linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 06/16] memcg: infrastructure to match an allocation to the right cache

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Fri, 21 Sep 2012 13:52:36 -0700
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Glauber Costa <glommer@...allels.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, cgroups@...r.kernel.org,
	kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com, devel@...nvz.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, Suleiman Souhlal <suleiman@...gle.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 06/16] memcg: infrastructure to match an allocation
 to the right cache

Missed some stuff.

On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 06:12:00PM +0400, Glauber Costa wrote:
> +static struct kmem_cache *memcg_create_kmem_cache(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
> +						  struct kmem_cache *cachep)
> +{
...
> +	memcg->slabs[idx] = new_cachep;
...
> +struct kmem_cache *__memcg_kmem_get_cache(struct kmem_cache *cachep,
> +					  gfp_t gfp)
> +{
...
> +	return memcg->slabs[idx];

I think you need memory barriers for the above pair.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/