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Subject[PATCH 13/18] mm, hugetlb: grab a page_table_lock after page_cache_release
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We don't need to grab a page_table_lock when we try to release a page.
So, defer to grab a page_table_lock.

Signed-off-by: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>

diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 35ccdad..255bd9e 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -2630,10 +2630,11 @@ retry_avoidcopy:
}
spin_unlock(&mm->page_table_lock);
mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_end(mm, mmun_start, mmun_end);
- /* Caller expects lock to be held */
- spin_lock(&mm->page_table_lock);
page_cache_release(new_page);
page_cache_release(old_page);
+
+ /* Caller expects lock to be held */
+ spin_lock(&mm->page_table_lock);
return 0;
}

--
1.7.9.5


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