Re: [PATCH] rcu: Stop shrinker loop

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On Thu, Jun 04, 2020 at 12:23:20PM +0200, Peter Enderborg wrote:
> The count and scan can be separated in time. It is a fair chance
> that all work is already done when the scan starts. It
> then might retry. This is can be avoided with returning SHRINK_STOP.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter Enderborg <peter.enderborg@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  kernel/rcu/tree.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> index c716eadc7617..8b36c6b2887d 100644
> --- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> @@ -3310,7 +3310,7 @@ kfree_rcu_shrink_scan(struct shrinker *shrink, struct shrink_control *sc)
>  			break;
>  	}
>  
> -	return freed;
> +	return freed == 0 ? SHRINK_STOP : freed;
>  }
>  
The loop will be stopped anyway sooner or later, but sooner is better :)
To me that change makes sense.

Reviewed-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@xxxxxxxxx>

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Vlad Rezki



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