linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] slob: handle SLAB

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Message-ID: <20070409145758.GO4892@waste.org>
Date:	Mon, 9 Apr 2007 09:57:58 -0500
From:	Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>
To:	Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] slob: handle SLAB_PANIC flag

On Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 10:08:47PM +0900, Akinobu Mita wrote:
> kmem_cache_create() for slob doesn't handle SLAB_PANIC.
> 
> Cc: Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>
> Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>
> 
> ---
>  mm/slob.c |    3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> Index: 2.6-mm/mm/slob.c
> ===================================================================
> --- 2.6-mm.orig/mm/slob.c
> +++ 2.6-mm/mm/slob.c
> @@ -298,6 +298,9 @@ struct kmem_cache *kmem_cache_create(con
>  		c->align = (flags & SLAB_MUST_HWCACHE_ALIGN) ? SLOB_ALIGN : 0;
>  		if (c->align < align)
>  			c->align = align;
> +	} else {
> +		if (flags & SLAB_PANIC)
> +			panic("Cannot create slab cache %s\n", name);
>  	}

I think this would be more canonical:

} else if (..)
   panic();

But otherwise,

Signed-off-by: Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>

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