Re: 2.4.18(19) swapcache oops

Andrew Morton (akpm@zip.com.au)
Thu, 15 Aug 2002 13:21:17 -0700


Andrew Morton wrote:
>
> ...
> --- 2.4.19/mm/swap.c~lru-race Thu Aug 15 13:03:48 2002
> +++ 2.4.19-akpm/mm/swap.c Thu Aug 15 13:04:19 2002
> @@ -57,9 +57,10 @@ void activate_page(struct page * page)
> */
> void lru_cache_add(struct page * page)
> {
> - if (!TestSetPageLRU(page)) {
> + if (!PageLRU(page)) {
> spin_lock(&pagemap_lru_lock);
> - add_page_to_inactive_list(page);
> + if (!TestSetPageLRU(page))
> + add_page_to_inactive_list(page);
> spin_unlock(&pagemap_lru_lock);
> }
> }

Seems that I fixed this in 2.5.32. That set_bit outside
the lock gave me the willes, and I couldn't put my finger on why.
Never occurred to me that the page could be found via pagecache
lookup in this manner.

In 2.5, it is effectively:

void lru_cache_add(struct page * page)
{
spin_lock(&pagemap_lru_lock);
if (TestSetPageLRU(page))
BUG();
add_page_to_inactive_list(page);
spin_unlock(&pagemap_lru_lock);
}

which is what should be tested in 2.4. It's stricter, and significantly
faster.
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