On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 12:36:52PM +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote: > On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 10:51:17AM +0300, Vladimir Davydov wrote: > > diff --git a/include/linux/page-flags.h b/include/linux/page-flags.h > > index 5e7c4f50a644..a529e0a35fe9 100644 > > --- a/include/linux/page-flags.h > > +++ b/include/linux/page-flags.h > > @@ -320,7 +320,8 @@ PAGEFLAG(Idle, idle) > > > > static inline int PageAnon(struct page *page) > > { > > - return ((unsigned long)page->mapping & PAGE_MAPPING_ANON) != 0; > > + return ((unsigned long)READ_ONCE(page->mapping) & > > + PAGE_MAPPING_ANON) != 0; > > Why do we need this? Write side should be enough to get this > deterministic. Yeah, this seems to be completely redundant, my bad. > > > } > > > > #ifdef CONFIG_KSM > > diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c > > index eca7416f55d7..aa60c63704e6 100644 > > --- a/mm/rmap.c > > +++ b/mm/rmap.c > > @@ -958,7 +958,7 @@ void page_move_anon_rmap(struct page *page, > > VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(page->index != linear_page_index(vma, address), page); > > > > anon_vma = (void *) anon_vma + PAGE_MAPPING_ANON; > > - page->mapping = (struct address_space *) anon_vma; > > + WRITE_ONCE(page->mapping, (struct address_space *) anon_vma); > > } > > > > /** > > @@ -987,7 +987,7 @@ static void __page_set_anon_rmap(struct page *page, > > anon_vma = anon_vma->root; > > > > anon_vma = (void *) anon_vma + PAGE_MAPPING_ANON; > > - page->mapping = (struct address_space *) anon_vma; > > + WRITE_ONCE(page->mapping, (struct address_space *) anon_vma); > > page->index = linear_page_index(vma, address); > > No need: we don't hit this code if page is already PageAnon(). Agree. > > > } > > > > @@ -1579,7 +1579,7 @@ static void __hugepage_set_anon_rmap(struct page *page, > > anon_vma = anon_vma->root; > > > > anon_vma = (void *) anon_vma + PAGE_MAPPING_ANON; > > - page->mapping = (struct address_space *) anon_vma; > > + WRITE_ONCE(page->mapping, (struct address_space *) anon_vma); > > Ditto. Agree. So we do need this eventually, don't we? Frankly, I doubted that, because the fact that a compiler can do such wicked things really scares me :-/ All right then, I'll resend the patch with your comments addressed. Thank you for spending your time reviewing it. Thanks, Vladimir -- 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>