linux-kernel - [PATCH 04/12] thp: remove unnecessary khugepaged

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Message-ID: <5028E192.9000005@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Mon, 13 Aug 2012 19:14:26 +0800
From:	Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Memory Management List <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Subject: [PATCH 04/12] thp: remove unnecessary khugepaged_thread check

Now, khugepaged creation and cancel are completely serial under the
protection of khugepaged_mutex, it is impossible that many khugepaged
entities are running

Signed-off-by: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 mm/huge_memory.c |    5 +----
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index 3715c52..b218700 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -2348,11 +2348,8 @@ static int khugepaged(void *none)
 	set_freezable();
 	set_user_nice(current, 19);

-	while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
-		VM_BUG_ON(khugepaged_thread != current);
+	while (!kthread_should_stop())
 		khugepaged_loop();
-		VM_BUG_ON(khugepaged_thread != current);
-	}

 	spin_lock(&khugepaged_mm_lock);
 	mm_slot = khugepaged_scan.mm_slot;
-- 
1.7.7.6

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