Since commit 2c80cd57c743 ("mm/list_lru.c: fix list_lru_count_node() to be race free"), we are tracking the total number of lru entries in a list_lru_node in its nr_items field. In the case of memcg_drain_list_lru_node(), there is nothing to be done if nr_items is 0. We don't even need to take the nlru->lock as no new lru entry could be added by a racing list_lru_add() to the draining src_idx memcg at this point. Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@xxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/list_lru.c | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/mm/list_lru.c b/mm/list_lru.c index 0cd5e89ca063..100ca453e885 100644 --- a/mm/list_lru.c +++ b/mm/list_lru.c @@ -518,6 +518,12 @@ static void memcg_drain_list_lru_node(struct list_lru *lru, int nid, int dst_idx = dst_memcg->kmemcg_id; struct list_lru_one *src, *dst; + /* + * If there is no lru entry in this nlru, we can skip it immediately. + */ + if (!READ_ONCE(nlru->nr_items)) + return; + /* * Since list_lru_{add,del} may be called under an IRQ-safe lock, * we have to use IRQ-safe primitives here to avoid deadlock. -- 2.27.0