[PATCH v20 08/20] mm: page_idle_get_page() does not need lru_lock

[Alex Shi]

From: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx>

It is necessary for page_idle_get_page() to recheck PageLRU() after
get_page_unless_zero(), but holding lru_lock around that serves no
useful purpose, and adds to lru_lock contention: delete it.

See https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20150504031722.GA2768@blaptop for the
discussion that led to lru_lock there; but __page_set_anon_rmap() now
uses WRITE_ONCE(), and I see no other risk in page_idle_clear_pte_refs()
using rmap_walk() (beyond the risk of racing PageAnon->PageKsm, mostly
but not entirely prevented by page_count() check in ksm.c's
write_protect_page(): that risk being shared with page_referenced() and
not helped by lru_lock).

Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Alex Shi <alex.shi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov.dev@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alex Shi <alex.shi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
 mm/page_idle.c | 4 ----
 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/page_idle.c b/mm/page_idle.c
index 057c61df12db..64e5344a992c 100644
--- a/mm/page_idle.c
+++ b/mm/page_idle.c
@@ -32,19 +32,15 @@
 static struct page *page_idle_get_page(unsigned long pfn)
 {
 	struct page *page = pfn_to_online_page(pfn);
-	pg_data_t *pgdat;
 
 	if (!page || !PageLRU(page) ||
 	    !get_page_unless_zero(page))
 		return NULL;
 
-	pgdat = page_pgdat(page);
-	spin_lock_irq(&pgdat->lru_lock);
 	if (unlikely(!PageLRU(page))) {
 		put_page(page);
 		page = NULL;
 	}
-	spin_unlock_irq(&pgdat->lru_lock);
 	return page;
 }
 
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1.8.3.1