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SubjectRe: [PATCH] THP: Use explicit memory barrier
On Wed, Apr 03, 2013 at 09:14:01AM +0900, Minchan Kim wrote:
> clear_huge_page(page, haddr, HPAGE_PMD_NR);
> + /*
> + * The memory barrier inside __SetPageUptodate makes sure that
> + * clear_huge_page writes become visible after the set_pmd_at()

s/after/before/

> + * write.
> + */
> __SetPageUptodate(page);
>
> spin_lock(&mm->page_table_lock);
> @@ -724,12 +729,6 @@ static int __do_huge_pmd_anonymous_page(struct mm_struct *mm,
> } else {
> pmd_t entry;
> entry = mk_huge_pmd(page, vma);
> - /*
> - * The spinlocking to take the lru_lock inside
> - * page_add_new_anon_rmap() acts as a full memory
> - * barrier to be sure clear_huge_page writes become
> - * visible after the set_pmd_at() write.
> - */
> page_add_new_anon_rmap(page, vma, haddr);
> set_pmd_at(mm, haddr, pmd, entry);
> pgtable_trans_huge_deposit(mm, pgtable);
> diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
> index 494526a..d0da51e 100644
> --- a/mm/memory.c
> +++ b/mm/memory.c
> @@ -3196,6 +3196,11 @@ static int do_anonymous_page(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> page = alloc_zeroed_user_highpage_movable(vma, address);
> if (!page)
> goto oom;
> + /*
> + * The memory barrier inside __SetPageUptodate makes sure that
> + * preceeding stores to the page contents become visible after
> + * the set_pte_at() write.
> + */

s/after/before/

After the above correction it looks nice cleanup, thanks!

Acked-by: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>



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