shmem_getpage_gfp uses an atomic operation to set the SwapBacked field before it's even added to the LRU or visible. This is unnecessary as what could it possible race against? Use an unlocked variant. Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx> --- include/linux/page-flags.h | 1 + mm/shmem.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/include/linux/page-flags.h b/include/linux/page-flags.h index d1fe1a7..4d4b39a 100644 --- a/include/linux/page-flags.h +++ b/include/linux/page-flags.h @@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ PAGEFLAG(Pinned, pinned) TESTSCFLAG(Pinned, pinned) /* Xen */ PAGEFLAG(SavePinned, savepinned); /* Xen */ PAGEFLAG(Reserved, reserved) __CLEARPAGEFLAG(Reserved, reserved) PAGEFLAG(SwapBacked, swapbacked) __CLEARPAGEFLAG(SwapBacked, swapbacked) + __SETPAGEFLAG(SwapBacked, swapbacked) __PAGEFLAG(SlobFree, slob_free) diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c index 9f70e02..f47fb38 100644 --- a/mm/shmem.c +++ b/mm/shmem.c @@ -1132,7 +1132,7 @@ repeat: goto decused; } - SetPageSwapBacked(page); + __SetPageSwapBacked(page); __set_page_locked(page); error = mem_cgroup_charge_file(page, current->mm, gfp & GFP_RECLAIM_MASK); -- 1.8.4.5 -- 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>