linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] genalloc: add support of named pool

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Date:	Sat, 17 Dec 2011 12:05:26 +1100
From:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:	Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD <plagnioj@...osoft.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] genalloc: add support of named pool

Hi,

On Thu,  8 Dec 2011 16:50:08 +0100 Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD <plagnioj@...osoft.com> wrote:
>
>  struct gen_pool {
> +	char *name;			/* pool name */

Any reason that this can't be "const char *"?

> +extern struct gen_pool *gen_pool_create_byname(char*, int, int);

const char *

> +extern struct gen_pool* gen_pool_byname(char *name);


const char *

> +/**
>   * gen_pool_create - create a new special memory pool

gen_pool_create_byname

> +struct gen_pool *gen_pool_create_byname(char *name, int min_alloc_order, int nid)

const char *

>  {
>  	struct gen_pool *pool;
>  
> +	if (gen_pool_byname(name))
> +		return NULL;
> +
>  	pool = kmalloc_node(sizeof(struct gen_pool), GFP_KERNEL, nid);
>  	if (pool != NULL) {
>  		spin_lock_init(&pool->lock);
>  		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pool->chunks);
>  		pool->min_alloc_order = min_alloc_order;
>  	}
> +
> +	list_add_tail(&pool->list, &pools);
>  	return pool;
>  }

I don't see where you assign pool->name to anything ...

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@...b.auug.org.au
http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/

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