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The previous patches have simplified the access rules around page->mem_cgroup somewhat: 1. We never change page->mem_cgroup while the page is isolated by somebody else. This was by far the biggest exception to our rules and it didn't stop at lock_page() or lock_page_memcg(). 2. We charge pages before they get put into page tables now, so the somewhat fishy rule about "can be in page table as long as it's still locked" is now gone and boiled down to having an exclusive reference to the page. Document the new rules. Any of the following will stabilize the page->mem_cgroup association: - the page lock - LRU isolation - lock_page_memcg() - exclusive access to the page Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Reviewed-by: Alex Shi <alex.shi@linux.alibaba.com> Reviewed-by: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com> Cc: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@shutemov.name> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Cc: Roman Gushchin <guro@fb.com> Cc: Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@google.com> Cc: Balbir Singh <bsingharora@gmail.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200508183105.225460-20-hannes@cmpxchg.org Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.