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Each CPU has SHMEM_INO_BATCH inodes available in `->ino_batch' which is per-CPU. Access here is serialized by disabling preemption. If the pool is empty, it gets reloaded from `->next_ino'. Access here is serialized by ->stat_lock which is a spinlock_t and can not be acquired with disabled preemption. One way around it would make per-CPU ino_batch struct containing the inode number a local_lock_t. Another solution is to promote ->stat_lock to a raw_spinlock_t. The critical sections are short. The mpol_put() must be moved outside of the critical section to avoid invoking the destructor with disabled preemption. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210806142916.jdwkb5bx62q5fwfo@linutronix.de Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> Acked-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.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.