would make the
code more readable.  However, that would be at the expense of another
(and unnecessary) lock/unlock cycle.  I'll add cleanup of these routines
to my 'todo' list, but would be happy to work with anyone else who wants
to take on this task.
-- 
Mike Kravetz




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