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authorNikolay Borisov <nborisov@suse.com>2017-07-13 00:37:51 +0300
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2017-07-13 02:26:05 +0300
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writeback: rework wb_[dec|inc]_stat family of functions
Currently the writeback statistics code uses a percpu counters to hold various statistics. Furthermore we have 2 families of functions - those which disable local irq and those which doesn't and whose names begin with double underscore. However, they both end up calling __add_wb_stats which in turn calls percpu_counter_add_batch which is already irq-safe. Exploiting this fact allows to eliminated the __wb_* functions since they don't add any further protection than we already have. Furthermore, refactor the wb_* function to call __add_wb_stat directly without the irq-disabling dance. This will likely result in better runtime of code which deals with modifying the stat counters. While at it also document why percpu_counter_add_batch is in fact preempt and irq-safe since at least 3 people got confused. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1498029937-27293-1-git-send-email-nborisov@suse.com Signed-off-by: Nikolay Borisov <nborisov@suse.com> Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Cc: Josef Bacik <jbacik@fb.com> Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> Cc: Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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