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Diffstat (limited to 'mm/memcontrol.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/memcontrol.c | 21 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c index 316a84025090..ee6fe8bb0bff 100644 --- a/mm/memcontrol.c +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c @@ -1201,9 +1201,8 @@ int mem_cgroup_scan_tasks(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, * @page: the page * @pgdat: pgdat of the page * - * This function is only safe when following the LRU page isolation - * and putback protocol: the LRU lock must be held, and the page must - * either be PageLRU() or the caller must have isolated/allocated it. + * This function relies on page->mem_cgroup being stable - see the + * access rules in commit_charge(). */ struct lruvec *mem_cgroup_page_lruvec(struct page *page, struct pglist_data *pgdat) { @@ -2659,18 +2658,12 @@ static void commit_charge(struct page *page, struct mem_cgroup *memcg) { VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(page->mem_cgroup, page); /* - * Nobody should be changing or seriously looking at - * page->mem_cgroup at this point: - * - * - the page is uncharged - * - * - the page is off-LRU - * - * - an anonymous fault has exclusive page access, except for - * a locked page table + * Any of the following ensures page->mem_cgroup stability: * - * - a page cache insertion, a swapin fault, or a migration - * have the page locked + * - the page lock + * - LRU isolation + * - lock_page_memcg() + * - exclusive reference */ page->mem_cgroup = memcg; } |