linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 03/14] mm: Share the anon_vma ref counts between KSM and page migration

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Date:	Tue, 6 Apr 2010 17:05:28 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>
Cc:	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Adam Litke <agl@...ibm.com>, Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/14] mm: Share the anon_vma ref counts between KSM and
 page migration

On Fri,  2 Apr 2010 17:02:37 +0100
Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie> wrote:

> For clarity of review, KSM and page migration have separate refcounts on
> the anon_vma. While clear, this is a waste of memory. This patch gets
> KSM and page migration to share their toys in a spirit of harmony.
> 
> ...
>
> @@ -26,11 +26,17 @@
>   */
>  struct anon_vma {
>  	spinlock_t lock;	/* Serialize access to vma list */
> -#ifdef CONFIG_KSM
> -	atomic_t ksm_refcount;
> -#endif
> -#ifdef CONFIG_MIGRATION
> -	atomic_t migrate_refcount;
> +#if defined(CONFIG_KSM) || defined(CONFIG_MIGRATION)
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * The external_refcount is taken by either KSM or page migration
> +	 * to take a reference to an anon_vma when there is no
> +	 * guarantee that the vma of page tables will exist for
> +	 * the duration of the operation. A caller that takes
> +	 * the reference is responsible for clearing up the
> +	 * anon_vma if they are the last user on release
> +	 */
> +	atomic_t external_refcount;
>  #endif

hah.

> @@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ skip_unmap:
>  rcu_unlock:
>  
>  	/* Drop an anon_vma reference if we took one */
> -	if (anon_vma && atomic_dec_and_lock(&anon_vma->migrate_refcount, &anon_vma->lock)) {
> +	if (anon_vma && atomic_dec_and_lock(&anon_vma->external_refcount, &anon_vma->lock)) {
>  		int empty = list_empty(&anon_vma->head);
>  		spin_unlock(&anon_vma->lock);
>  		if (empty)

So we now _do_ test ksm_refcount.  Perhaps that fixed a bug added in [1/14]

> diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
> index 578d0fe..af35b75 100644
> --- a/mm/rmap.c
> +++ b/mm/rmap.c
> @@ -248,8 +248,7 @@ static void anon_vma_unlink(struct anon_vma_chain *anon_vma_chain)
>  	list_del(&anon_vma_chain->same_anon_vma);
>  
>  	/* We must garbage collect the anon_vma if it's empty */
> -	empty = list_empty(&anon_vma->head) && !ksm_refcount(anon_vma) &&
> -					!migrate_refcount(anon_vma);
> +	empty = list_empty(&anon_vma->head) && !anonvma_external_refcount(anon_vma);
>  	spin_unlock(&anon_vma->lock);
>  
>  	if (empty)
> @@ -273,8 +272,7 @@ static void anon_vma_ctor(void *data)
>  	struct anon_vma *anon_vma = data;
>  
>  	spin_lock_init(&anon_vma->lock);
> -	ksm_refcount_init(anon_vma);
> -	migrate_refcount_init(anon_vma);
> +	anonvma_external_refcount_init(anon_vma);

What a mouthful.  Can we do s/external_//g?
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