[PATCH v3 1/2] mm/page_ref: use atomic_set_release in page_ref_unfreeze

From: Konstantin Khlebnikov
Date: Mon Feb 12 2018 - 08:58:59 EST


page_ref_unfreeze() has exactly that semantic. No functional
changes: just minus one barrier and proper handling of PPro errata.

Signed-off-by: Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/page_ref.h | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/page_ref.h b/include/linux/page_ref.h
index 760d74a0e9a9..14d14beb1f7f 100644
--- a/include/linux/page_ref.h
+++ b/include/linux/page_ref.h
@@ -175,8 +175,7 @@ static inline void page_ref_unfreeze(struct page *page, int count)
VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(page_count(page) != 0, page);
VM_BUG_ON(count == 0);

- smp_mb();
- atomic_set(&page->_refcount, count);
+ atomic_set_release(&page->_refcount, count);
if (page_ref_tracepoint_active(__tracepoint_page_ref_unfreeze))
__page_ref_unfreeze(page, count);
}