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Diffstat (limited to 'mm')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/memcontrol.c | 43 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/page-writeback.c | 15 |
2 files changed, 43 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c index 3df3c04d73ab..e09741af816f 100644 --- a/mm/memcontrol.c +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c @@ -1611,9 +1611,13 @@ cleanup: * @page: the page * * This function protects unlocked LRU pages from being moved to - * another cgroup and stabilizes their page->mem_cgroup binding. + * another cgroup. + * + * It ensures lifetime of the returned memcg. Caller is responsible + * for the lifetime of the page; __unlock_page_memcg() is available + * when @page might get freed inside the locked section. */ -void lock_page_memcg(struct page *page) +struct mem_cgroup *lock_page_memcg(struct page *page) { struct mem_cgroup *memcg; unsigned long flags; @@ -1622,18 +1626,24 @@ void lock_page_memcg(struct page *page) * The RCU lock is held throughout the transaction. The fast * path can get away without acquiring the memcg->move_lock * because page moving starts with an RCU grace period. - */ + * + * The RCU lock also protects the memcg from being freed when + * the page state that is going to change is the only thing + * preventing the page itself from being freed. E.g. writeback + * doesn't hold a page reference and relies on PG_writeback to + * keep off truncation, migration and so forth. + */ rcu_read_lock(); if (mem_cgroup_disabled()) - return; + return NULL; again: memcg = page->mem_cgroup; if (unlikely(!memcg)) - return; + return NULL; if (atomic_read(&memcg->moving_account) <= 0) - return; + return memcg; spin_lock_irqsave(&memcg->move_lock, flags); if (memcg != page->mem_cgroup) { @@ -1649,18 +1659,18 @@ again: memcg->move_lock_task = current; memcg->move_lock_flags = flags; - return; + return memcg; } EXPORT_SYMBOL(lock_page_memcg); /** - * unlock_page_memcg - unlock a page->mem_cgroup binding - * @page: the page + * __unlock_page_memcg - unlock and unpin a memcg + * @memcg: the memcg + * + * Unlock and unpin a memcg returned by lock_page_memcg(). */ -void unlock_page_memcg(struct page *page) +void __unlock_page_memcg(struct mem_cgroup *memcg) { - struct mem_cgroup *memcg = page->mem_cgroup; - if (memcg && memcg->move_lock_task == current) { unsigned long flags = memcg->move_lock_flags; @@ -1672,6 +1682,15 @@ void unlock_page_memcg(struct page *page) rcu_read_unlock(); } + +/** + * unlock_page_memcg - unlock a page->mem_cgroup binding + * @page: the page + */ +void unlock_page_memcg(struct page *page) +{ + __unlock_page_memcg(page->mem_cgroup); +} EXPORT_SYMBOL(unlock_page_memcg); /* diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c index 96e93b214d31..bf050ab025b7 100644 --- a/mm/page-writeback.c +++ b/mm/page-writeback.c @@ -2724,9 +2724,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(clear_page_dirty_for_io); int test_clear_page_writeback(struct page *page) { struct address_space *mapping = page_mapping(page); + struct mem_cgroup *memcg; + struct lruvec *lruvec; int ret; - lock_page_memcg(page); + memcg = lock_page_memcg(page); + lruvec = mem_cgroup_page_lruvec(page, page_pgdat(page)); if (mapping && mapping_use_writeback_tags(mapping)) { struct inode *inode = mapping->host; struct backing_dev_info *bdi = inode_to_bdi(inode); @@ -2754,12 +2757,18 @@ int test_clear_page_writeback(struct page *page) } else { ret = TestClearPageWriteback(page); } + /* + * NOTE: Page might be free now! Writeback doesn't hold a page + * reference on its own, it relies on truncation to wait for + * the clearing of PG_writeback. The below can only access + * page state that is static across allocation cycles. + */ if (ret) { - dec_lruvec_page_state(page, NR_WRITEBACK); + dec_lruvec_state(lruvec, NR_WRITEBACK); dec_zone_page_state(page, NR_ZONE_WRITE_PENDING); inc_node_page_state(page, NR_WRITTEN); } - unlock_page_memcg(page); + __unlock_page_memcg(memcg); return ret; } |