linux-kernel - [PATCH] slab debug and ARCH_SLAB

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Date:	Thu, 19 Oct 2006 12:57:12 -0700
From:	Kevin Hilman <khilman@...sta.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Kevin Hilman <khilman@...sta.com>
Subject: [PATCH] slab debug and ARCH_SLAB_MINALIGN don't get along

When CONFIG_SLAB_DEBUG is used in combination with ARCH_SLAB_MINALIGN,
some debug flags should be disabled which depend on BYTES_PER_WORD
alignment.

The disabling of these debug flags is not properly handled when
BYTES_PER_WORD < ARCH_SLAB_MEMALIGN < cache_line_size()

This patch fixes that and also adds an alignment check to
cache_alloc_debugcheck_after() when ARCH_SLAB_MINALIGN is used.

Signed-off-by: Kevin Hilman <khilman@...sta.com>
---
 mm/slab.c |   17 +++++++++++------
 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index 266449d..5b71267 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -2197,18 +2197,17 @@ #endif
 	if (flags & SLAB_RED_ZONE || flags & SLAB_STORE_USER)
 		ralign = BYTES_PER_WORD;
 
-	/* 2) arch mandated alignment: disables debug if necessary */
+	/* 2) arch mandated alignment */
 	if (ralign < ARCH_SLAB_MINALIGN) {
 		ralign = ARCH_SLAB_MINALIGN;
-		if (ralign > BYTES_PER_WORD)
-			flags &= ~(SLAB_RED_ZONE | SLAB_STORE_USER);
 	}
-	/* 3) caller mandated alignment: disables debug if necessary */
+	/* 3) caller mandated alignment */
 	if (ralign < align) {
 		ralign = align;
-		if (ralign > BYTES_PER_WORD)
-			flags &= ~(SLAB_RED_ZONE | SLAB_STORE_USER);
 	}
+	/* disable deubg if necessary */
+	if (ralign > BYTES_PER_WORD)
+		flags &= ~(SLAB_RED_ZONE | SLAB_STORE_USER);
 	/*
 	 * 4) Store it.
 	 */
@@ -3063,6 +3062,12 @@ #endif
 
 		cachep->ctor(objp, cachep, ctor_flags);
 	}
+#if ARCH_SLAB_MINALIGN
+	if ((u32)objp & (ARCH_SLAB_MINALIGN-1)) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "0x%p: not aligned to ARCH_SLAB_MINALIGN=%d\n",
+		       objp, ARCH_SLAB_MINALIGN);
+	}
+#endif
 	return objp;
 }
 #else
-- 
1.4.2

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