The patch titled
Subject: mm/memcg: revise the using condition of lock_page_lruvec function series
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
mm-memcg-revise-the-using-condition-of-lock_page_lruvec-function-series.patch
This patch should soon appear at
https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-memcg-revise-the-using-condition-of-lock_page_lruvec-function-series.patch
and later at
https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mm-memcg-revise-the-using-condition-of-lock_page_lruvec-function-series.patch
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From: Alex Shi <alex.shi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: mm/memcg: revise the using condition of lock_page_lruvec function series
lock_page_lruvec() and its variants are safe to use under the same
conditions as commit_charge(): add lock_page_memcg() to the comment.
Polished with Hugh Dickins' suggestions, thanks!
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1608614453-10739-1-git-send-email-alex.shi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Alex Shi <alex.shi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov.dev@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/memcontrol.c | 9 +++++----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c~mm-memcg-revise-the-using-condition-of-lock_page_lruvec-function-series
+++ a/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -1346,10 +1346,11 @@ void lruvec_memcg_debug(struct lruvec *l
* lock_page_lruvec - lock and return lruvec for a given page.
* @page: the page
*
- * This series functions should be used in either conditions:
- * PageLRU is cleared or unset
- * or page->_refcount is zero
- * or page is locked.
+ * These functions are safe to use under any of the following conditions:
+ * - page locked
+ * - PageLRU cleared
+ * - lock_page_memcg()
+ * - page->_refcount is zero
*/
struct lruvec *lock_page_lruvec(struct page *page)
{
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from alex.shi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
mm-memcg-revise-the-using-condition-of-lock_page_lruvec-function-series.patch
mm-memcg-remove-rcu-locking-for-lock_page_lruvec-function-series.patch
mm-vmscan-__isolate_lru_page_prepare-clean-up.patch
mm-compaction-remove-rcu_read_lock-during-page-compaction.patch
