Re: [PATCH 13/17] mm: shmem: Avoid atomic operation during shmem_getpage_gfp

[Rik van Riel]

On 05/01/2014 04:44 AM, Mel Gorman wrote:
> shmem_getpage_gfp uses an atomic operation to set the SwapBacked field
> before it's even added to the LRU or visible. This is unnecessary as what
> could it possible race against?  Use an unlocked variant.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>

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