linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/5] mm/memcg: Introduce obj_cgroup_uncharge_mod

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Date:   Mon, 12 Apr 2021 08:50:51 -0700
From:   Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@...gle.com>
To:     Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
Cc:     Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
        Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov.dev@...il.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
        Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>, Roman Gushchin <guro@...com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Cgroups <cgroups@...r.kernel.org>, Linux MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        Muchun Song <songmuchun@...edance.com>,
        Alex Shi <alex.shi@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        Chris Down <chris@...isdown.name>,
        Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@...il.com>,
        Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...ux.intel.com>,
        Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@...il.com>,
        Masayoshi Mizuma <msys.mizuma@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] mm/memcg: Introduce obj_cgroup_uncharge_mod_state()

On Fri, Apr 9, 2021 at 4:19 PM Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> In memcg_slab_free_hook()/pcpu_memcg_free_hook(), obj_cgroup_uncharge()
> is followed by mod_objcg_state()/mod_memcg_state(). Each of these
> function call goes through a separate irq_save/irq_restore cycle. That
> is inefficient.  Introduce a new function obj_cgroup_uncharge_mod_state()
> that combines them with a single irq_save/irq_restore cycle.
>
> Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>

Reviewed-by: Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@...gle.com>