On Tue 12-02-13 12:37:41, Johannes Weiner wrote: > On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 06:12:16PM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote: [...] > > diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c > > index 727ec39..31bb9b0 100644 > > --- a/mm/memcontrol.c > > +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c > > @@ -144,8 +144,13 @@ struct mem_cgroup_stat_cpu { > > }; > > > > struct mem_cgroup_reclaim_iter { > > - /* last scanned hierarchy member with elevated css ref count */ > > + /* > > + * last scanned hierarchy member. Valid only if last_dead_count > > + * matches memcg->dead_count of the hierarchy root group. > > + */ > > struct mem_cgroup *last_visited; > > + unsigned int last_dead_count; > > Since we read and write this without a lock, I would feel more > comfortable if this were a full word, i.e. unsigned long. That > guarantees we don't see any partial states. OK. Changed. Although I though that int is read/modified atomically as well if it is aligned to its size. -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>