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-rw-r--r--drivers/md/dm-crypt.c7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c b/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
index 70ae6f3aede9..2aa4acd33af3 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
@@ -2643,7 +2643,12 @@ static void *crypt_page_alloc(gfp_t gfp_mask, void *pool_data)
struct crypt_config *cc = pool_data;
struct page *page;
- if (unlikely(percpu_counter_compare(&cc->n_allocated_pages, dm_crypt_pages_per_client) >= 0) &&
+ /*
+ * Note, percpu_counter_read_positive() may over (and under) estimate
+ * the current usage by at most (batch - 1) * num_online_cpus() pages,
+ * but avoids potential spinlock contention of an exact result.
+ */
+ if (unlikely(percpu_counter_read_positive(&cc->n_allocated_pages) >= dm_crypt_pages_per_client) &&
likely(gfp_mask & __GFP_NORETRY))
return NULL;