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Ahmed S. Darwish 6446a5131e mm/swap: Do not abuse the seqcount_t latching API 
Commit eef1a429f2 ("mm/swap.c: piggyback lru_add_drain_all() calls")
implemented an optimization mechanism to exit the to-be-started LRU
drain operation (name it A) if another drain operation *started and
finished* while (A) was blocked on the LRU draining mutex.

This was done through a seqcount_t latch, which is an abuse of its
semantics:

  1. seqcount_t latching should be used for the purpose of switching
     between two storage places with sequence protection to allow
     interruptible, preemptible, writer sections. The referenced
     optimization mechanism has absolutely nothing to do with that.

  2. The used raw_write_seqcount_latch() has two SMP write memory
     barriers to insure one consistent storage place out of the two
     storage places available. A full memory barrier is required
     instead: to guarantee that the pagevec counter stores visible by
     local CPU are visible to other CPUs -- before loading the current
     drain generation.

Beside the seqcount_t API abuse, the semantics of a latch sequence
counter was force-fitted into the referenced optimization. What was
meant is to track "generations" of LRU draining operations, where
"global lru draining generation = x" implies that all generations
0 < n <= x are already *scheduled* for draining -- thus nothing needs
to be done if the current generation number n <= x.

Remove the conceptually-inappropriate seqcount_t latch usage. Manually
implement the referenced optimization using a counter and SMP memory
barriers.

Note, while at it, use the non-atomic variant of cpumask_set_cpu(),
__cpumask_set_cpu(), due to the already existing mutex protection.

Signed-off-by: Ahmed S. Darwish <a.darwish@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/87y2pg9erj.fsf@vostro.fn.ogness.net
2020-09-10 11:19:28 +02:00
arch lockdep: Only trace IRQ edges 2020-08-26 12:41:56 +02:00
block block-5.9-2020-08-14 2020-08-15 20:36:42 -07:00
certs .gitignore: add SPDX License Identifier 2020-03-25 11:50:48 +01:00
crypto Merge branch 'linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2020-08-14 13:09:15 -07:00
Documentation lockdep/Documention: Recursive read lock detection reasoning 2020-08-26 12:42:03 +02:00
drivers cpuidle: Make CPUIDLE_FLAG_TLB_FLUSHED generic 2020-08-26 12:41:53 +02:00
fs Merge branch 'work.epoll' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2020-08-22 17:11:38 -07:00
include lockdep: Extend __bfs() to work with multiple types of dependencies 2020-08-26 12:42:04 +02:00
init OpenRISC updates for 5.9 2020-08-14 14:04:53 -07:00
ipc ipc/shm.c: remove the superfluous break 2020-08-12 10:58:02 -07:00
kernel time/sched_clock: Use raw_read_seqcount_latch() during suspend 2020-09-10 11:19:28 +02:00
lib lockdep/selftest: Introduce recursion3 2020-08-26 12:42:08 +02:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Rename other to deprecated 2019-05-03 06:34:32 -06:00
mm mm/swap: Do not abuse the seqcount_t latching API 2020-09-10 11:19:28 +02:00
net net: nexthop: don't allow empty NHA_GROUP 2020-08-22 12:39:55 -07:00
samples Kbuild updates for v5.9 2020-08-09 14:10:26 -07:00
scripts seqlock,tags: Add support for SEQCOUNT_LOCKTYPE() 2020-08-26 12:42:01 +02:00
security Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2020-08-12 11:24:12 -07:00
sound sound fixes for 5.9-rc2 2020-08-21 10:07:54 -07:00
tools Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2020-08-23 10:52:33 -07:00
usr Merge branch 'work.fdpic' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2020-08-07 13:29:39 -07:00
virt * PAE and PKU bugfixes for x86 2020-08-22 10:03:05 -07:00
.clang-format block: add bio_for_each_bvec_all() 2020-05-25 11:25:24 +02:00
.cocciconfig scripts: add Linux .cocciconfig for coccinelle 2016-07-22 12:13:39 +02:00
.get_maintainer.ignore Opt out of scripts/get_maintainer.pl 2019-05-16 10:53:40 -07:00
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.gitignore .gitignore: Add ZSTD-compressed files 2020-07-31 11:50:49 +02:00
.mailmap Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2020-08-21 14:44:48 -07:00
COPYING COPYING: state that all contributions really are covered by this file 2020-02-10 13:32:20 -08:00
CREDITS CREDITS: Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones 2020-07-23 14:53:58 -06:00
Kbuild kbuild: rename hostprogs-y/always to hostprogs/always-y 2020-02-04 01:53:07 +09:00
Kconfig kbuild: ensure full rebuild when the compiler is updated 2020-05-12 13:28:33 +09:00
MAINTAINERS MAINTAINERS: Update Mellanox and Cumulus Network addresses to new domain 2020-08-21 10:48:48 -03:00
Makefile Linux 5.9-rc2 2020-08-23 14:08:43 -07:00
README Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00

README 

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.