Re: [PATCH 4/5] mm: Use radix_tree_iter_retry()

[Vlastimil Babka]

On 01/27/2016 10:17 PM, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> From: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Instead of a 'goto restart', we can now use radix_tree_iter_retry()
> to restart from our current position.  This will make a difference
> when there are more ways to happen across an indirect pointer.  And it
> eliminates some confusing gotos.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

[...]

> diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
> index fa2ceb2d2655..6ec14b70d82d 100644
> --- a/mm/shmem.c
> +++ b/mm/shmem.c
> @@ -388,8 +388,10 @@ restart:
>  		 * don't need to reset the counter, nor do we risk infinite
>  		 * restarts.
>  		 */
> -		if (radix_tree_deref_retry(page))
> -			goto restart;
> +		if (radix_tree_deref_retry(page)) {
> +			slot = radix_tree_iter_retry(&iter);
> +			continue;
> +		}
>  
>  		if (radix_tree_exceptional_entry(page))
>  			swapped++;

This should be applied on top. There are no restarts anymore.

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