From: Alex Shi <alex.shi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: mm/memcg: remove rcu locking for lock_page_lruvec function series lock_page_lruvec() and its variants used rcu_read_lock() with the intention of safeguarding against the mem_cgroup being destroyed concurrently; but so long as they are called under the specified conditions (as they are), there is no way for the page's mem_cgroup to be destroyed. Delete the unnecessary rcu_read_lock() and _unlock(). Hugh Dickins polished the commit log. Thanks a lot! Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1608614453-10739-2-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 | 6 ------ 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-) --- a/mm/memcontrol.c~mm-memcg-remove-rcu-locking-for-lock_page_lruvec-function-series +++ a/mm/memcontrol.c @@ -1357,10 +1357,8 @@ struct lruvec *lock_page_lruvec(struct p struct lruvec *lruvec; struct pglist_data *pgdat = page_pgdat(page); - rcu_read_lock(); lruvec = mem_cgroup_page_lruvec(page, pgdat); spin_lock(&lruvec->lru_lock); - rcu_read_unlock(); lruvec_memcg_debug(lruvec, page); @@ -1372,10 +1370,8 @@ struct lruvec *lock_page_lruvec_irq(stru struct lruvec *lruvec; struct pglist_data *pgdat = page_pgdat(page); - rcu_read_lock(); lruvec = mem_cgroup_page_lruvec(page, pgdat); spin_lock_irq(&lruvec->lru_lock); - rcu_read_unlock(); lruvec_memcg_debug(lruvec, page); @@ -1387,10 +1383,8 @@ struct lruvec *lock_page_lruvec_irqsave( struct lruvec *lruvec; struct pglist_data *pgdat = page_pgdat(page); - rcu_read_lock(); lruvec = mem_cgroup_page_lruvec(page, pgdat); spin_lock_irqsave(&lruvec->lru_lock, *flags); - rcu_read_unlock(); lruvec_memcg_debug(lruvec, page); _
