Re: [PATCH] memcg: remove unneeded preempt_disable

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On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 23:50:53 -0700
Greg Thelen <gthelen@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Both mem_cgroup_charge_statistics() and mem_cgroup_move_account() were
> unnecessarily disabling preemption when adjusting per-cpu counters:
>     preempt_disable()
>     __this_cpu_xxx()
>     __this_cpu_yyy()
>     preempt_enable()
> 
> This change does not disable preemption and thus CPU switch is possible
> within these routines.  This does not cause a problem because the total
> of all cpu counters is summed when reporting stats.  Now both
> mem_cgroup_charge_statistics() and mem_cgroup_move_account() look like:
>     this_cpu_xxx()
>     this_cpu_yyy()
> 
> Reported-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Thelen <gthelen@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thank you.
Acked-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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