linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [RFC] mm: fs: Invalidate BH LRU during page migration

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Message-ID: <20210204003426.GC308988@casper.infradead.org>
Date:   Thu, 4 Feb 2021 00:34:26 +0000
From:   Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
To:     Chris Goldsworthy <cgoldswo@...eaurora.org>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [RFC] mm: fs: Invalidate BH LRU during page migration

On Mon, Feb 01, 2021 at 10:55:47PM -0800, Chris Goldsworthy wrote:
> @@ -1289,6 +1289,8 @@ static inline void check_irqs_on(void)
>  #endif
>  }
>  
> +bool bh_migration_done = true;

What protects this global variable?  Or is there some subtle reason it
doesn't need protection, in which case, please put that in a comment.