Re: [PATCH 2/2] kvfree_rcu: convert a page cache to lock-free variant

2021-03-12 Thread Paul E. McKenney
On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 01:38:14PM +0100, Uladzislau Rezki wrote: > Hello, Paul. > > Please do not consider this patch. It is buggy :) Consider it formally withdrawn, and thank you for letting me know! Thanx, Paul > -- > Vlad Rezki > >

[PATCH 2/2] kvfree_rcu: convert a page cache to lock-free variant

2021-03-08 Thread Uladzislau Rezki (Sony)
Implement an access to the page cache as lock-free variant. This is done because there are extra places where an access is required, therefore making it lock-less will remove any lock contention. For example we have a shrinker path as well as a reclaim kthread. In both cases a current CPU can