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Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:56:41 -0500
From: Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>
To: Eduard - Gabriel Munteanu <eduard.munteanu@...ux360.ro>
CC: penberg@...helsinki.fi, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
linux-mm@...ck.org, rdunlap@...otime.net, mpm@...enic.com,
tglx@...utronix.de, rostedt@...dmis.org,
mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca, tzanussi@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] SLUB: Replace __builtin_return_address(0) with _RET_IP_.
Eduard - Gabriel Munteanu wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 01:14:01PM -0500, Christoph Lameter wrote:
>> Eduard - Gabriel Munteanu wrote:
>>
>>> void *kmem_cache_alloc(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t gfpflags)
>>> {
>>> - return slab_alloc(s, gfpflags, -1, __builtin_return_address(0));
>>> + return slab_alloc(s, gfpflags, -1, (void *) _RET_IP_);
>>> }
>> Could you get rid of the casts by changing the type of parameter of slab_alloc()?
>
> I just looked at it and it isn't a trivial change. slab_alloc() calls
> other functions which expect a void ptr. Even if slab_alloc() were to
> take an unsigned long and then cast it to a void ptr, other functions do
> call slab_alloc() with void ptr arguments (so the casts would move
> there).
>
> I'd rather have this merged as it is and change things later, so that
> kmemtrace gets some testing from Pekka and others.
>
Well maybe this patch will do it then:
Subject: slub: Use _RET_IP and use "unsigned long" for kernel text addresses
Use _RET_IP_ instead of buildint_return_address() and make slub use unsigned long
instead of void * for addresses.
Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>
---
mm/slub.c | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
Index: linux-2.6/mm/slub.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/mm/slub.c 2008-08-19 11:40:52.332357770 -0700
+++ linux-2.6/mm/slub.c 2008-08-19 11:52:17.479064425 -0700
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ static LIST_HEAD(slab_caches);
* Tracking user of a slab.
*/
struct track {
- void *addr; /* Called from address */
+ unsigned long addr; /* Called from address */
int cpu; /* Was running on cpu */
int pid; /* Pid context */
unsigned long when; /* When did the operation occur */
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ static struct track *get_track(struct km
}
static void set_track(struct kmem_cache *s, void *object,
- enum track_item alloc, void *addr)
+ enum track_item alloc, unsigned long addr)
{
struct track *p;
@@ -390,8 +390,8 @@ static void init_tracking(struct kmem_ca
if (!(s->flags & SLAB_STORE_USER))
return;
- set_track(s, object, TRACK_FREE, NULL);
- set_track(s, object, TRACK_ALLOC, NULL);
+ set_track(s, object, TRACK_FREE, 0L);
+ set_track(s, object, TRACK_ALLOC, 0L);
}
static void print_track(const char *s, struct track *t)
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ static void print_track(const char *s, s
if (!t->addr)
return;
- printk(KERN_ERR "INFO: %s in %pS age=%lu cpu=%u pid=%d\n",
+ printk(KERN_ERR "INFO: %s in %lxS age=%lu cpu=%u pid=%d\n",
s, t->addr, jiffies - t->when, t->cpu, t->pid);
}
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ static void setup_object_debug(struct km
}
static int alloc_debug_processing(struct kmem_cache *s, struct page *page,
- void *object, void *addr)
+ void *object, unsigned long addr)
{
if (!check_slab(s, page))
goto bad;
@@ -905,7 +905,7 @@ bad:
}
static int free_debug_processing(struct kmem_cache *s, struct page *page,
- void *object, void *addr)
+ void *object, unsigned long addr)
{
if (!check_slab(s, page))
goto fail;
@@ -1028,10 +1028,10 @@ static inline void setup_object_debug(st
struct page *page, void *object) {}
static inline int alloc_debug_processing(struct kmem_cache *s,
- struct page *page, void *object, void *addr) { return 0; }
+ struct page *page, void *object, unsigned long addr) { return 0; }
static inline int free_debug_processing(struct kmem_cache *s,
- struct page *page, void *object, void *addr) { return 0; }
+ struct page *page, void *object, unsigned long) { return 0; }
static inline int slab_pad_check(struct kmem_cache *s, struct page *page)
{ return 1; }
@@ -1499,7 +1499,7 @@ static inline int node_match(struct kmem
* a call to the page allocator and the setup of a new slab.
