memcg: convert mem_cgroup->under_oom from atomic_t to int
memcg->under_oom tracks whether the memcg is under OOM conditions and is an atomic_t counter managed with mem_cgroup_[un]mark_under_oom(). While atomic_t appears to be simple synchronization-wise, when used as a synchronization construct like here, it's trickier and more error-prone due to weak memory ordering rules, especially around atomic_read(), and false sense of security. For example, both non-trivial read sites of memcg->under_oom are a bit problematic although not being actually broken. * mem_cgroup_oom_register_event() It isn't explicit what guarantees the memory ordering between event addition and memcg->under_oom check. This isn't broken only because memcg_oom_lock is used for both event list and memcg->oom_lock. * memcg_oom_recover() The lockless test doesn't have any explanation why this would be safe. mem_cgroup_[un]mark_under_oom() are very cold paths and there's no point in avoiding locking memcg_oom_lock there. This patch converts memcg->under_oom from atomic_t to int, puts their modifications under memcg_oom_lock and documents why the lockless test in memcg_oom_recover() is safe. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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