linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.9 47/52] dm bufio: dont take the lock in dm_bufio_shrink

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Date:   Tue, 10 Jul 2018 20:25:15 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@...hat.com>,
        Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4.9 47/52] dm bufio: dont take the lock in dm_bufio_shrink_count

4.9-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@...hat.com>

commit d12067f428c037b4575aaeb2be00847fc214c24a upstream.

dm_bufio_shrink_count() is called from do_shrink_slab to find out how many
freeable objects are there. The reported value doesn't have to be precise,
so we don't need to take the dm-bufio lock.

Suggested-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 drivers/md/dm-bufio.c |   16 ++++------------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/md/dm-bufio.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-bufio.c
@@ -1598,19 +1598,11 @@ dm_bufio_shrink_scan(struct shrinker *sh
 static unsigned long
 dm_bufio_shrink_count(struct shrinker *shrink, struct shrink_control *sc)
 {
-	struct dm_bufio_client *c;
-	unsigned long count;
-	unsigned long retain_target;
+	struct dm_bufio_client *c = container_of(shrink, struct dm_bufio_client, shrinker);
+	unsigned long count = READ_ONCE(c->n_buffers[LIST_CLEAN]) +
+			      READ_ONCE(c->n_buffers[LIST_DIRTY]);
+	unsigned long retain_target = get_retain_buffers(c);
 
-	c = container_of(shrink, struct dm_bufio_client, shrinker);
-	if (sc->gfp_mask & __GFP_FS)
-		dm_bufio_lock(c);
-	else if (!dm_bufio_trylock(c))
-		return 0;
-
-	count = c->n_buffers[LIST_CLEAN] + c->n_buffers[LIST_DIRTY];
-	retain_target = get_retain_buffers(c);
-	dm_bufio_unlock(c);
 	return (count < retain_target) ? 0 : (count - retain_target);
 }