*/
static void *__slab_alloc(struct kmem_cache *s,
- gfp_t gfpflags, int node, void *addr, struct kmem_cache_cpu *c)
+ gfp_t gfpflags, int node, unsigned long addr, struct kmem_cache_cpu *c)
{
void **object;
struct page *new;
@@ -1583,7 +1583,7 @@ debug:
* Otherwise we can simply pick the next object from the lockless free list.
*/
static __always_inline void *slab_alloc(struct kmem_cache *s,
- gfp_t gfpflags, int node, void *addr)
+ gfp_t gfpflags, int node, unsigned long addr)
{
void **object;
struct kmem_cache_cpu *c;
@@ -1612,14 +1612,14 @@ static __always_inline void *slab_alloc(
void *kmem_cache_alloc(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t gfpflags)
{
- return slab_alloc(s, gfpflags, -1, __builtin_return_address(0));
+ return slab_alloc(s, gfpflags, -1, _RET_IP_);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_alloc);
#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
void *kmem_cache_alloc_node(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t gfpflags, int node)
{
- return slab_alloc(s, gfpflags, node, __builtin_return_address(0));
+ return slab_alloc(s, gfpflags, node, _RET_IP_);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_alloc_node);
#endif
@@ -1633,7 +1633,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_alloc_node);
* handling required then we can return immediately.
*/
static void __slab_free(struct kmem_cache *s, struct page *page,
- void *x, void *addr, unsigned int offset)
+ void *x, unsigned long addr, unsigned int offset)
{
void *prior;
void **object = (void *)x;
@@ -1703,7 +1703,7 @@ debug:
* with all sorts of special processing.
*/
static __always_inline void slab_free(struct kmem_cache *s,
- struct page *page, void *x, void *addr)
+ struct page *page, void *x, unsigned long addr)
{
void **object = (void *)x;
struct kmem_cache_cpu *c;
@@ -1730,7 +1730,7 @@ void kmem_cache_free(struct kmem_cache *
page = virt_to_head_page(x);
- slab_free(s, page, x, __builtin_return_address(0));
+ slab_free(s, page, x, _RET_IP_);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_free);
@@ -2657,7 +2657,7 @@ void *__kmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags
if (unlikely(ZERO_OR_NULL_PTR(s)))
return s;
- return slab_alloc(s, flags, -1, __builtin_return_address(0));
+ return slab_alloc(s, flags, -1, _RET_IP_);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__kmalloc);
@@ -2685,7 +2685,7 @@ void *__kmalloc_node(size_t size, gfp_t
if (unlikely(ZERO_OR_NULL_PTR(s)))
return s;
- return slab_alloc(s, flags, node, __builtin_return_address(0));
+ return slab_alloc(s, flags, node, _RET_IP_);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__kmalloc_node);
#endif
@@ -2742,7 +2742,7 @@ void kfree(const void *x)
put_page(page);
return;
}
- slab_free(page->slab, page, object, __builtin_return_address(0));
+ slab_free(page->slab, page, object, _RET_IP_);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(kfree);
@@ -3210,7 +3210,7 @@ void *__kmalloc_track_caller(size_t size
if (unlikely(ZERO_OR_NULL_PTR(s)))
return s;
- return slab_alloc(s, gfpflags, -1, caller);
+ return slab_alloc(s, gfpflags, -1, (unsigned long)caller);
}
void *__kmalloc_node_track_caller(size_t size, gfp_t gfpflags,
@@ -3226,7 +3226,7 @@ void *__kmalloc_node_track_caller(size_t
if (unlikely(ZERO_OR_NULL_PTR(s)))
return s;
- return slab_alloc(s, gfpflags, node, caller);
+ return slab_alloc(s, gfpflags, node, (unsigned long)caller);
}
#ifdef CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG
@@ -3425,7 +3425,7 @@ static void resiliency_test(void) {};
struct location {
unsigned long count;
- void *addr;
+ unsigned long addr;
long long sum_time;
long min_time;
long max_time;
@@ -3473,7 +3473,7 @@ static int add_location(struct loc_track
{
long start, end, pos;
struct location *l;
- void *caddr;
+ unsigned long caddr;
unsigned long age = jiffies - track->when;
start = -1;
--
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