linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] slub: record page flag overlays explicitly

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Date:	Mon, 26 May 2008 13:40:44 +0900
From:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>
Cc:	kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] slub: record page flag overlays explicitly

Hi

This patch works well on my box.
but I have one question.

>  	if (s->flags & DEBUG_DEFAULT_FLAGS) {
> -		if (!SlabDebug(page))
> -			printk(KERN_ERR "SLUB %s: SlabDebug not set "
> +		if (!PageSlubDebug(page))
> +			printk(KERN_ERR "SLUB %s: SlubDebug not set "
>  				"on slab 0x%p\n", s->name, page);
>  	} else {
> -		if (SlabDebug(page))
> -			printk(KERN_ERR "SLUB %s: SlabDebug set on "
> +		if (PageSlubDebug(page))
> +			printk(KERN_ERR "SLUB %s: SlubDebug set on "
>  				"slab 0x%p\n", s->name, page);
>  	}
>  }

Why if(SLABDEBUG) check is unnecessary?



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