linux-kernel - Re: [-mm PATCH 6/9] Memory controller add per container LRU and reclaim (v4)

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Message-Id: <20070731051459.E827E1BF77B@siro.lan>
Date:	Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:14:59 +0900 (JST)
From:	yamamoto@...inux.co.jp (YAMAMOTO Takashi)
To:	balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl,
	dhaval@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, ebiederm@...ssion.com,
	containers@...ts.osdl.org, menage@...gle.com, xemul@...nvz.org
Subject: Re: [-mm PATCH 6/9] Memory controller add per container LRU and
 reclaim
	(v4)

> +unsigned long mem_container_isolate_pages(unsigned long nr_to_scan,
> +					struct list_head *dst,
> +					unsigned long *scanned, int order,
> +					int mode, struct zone *z,
> +					struct mem_container *mem_cont,
> +					int active)
> +{
> +	unsigned long nr_taken = 0;
> +	struct page *page;
> +	unsigned long scan;
> +	LIST_HEAD(mp_list);
> +	struct list_head *src;
> +	struct meta_page *mp;
> +
> +	if (active)
> +		src = &mem_cont->active_list;
> +	else
> +		src = &mem_cont->inactive_list;
> +
> +	for (scan = 0; scan < nr_to_scan && !list_empty(src); scan++) {
> +		mp = list_entry(src->prev, struct meta_page, lru);

what prevents another thread from freeing mp here?

> +		spin_lock(&mem_cont->lru_lock);
> +		if (mp)
> +			page = mp->page;
> +		spin_unlock(&mem_cont->lru_lock);
> +		if (!mp)
> +			continue;

YAMAMOTO Takashi
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