linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] slab updates for 6.11

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Message-ID: <ZvWUt2oyXRsvJRNc@pc636>
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2024 19:07:03 +0200
From: Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@...il.com>
To: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
Cc: Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@...il.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@...ux.dev>,
	Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@...il.com>,
	Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>, RCU <rcu@...r.kernel.org>,
	Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@...ux.dev>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] slab updates for 6.11

On Thu, Sep 26, 2024 at 06:46:29PM +0200, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> On 9/26/24 18:40, Uladzislau Rezki wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 26, 2024 at 06:35:27PM +0200, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> >> On 9/18/24 16:40, Uladzislau Rezki wrote:
> >> >>
> >> > Thank you for valuable feedback! Indeed it is hard to follow, even
> >> > though it works correctly.
> >> > I will add the comment and also break the loop on first queuing as you
> >> > suggested!
> >> > 
> >> > It does not make sense to loop further because following iterations
> >> > are never successful
> >> > thus never overwrite "queued" variable(it never reaches the
> >> > queue_rcu_work() call).
> >> > 
> >> > <snip>
> >> >          bool queued = false;
> >> >          ...
> >> >          for (i = 0; i < KFREE_N_BATCHES; i++) {
> >> >                 if (need_offload_krc(krcp)) {
> >> >                          queued = queue_rcu_work(system_wq, &krwp->rcu_work);
> >> >          ...
> >> >          return queued;
> >> > <snip>
> >> > 
> >> > if we queued, "if(need_offload_krc())" condition is never true anymore.
> >> > 
> >> > Below refactoring makes it clear. I will send the patch to address it.
> >> 
> >> Looks good, AFAICT. Can you send the full patch then? Thanks.
> >> 
> > I will do so. We can send it from RCU-side for rcX, this merge window or
> > you can do it.
> > 
> > What is the best for you?
> 
> Guess I could do via slab tree since the original commit went there too.
> 
Make sense. I will send to you then!

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Uladzislau Rezki