[PATCH 3/3] mm/compaction: remove rcu_read_lock during page compaction

From: Alex Shi
Date: Thu Dec 17 2020 - 01:29:49 EST


rcu_read_lock was used to guard memcg destory, now TestClearPageLRU
could block this happen, so we don't need it. Remove it to reduce
locking load in debugging mode.

Signed-off-by: Alex Shi <alex.shi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
mm/compaction.c | 5 +----
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c
index 8049d3530812..02af220fb992 100644
--- a/mm/compaction.c
+++ b/mm/compaction.c
@@ -995,7 +995,6 @@ isolate_migratepages_block(struct compact_control *cc, unsigned long low_pfn,
if (!TestClearPageLRU(page))
goto isolate_fail_put;

- rcu_read_lock();
lruvec = mem_cgroup_page_lruvec(page, pgdat);

/* If we already hold the lock, we can skip some rechecking */
@@ -1005,7 +1004,6 @@ isolate_migratepages_block(struct compact_control *cc, unsigned long low_pfn,

compact_lock_irqsave(&lruvec->lru_lock, &flags, cc);
locked = lruvec;
- rcu_read_unlock();

lruvec_memcg_debug(lruvec, page);

@@ -1026,8 +1024,7 @@ isolate_migratepages_block(struct compact_control *cc, unsigned long low_pfn,
SetPageLRU(page);
goto isolate_fail_put;
}
- } else
- rcu_read_unlock();
+ }

/* The whole page is taken off the LRU; skip the tail pages. */
if (PageCompound(page))
--
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