mm/page_alloc.c: do not acquire zone lock in is_free_buddy_page()

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Grabbing zone lock in is_free_buddy_page() gives a wrong sense of
safety, and has potential performance implications when zone is
experiencing lock contention.

In any case, if a caller needs a stable result, it should grab zone lock
before calling this function.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210922152833.4023972-1-eric.dumazet@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
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>

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Eric Dumazet 2021-11-05 13:40:31 -07:00 • committed by Linus Torvalds

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