[PATCH v3 04/11] mm/page_alloc: protect pcp->batch accesses with ACCESS_ONCE

From: Cody P Schafer
Date: Wed Apr 10 2013 - 14:28:01 EST


pcp->batch could change at any point, avoid relying on it being a stable value.

Signed-off-by: Cody P Schafer <cody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/page_alloc.c | 11 +++++++----
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index f2929df..9dd0dc0 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -1181,10 +1181,12 @@ void drain_zone_pages(struct zone *zone, struct per_cpu_pages *pcp)
{
unsigned long flags;
int to_drain;
+ unsigned long batch;

local_irq_save(flags);
- if (pcp->count >= pcp->batch)
- to_drain = pcp->batch;
+ batch = ACCESS_ONCE(pcp->batch);
+ if (pcp->count >= batch)
+ to_drain = batch;
else
to_drain = pcp->count;
if (to_drain > 0) {
@@ -1352,8 +1354,9 @@ void free_hot_cold_page(struct page *page, int cold)
list_add(&page->lru, &pcp->lists[migratetype]);
pcp->count++;
if (pcp->count >= pcp->high) {
- free_pcppages_bulk(zone, pcp->batch, pcp);
- pcp->count -= pcp->batch;
+ unsigned long batch = ACCESS_ONCE(pcp->batch);
+ free_pcppages_bulk(zone, batch, pcp);
+ pcp->count -= batch;
}

out:
--
1.8.2.1

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