On Mon, Mar 07, 2022 at 10:30:09PM -0500, Waiman Long wrote:
> 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>
Hi Waiman!
The patch makes total sense to me, however it needs to be rebased at least
on top of "mm: list_lru: rename memcg_drain_all_list_lrus to memcg_reparent_list_lrus".
Thanks!
> ---
> 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
>
>
