Re: [PATCH v5 5/7] mm: rework non-root kmem_cache lifecycle management

[Johannes Weiner]

On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 01:07:33PM -0700, Roman Gushchin wrote:
> +	arr = rcu_dereference(cachep->memcg_params.memcg_caches);
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Make sure we will access the up-to-date value. The code updating
> +	 * memcg_caches issues a write barrier to match this (see
> +	 * memcg_create_kmem_cache()).
> +	 */
> +	memcg_cachep = READ_ONCE(arr->entries[kmemcg_id]);

READ_ONCE() isn't an SMP barrier, it just prevents compiler
muckery. This needs an explicit smp_rmb() to pair with the smp_wmb()
on the other side.

I realize you're only moving this code, but it would be good to fix
that up while you're there.