1 files changed, 20 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 3d3a8a7a0f8c..25f14ad8f817 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -1518,11 +1518,9 @@ static void discard_slab(struct kmem_cache *s, struct page *page)
 /*
  * Management of partially allocated slabs.
  */
-static inline void add_partial(struct kmem_cache_node *n,
-                                struct page *page, int tail)
+static inline void
+__add_partial(struct kmem_cache_node *n, struct page *page, int tail)
 {
-        lockdep_assert_held(&n->list_lock);
-
         n->nr_partial++;
         if (tail == DEACTIVATE_TO_TAIL)
                 list_add_tail(&page->lru, &n->partial);
@@ -1530,15 +1528,27 @@ static inline void add_partial(struct kmem_cache_node *n,
                 list_add(&page->lru, &n->partial);
 }
 
-static inline void remove_partial(struct kmem_cache_node *n,
-                                        struct page *page)
+static inline void add_partial(struct kmem_cache_node *n,
+                                struct page *page, int tail)
 {
         lockdep_assert_held(&n->list_lock);
+        __add_partial(n, page, tail);
+}
 
+static inline void
+__remove_partial(struct kmem_cache_node *n, struct page *page)
+{
         list_del(&page->lru);
         n->nr_partial--;
 }
 
+static inline void remove_partial(struct kmem_cache_node *n,
+                                        struct page *page)
+{
+        lockdep_assert_held(&n->list_lock);
+        __remove_partial(n, page);
+}
+
 /*
  * Remove slab from the partial list, freeze it and
  * return the pointer to the freelist.
@@ -2904,12 +2914,10 @@ static void early_kmem_cache_node_alloc(int node)
         inc_slabs_node(kmem_cache_node, node, page->objects);
 
         /*
-         * the lock is for lockdep's sake, not for any actual
-         * race protection
+         * No locks need to be taken here as it has just been
+         * initialized and there is no concurrent access.
          */
-        spin_lock(&n->list_lock);
-        add_partial(n, page, DEACTIVATE_TO_HEAD);
-        spin_unlock(&n->list_lock);
+        __add_partial(n, page, DEACTIVATE_TO_HEAD);
 }
 
 static void free_kmem_cache_nodes(struct kmem_cache *s)
@@ -3195,7 +3203,7 @@ static void free_partial(struct kmem_cache *s, struct kmem_cache_node *n)
 
         list_for_each_entry_safe(page, h, &n->partial, lru) {
                 if (!page->inuse) {
-                        remove_partial(n, page);
+                        __remove_partial(n, page);
                         discard_slab(s, page);
                 } else {
                         list_slab_objects(s, page,