Re: [PATCH] exec: remove page_table_lock for mm counters inacct_arg_size()

From: Frantisek Hrbata
Date: Thu Jul 14 2011 - 09:23:25 EST


On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 03:18:22PM +0200, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> On 07/14, Frantisek Hrbata wrote:
> >
> > Commit 172703b mm: delete non-atomic mm counter implementation
> > removed non-atomic mm counters implementation. I think there is no need to hold
> > page_table_lock for add_mm_counter() when the splitted page table locks are not
> > used. This patch removes the locking.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Frantisek Hrbata <fhrbata@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > fs/exec.c | 6 ------
> > 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
> > index 6075a1e..e6fc5e1 100644
> > --- a/fs/exec.c
> > +++ b/fs/exec.c
> > @@ -182,13 +182,7 @@ static void acct_arg_size(struct linux_binprm *bprm, unsigned long pages)
> >
> > bprm->vma_pages = pages;
> >
> > -#ifdef SPLIT_RSS_COUNTING
> > add_mm_counter(mm, MM_ANONPAGES, diff);
> > -#else
> > - spin_lock(&mm->page_table_lock);
> > - add_mm_counter(mm, MM_ANONPAGES, diff);
> > - spin_unlock(&mm->page_table_lock);
> > -#endif
>
> Heh. Thanks Frantisek, you are right. But this patch is already in mm-tree,
> fs-execc-acct_arg_size-ptl-is-no-longer-needed-for-add_mm_counter.patch
>
> Oleg.
>

:) thanks. Sorry I should check that first.

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Frantisek Hrbata
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