Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] mm: Remove managed_page_count spinlock

From: Michal Hocko
Date: Thu Nov 08 2018 - 05:14:04 EST


On Thu 08-11-18 15:33:06, Arun KS wrote:
> On 2018-11-08 14:04, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > On Thu 08-11-18 13:53:18, Arun KS wrote:
> > > Now totalram_pages and managed_pages are atomic varibles. No need
> > > of managed_page_count spinlock.
> >
> > As explained earlier. Please add a motivation here. Feel free to reuse
> > wording from
> > http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20181107103630.GF2453@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Sure. Will add in next spin.

Andrew usually updates changelogs if you give him the full wording.
I would wait few days before resubmitting, if that is needed at all.
0day will throw a lot of random configs which can reveal some leftovers.
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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs