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mm/vmalloc: check free space in vmap_block lockless
authorThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Thu, 25 May 2023 12:57:07 +0000 (14:57 +0200)
committerAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Fri, 9 Jun 2023 23:25:41 +0000 (16:25 -0700)
commit43d7650234c62201ba3ca5b731226b0b189989a8
tree39e61f957966f409b0010dc8c80ea026f975dcc5
parenta09fad96ffb1d0da007283727235a03b813f989b
mm/vmalloc: check free space in vmap_block lockless

vb_alloc() unconditionally locks a vmap_block on the free list to check
the free space.

This can be done locklessly because vmap_block::free never increases, it's
only decreased on allocations.

Check the free space lockless and only if that succeeds, recheck under the
lock.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230525124504.750481992@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
mm/vmalloc.c