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Current behavior is that region_chg provides both a cache entry in resv->region_cache, AND a placeholder entry in resv->regions. region_add first tries to use the placeholder, and if it finds that the placeholder has been deleted by a racing region_del call, it uses the cache entry. This behavior is completely unnecessary and is removed in this patch for a couple of reasons: 1. region_add needs to either find a cached file_region entry in resv->region_cache, or find an entry in resv->regions to expand. It does not need both. 2. region_chg adding a placeholder entry in resv->regions opens up a possible race with region_del, where region_chg adds a placeholder region in resv->regions, and this region is deleted by a racing call to region_del during region_chg execution or before region_add is called. Removing the race makes the code easier to reason about and maintain. In addition, a follow up patch in another series that disables region coalescing, which would be further complicated if the race with region_del exists. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190919200428.188797-2-almasrymina@google.com Signed-off-by: Mina Almasry <almasrymina@google.com> Reviewed-by: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@oracle.com> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Cc: Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@google.com> Cc: Greg Thelen <gthelen@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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