[PATCH 4.9 47/52] dm bufio: dont take the lock in dm_bufio_shrink_count

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Tue Jul 10 2018 - 14:31:07 EST


4.9-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@xxxxxxxxxx>

commit d12067f428c037b4575aaeb2be00847fc214c24a upstream.

dm_bufio_shrink_count() is called from do_shrink_slab to find out how many
freeable objects are there. The reported value doesn't have to be precise,
so we don't need to take the dm-bufio lock.

Suggested-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
drivers/md/dm-bufio.c | 16 ++++------------
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/md/dm-bufio.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-bufio.c
@@ -1598,19 +1598,11 @@ dm_bufio_shrink_scan(struct shrinker *sh
static unsigned long
dm_bufio_shrink_count(struct shrinker *shrink, struct shrink_control *sc)
{
- struct dm_bufio_client *c;
- unsigned long count;
- unsigned long retain_target;
+ struct dm_bufio_client *c = container_of(shrink, struct dm_bufio_client, shrinker);
+ unsigned long count = READ_ONCE(c->n_buffers[LIST_CLEAN]) +
+ READ_ONCE(c->n_buffers[LIST_DIRTY]);
+ unsigned long retain_target = get_retain_buffers(c);

- c = container_of(shrink, struct dm_bufio_client, shrinker);
- if (sc->gfp_mask & __GFP_FS)
- dm_bufio_lock(c);
- else if (!dm_bufio_trylock(c))
- return 0;
-
- count = c->n_buffers[LIST_CLEAN] + c->n_buffers[LIST_DIRTY];
- retain_target = get_retain_buffers(c);
- dm_bufio_unlock(c);
return (count < retain_target) ? 0 : (count - retain_target);
}