On 6/11/26 08:33, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > On Tue, Jun 09, 2026 at 08:38:09PM +0200, David Hildenbrand (Arm) wrote: >> On 6/9/26 20:10, Andrew Morton wrote: >>> >>> >>> Sashiko is saying this doesn't do anything "Because >>> __free_pages_prepare() executes entirely locklessly". Did it goof? >>> >>> https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/df06b66fe4ff8e925ee0714955abc2183a727b90.1780998980.git....@redhat.com >> >> Battle of the bots: it's right. > > Ugh it's bot against human - I remembered we have zone lock > normally in alloc and thought it helps and didn't double check we don't > have it here . The bot wins (
Heh, I was primarily looking whether taking the lock would be harmful, not if it would be useful. :) -- Cheers, David
