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pcpu_balance_workfn() unconditionally calls pcpu_balance_free(),
pcpu_reclaim_populated(), pcpu_balance_populated() and
pcpu_balance_free() again.

Each call to pcpu_balance_free() and pcpu_reclaim_populated() will
cause at least one acquisition of the pcpu_lock. So even if the
balancing was scheduled because of a failed atomic allocation,
pcpu_lock will be acquired at least 4 times. This obviously
increases the contention on the pcpu_lock.

To optimize the scheme let's grab the pcpu_lock on the upper level
(in pcpu_balance_workfn()) and keep it generally locked for the whole
duration of the scheduled work, but release conditionally to perform
any slow operations like chunk (de)population and creation of new
chunks.
Signed-off-by: Roman Gushchin <guro@fb.com>
Signed-off-by: Dennis Zhou <dennis@kernel.org>