linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] zsmalloc: Implement writeback mechanism for zsmalloc

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Date:   Wed, 2 Nov 2022 12:42:06 +0900
From:   Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>
To:     Nhat Pham <nphamcs@...il.com>
Cc:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, hannes@...xchg.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, minchan@...nel.org,
        ngupta@...are.org, senozhatsky@...omium.org, sjenning@...hat.com,
        ddstreet@...e.org, vitaly.wool@...sulko.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] zsmalloc: Implement writeback mechanism for
 zsmalloc

On (22/10/27 11:27), Nhat Pham wrote:
[..]
> +static int zs_reclaim_page(struct zs_pool *pool, unsigned int retries)
> +{
> +	int i, obj_idx, ret = 0;
> +	unsigned long handle;
> +	struct zspage *zspage;
> +	struct page *page;
> +	enum fullness_group fullness;
> +
> +	/* Lock LRU and fullness list */
> +	spin_lock(&pool->lock);
> +	if (!pool->ops || !pool->ops->evict || list_empty(&pool->lru) ||
> +			retries == 0) {
> +		spin_unlock(&pool->lock);
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +	}
> +
> +	for (i = 0; i < retries; i++) {
> +		struct size_class *class;
> +
> +		zspage = list_last_entry(&pool->lru, struct zspage, lru);
> +		list_del(&zspage->lru);
> +
> +		/* zs_free may free objects, but not the zspage and handles */
> +		zspage->under_reclaim = true;
> +
> +		/* Lock backing pages into place */
> +		lock_zspage(zspage);

Does this call into the scheduler under pool->lock spinlock?