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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
index 41eba21f10ba..4612bb2e3677 100644
--- a/mm/migrate.c
+++ b/mm/migrate.c
@@ -1602,26 +1602,29 @@ bool migrate_ratelimited(int node)
static bool numamigrate_update_ratelimit(pg_data_t *pgdat,
unsigned long nr_pages)
{
- bool rate_limited = false;
-
/*
* Rate-limit the amount of data that is being migrated to a node.
* Optimal placement is no good if the memory bus is saturated and
* all the time is being spent migrating!
*/
- spin_lock(&pgdat->numabalancing_migrate_lock);
if (time_after(jiffies, pgdat->numabalancing_migrate_next_window)) {
+ spin_lock(&pgdat->numabalancing_migrate_lock);
pgdat->numabalancing_migrate_nr_pages = 0;
pgdat->numabalancing_migrate_next_window = jiffies +
msecs_to_jiffies(migrate_interval_millisecs);
+ spin_unlock(&pgdat->numabalancing_migrate_lock);
}
if (pgdat->numabalancing_migrate_nr_pages > ratelimit_pages)
- rate_limited = true;
- else
- pgdat->numabalancing_migrate_nr_pages += nr_pages;
- spin_unlock(&pgdat->numabalancing_migrate_lock);
-
- return rate_limited;
+ return true;
+
+ /*
+ * This is an unlocked non-atomic update so errors are possible.
+ * The consequences are failing to migrate when we potentiall should
+ * have which is not severe enough to warrant locking. If it is ever
+ * a problem, it can be converted to a per-cpu counter.
+ */
+ pgdat->numabalancing_migrate_nr_pages += nr_pages;
+ return false;
}
static int numamigrate_isolate_page(pg_data_t *pgdat, struct page *page)