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memcg: protect prev_priority

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Currently, mem_cgroup doesn't have own lock and almost its member doesn't
need.  (e.g.  mem_cgroup->info is protected by zone lock, mem_cgroup->stat
is per cpu variable)

However, there is one explict exception.  mem_cgroup->prev_priorit need
lock, but doesn't protect.  Luckly, this is NOT bug because prev_priority
isn't used for current reclaim code.

However, we plan to use prev_priority future again.  Therefore, fixing is
better.

In addition, we plan to reuse this lock for another member.  Then
"reclaim_param_lock" name is better than "prev_priority_lock".

Acked-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com>
Cc: Balbir Singh <balbir@in.ibm.com>
Cc: Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>
Cc: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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KOSAKI Motohiro 2009-01-07 18:08:23 -08:00 • committed by Linus Torvalds
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