mm: convert totalram_pages and totalhigh_pages variables to atomic
totalram_pages and totalhigh_pages are made static inline function. Main motivation was that managed_page_count_lock handling was complicating things. It was discussed in length here, https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/995739/#1181785 So it seemes better to remove the lock and convert variables to atomic, with preventing poteintial store-to-read tearing as a bonus. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding style fixes] Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1542090790-21750-4-git-send-email-arunks@codeaurora.org Signed-off-by:Arun KS <arunks@codeaurora.org> Suggested-by:
Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Suggested-by:
Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> Reviewed-by:
Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@yandex-team.ru> Reviewed-by:
Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com> Acked-by:
Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Acked-by:
Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com> Signed-off-by:
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by:
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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