Re: [PATCH] rcu: Stop shrinker loop

[Paul E. McKenney]

On Thu, Jun 04, 2020 at 03:42:55PM +0200, Uladzislau Rezki wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 04, 2020 at 12:23:20PM +0200, Peter Enderborg wrote:
> > The count and scan can be separated in time. It is a fair chance
> > that all work is already done when the scan starts. It
> > then might retry. This is can be avoided with returning SHRINK_STOP.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Peter Enderborg <peter.enderborg@xxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  kernel/rcu/tree.c | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> > index c716eadc7617..8b36c6b2887d 100644
> > --- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> > +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> > @@ -3310,7 +3310,7 @@ kfree_rcu_shrink_scan(struct shrinker *shrink, struct shrink_control *sc)
> >  			break;
> >  	}
> >  
> > -	return freed;
> > +	return freed == 0 ? SHRINK_STOP : freed;
> >  }
> >  
> The loop will be stopped anyway sooner or later, but sooner is better :)
> To me that change makes sense.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@xxxxxxxxx>

Queued, thank you both!

							Thanx, Paul