Re: [PATCH] mm/page_reporting: the "page" must not be the list head

From: David Hildenbrand
Date: Mon Aug 17 2020 - 05:35:45 EST


On 17.08.20 10:48, Wei Yang wrote:
> If "page" is the list head, list_for_each_entry_safe() would stop
> iteration.
>
> Signed-off-by: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> mm/page_reporting.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/page_reporting.c b/mm/page_reporting.c
> index 3bbd471cfc81..aaaa3605123d 100644
> --- a/mm/page_reporting.c
> +++ b/mm/page_reporting.c
> @@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ page_reporting_cycle(struct page_reporting_dev_info *prdev, struct zone *zone,
> * the new head of the free list before we release the
> * zone lock.
> */
> - if (&page->lru != list && !list_is_first(&page->lru, list))
> + if (!list_is_first(&page->lru, list))
> list_rotate_to_front(&page->lru, list);
>
> /* release lock before waiting on report processing */
>

Is this a fix or a cleanup? If it's a fix, can this be reproduced easily
and what ere the effects?

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Thanks,

David / dhildenb