linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: erofs: remove rcu_read_lock() in erofs_try_to_free_cached

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Message-ID: <def4913f-85cd-b8d4-e5b5-3bca332da324@huawei.com>
Date:   Wed, 20 Feb 2019 09:26:47 +0800
From:   Chao Yu <yuchao0@...wei.com>
To:     Gao Xiang <gaoxiang25@...wei.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>
CC:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-erofs@...ts.ozlabs.org>, "Chao Yu" <chao@...nel.org>,
        Miao Xie <miaoxie@...wei.com>, <weidu.du@...wei.com>,
        Fang Wei <fangwei1@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: erofs: remove rcu_read_lock() in
 erofs_try_to_free_cached_page

On 2019/2/16 16:46, Gao Xiang wrote:
> page_private(page) cannot be changed if page lock is taken.
> 
> Besides, the corresponding workgroup won't be freed
> if the page is already protected by page lock, therefore
> no need to take rcu read lock.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gao Xiang <gaoxiang25@...wei.com>

Reviewed-by: Chao Yu <yuchao0@...wei.com>

Thanks,