From: Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>
To: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, aneesh.kumar@kernel.org,
linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-mm@kvack.org, npiggin@gmail.com, peterz@infradead.org,
will@kernel.org, david@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] mm/mmu_gather: replace IPI with synchronize_rcu() when batch allocation fails
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 10:06:13 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <26ffb92e-1e62-4e1a-b31b-465a882c2ec4@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c348453a-6a1f-43e4-acbb-02bbeb2ce805@intel.com>
On 2026/2/24 00:35, Dave Hansen wrote:
> On 2/23/26 08:29, Lance Yang wrote:
>>
>> Note: Use this when code really needs to wait for synchronization,
>> *not* for freeing memory. Memory freeing should use RCU callbacks
>> that don't cause latency spikes in this thread.
>
> Yeah, but I'd probably mix it in with the other chit chat about
> non-atomic contexts. I'd also make it something like:
>
> Do not use for freeing memory. Use RCU callbacks instead to
> avoid latency spikes.
>
> to make the commands clear.
Got it, thanks. I'll update it in v2.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-24 2:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-23 3:36 Lance Yang
2026-02-23 9:29 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-02-23 12:58 ` Lance Yang
2026-02-23 13:02 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-02-23 15:31 ` Dave Hansen
2026-02-23 16:29 ` Lance Yang
2026-02-23 16:35 ` Dave Hansen
2026-02-24 2:06 ` Lance Yang [this message]
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