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SubjectRe: [PATCH v5 4/4] mm: Remove managed_page_count spinlock
On 18-11-13 12:03:10, Arun KS wrote:
> Now that totalram_pages and managed_pages are atomic varibles, no need
> of managed_page_count spinlock. The lock had really a weak consistency
> guarantee. It hasn't been used for anything but the update but no reader
> actually cares about all the values being updated to be in sync.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arun KS <arunks@codeaurora.org>
> Reviewed-by: Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@yandex-team.ru>
> Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
> Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>

Reviewed-by: Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>

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