On 06/05, Richard Weinberger wrote: > > 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. And? How this lock can help to check list_empty() ? list_add/del can come right after mem_cgroup_has_listeners() and change the value of list_empty() anyway. > What do I miss? Or me... Oleg. -- 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>