Am 05.06.2014 16:18, schrieb Oleg Nesterov: > On 06/05, Richard Weinberger wrote: >> >> +int mem_cgroup_has_listeners(struct mem_cgroup *memcg) >> +{ >> + int ret = 0; >> + >> + if (!memcg) >> + goto out; >> + >> + spin_lock(&memcg_oom_lock); >> + ret = !list_empty(&memcg->oom_notify); >> + spin_unlock(&memcg_oom_lock); >> + >> +out: >> + return ret; >> +} > > Do we really need memcg_oom_lock to check list_empty() ? With or without > this lock we can race with list_add/del anyway, and I guess we do not care. Hmm, in mm/memcontrol.c all list_dev/add are under memcg_oom_lock. What do I miss? Thanks, //richard -- 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>