linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 1/2] mm/page_ref: use atomic_set_release in page_ref

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Date:   Mon, 12 Feb 2018 16:58:50 +0300
From:   Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@...dex-team.ru>
To:     linux-mm@...ck.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
        Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 1/2] mm/page_ref: use atomic_set_release in
 page_ref_unfreeze

page_ref_unfreeze() has exactly that semantic. No functional
changes: just minus one barrier and proper handling of PPro errata.

Signed-off-by: Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@...dex-team.ru>
---
 include/linux/page_ref.h |    3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/page_ref.h b/include/linux/page_ref.h
index 760d74a0e9a9..14d14beb1f7f 100644
--- a/include/linux/page_ref.h
+++ b/include/linux/page_ref.h
@@ -175,8 +175,7 @@ static inline void page_ref_unfreeze(struct page *page, int count)
 	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(page_count(page) != 0, page);
 	VM_BUG_ON(count == 0);
 
-	smp_mb();
-	atomic_set(&page->_refcount, count);
+	atomic_set_release(&page->_refcount, count);
 	if (page_ref_tracepoint_active(__tracepoint_page_ref_unfreeze))
 		__page_ref_unfreeze(page, count);
 }