Re: [PATCH v2 01/11] mm/slab: fix the theoretical race by holding proper lock

From: Christoph Lameter
Date: Tue Apr 12 2016 - 12:38:46 EST


On Tue, 12 Apr 2016, js1304@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> @@ -2222,6 +2241,7 @@ static void drain_cpu_caches(struct kmem_cache *cachep)
> {
> struct kmem_cache_node *n;
> int node;
> + LIST_HEAD(list);
>
> on_each_cpu(do_drain, cachep, 1);
> check_irq_on();
> @@ -2229,8 +2249,13 @@ static void drain_cpu_caches(struct kmem_cache *cachep)
> if (n->alien)
> drain_alien_cache(cachep, n->alien);
>
> - for_each_kmem_cache_node(cachep, node, n)
> - drain_array(cachep, n, n->shared, 1, node);
> + for_each_kmem_cache_node(cachep, node, n) {
> + spin_lock_irq(&n->list_lock);
> + drain_array_locked(cachep, n->shared, node, true, &list);
> + spin_unlock_irq(&n->list_lock);
> +
> + slabs_destroy(cachep, &list);

Can the slabs_destroy() call be moved outside of the loop? It may be
faster then?