Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 29 Mar 2012 10:11:57 +0200 | From | Michal Hocko <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH -V4 08/10] hugetlbfs: Add a list for tracking in-use HugeTLB pages |
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On Wed 28-03-12 23:08:34, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote: > Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz> writes: > > > On Fri 16-03-12 23:09:28, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote: > >> From: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> > >> > >> hugepage_activelist will be used to track currently used HugeTLB pages. > >> We need to find the in-use HugeTLB pages to support memcg removal. > >> On memcg removal we update the page's memory cgroup to point to > >> parent cgroup. > >> > >> Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> > >> --- > >> include/linux/hugetlb.h | 1 + > >> mm/hugetlb.c | 23 ++++++++++++++++++----- > >> 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > >> > >> diff --git a/include/linux/hugetlb.h b/include/linux/hugetlb.h > >> index cbd8dc5..6919100 100644 > >> --- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h > >> +++ b/include/linux/hugetlb.h > > [...] > >> @@ -2319,14 +2322,24 @@ void __unmap_hugepage_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long start, > >> page = pte_page(pte); > >> if (pte_dirty(pte)) > >> set_page_dirty(page); > >> - list_add(&page->lru, &page_list); > >> + > >> + spin_lock(&hugetlb_lock); > >> + list_move(&page->lru, &page_list); > >> + spin_unlock(&hugetlb_lock); > > > > Why do we really need the spinlock here? > > > It does a list_del from hugepage_activelist.
right you are. sorry
-- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs SUSE LINUX s.r.o. Lihovarska 1060/12 190 00 Praha 9 Czech Republic
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