The patch titled Subject: mm/page_counter: use page_counter_read in page_counter_set_max has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is mm-page_counter-use-page_counter_read-in-page_counter_set_max.patch This patch should soon appear at https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-page_counter-use-page_counter_read-in-page_counter_set_max.patch and later at https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mm-page_counter-use-page_counter_read-in-page_counter_set_max.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Hui Su <sh_def@xxxxxxx> Subject: mm/page_counter: use page_counter_read in page_counter_set_max Use page_counter_read() in page_counter_set_max(). Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20201113141048.GA178922@rlk Signed-off-by: Hui Su <sh_def@xxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Pankaj Gupta <pankaj.gupta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/page_counter.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/mm/page_counter.c~mm-page_counter-use-page_counter_read-in-page_counter_set_max +++ a/mm/page_counter.c @@ -183,14 +183,14 @@ int page_counter_set_max(struct page_cou * the limit, so if it sees the old limit, we see the * modified counter and retry. */ - usage = atomic_long_read(&counter->usage); + usage = page_counter_read(counter); if (usage > nr_pages) return -EBUSY; old = xchg(&counter->max, nr_pages); - if (atomic_long_read(&counter->usage) <= usage) + if (page_counter_read(counter) <= usage) return 0; counter->max = old; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from sh_def@xxxxxxx are mmslab_common-use-list_for_each_entry-in-dump_unreclaimable_slab.patch mm-page_counter-use-page_counter_read-in-page_counter_set_max.patch mm-hugetlbc-just-use-put_page_testzero-instead-of-page_count.patch mm-oom_kill-change-comment-and-rename-is_dump_unreclaim_slabs.patch acctc-use-elif-instead-of-end-and-elif.patch mm-memcontrol-rewrite-mem_cgroup_page_lruvec.patch