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Diffstat (limited to 'mm/memcontrol.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/memcontrol.c | 43 |
1 files changed, 31 insertions, 12 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); /* |