linux-kernel - [patch 013/123] slab: initialize unused alien cache entry as NULL at alloc_alien

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Date:	Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:11:51 -0800
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org
Cc:	stable-review@...nel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>,
	Haicheng Li <haicheng.li@...ux.intel.com>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
Subject: [patch 013/123] slab: initialize unused alien cache entry as NULL at alloc_alien_cache().

2.6.33-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

-----------------

From: Haicheng Li <haicheng.li@...ux.intel.com>

commit f3186a9c51eabe75b2780153ed7f07778d78b16e upstream.

Comparing with existing code, it's a simpler way to use kzalloc_node()
to ensure that each unused alien cache entry is NULL.

CC: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Acked-by: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
Acked-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>
Acked-by: Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>
Signed-off-by: Haicheng Li <haicheng.li@...ux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>

---
 mm/slab.c |    6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -983,13 +983,11 @@ static struct array_cache **alloc_alien_
 
 	if (limit > 1)
 		limit = 12;
-	ac_ptr = kmalloc_node(memsize, gfp, node);
+	ac_ptr = kzalloc_node(memsize, gfp, node);
 	if (ac_ptr) {
 		for_each_node(i) {
-			if (i == node || !node_online(i)) {
-				ac_ptr[i] = NULL;
+			if (i == node || !node_online(i))
 				continue;
-			}
 			ac_ptr[i] = alloc_arraycache(node, limit, 0xbaadf00d, gfp);
 			if (!ac_ptr[i]) {
 				for (i--; i >= 0; i--)


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