linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv3 1/5] mm: drop page->slab

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Date:	Tue, 25 Aug 2015 20:24:14 +0300
From:	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>
To:	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
Cc:	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv3 1/5] mm: drop page->slab_page

On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 05:02:16PM +0200, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> On 08/19/2015 11:21 AM, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> >Since 8456a648cf44 ("slab: use struct page for slab management") nobody
> >uses slab_page field in struct page.
> >
> >Let's drop it.
> 
> Ah, how about dropping this comment in mm/slab.c:slab_destroy() as well?
> 
>                 /*
>                  * RCU free overloads the RCU head over the LRU.
>                  * slab_page has been overloeaded over the LRU,
>                  * however it is not used from now on so that
>                  * we can use it safely.
>                  */

Actually, whole block can be replaced by

	call_rcu(&page->rcu_head, kmem_rcu_free);

Thanks.

-- 
 Kirill A. Shutemov
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