On Tue, Jan 25, 2022 at 05:39:12PM +0100, Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) wrote: > @@ -1768,7 +1776,8 @@ static void free_vmap_area_noflush(struct vmap_area *va) > > /* After this point, we may free va at any time */ > if (unlikely(nr_lazy > lazy_max_pages())) > - try_purge_vmap_area_lazy(); > + if (!atomic_xchg(&drain_vmap_work_in_progress, 1)) > + schedule_work(&drain_vmap_work); > } Is it necessary to have drain_vmap_work_in_progress? The documentation says: * This puts a job in the kernel-global workqueue if it was not already * queued and leaves it in the same position on the kernel-global * workqueue otherwise. and the implementation seems to use test_and_set_bit() to ensure this is true.