The constructor for buffer_head slabs was removed recently. We need the constructor in order to insure that slab objects always have a definite state even before we allocated them. [This patch is already in mm] Reviewed-by: Rik van Riel Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter --- fs/buffer.c | 19 +++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6/fs/buffer.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/fs/buffer.c 2007-10-25 18:28:40.000000000 -0700 +++ linux-2.6/fs/buffer.c 2007-11-06 12:55:45.000000000 -0800 @@ -3169,10 +3169,9 @@ static void recalc_bh_state(void) struct buffer_head *alloc_buffer_head(gfp_t gfp_flags) { - struct buffer_head *ret = kmem_cache_zalloc(bh_cachep, + struct buffer_head *ret = kmem_cache_alloc(bh_cachep, set_migrateflags(gfp_flags, __GFP_RECLAIMABLE)); if (ret) { - INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ret->b_assoc_buffers); get_cpu_var(bh_accounting).nr++; recalc_bh_state(); put_cpu_var(bh_accounting); @@ -3213,12 +3212,24 @@ static int buffer_cpu_notify(struct noti return NOTIFY_OK; } +static void +init_buffer_head(void *data, struct kmem_cache *cachep, unsigned long flags) +{ + struct buffer_head * bh = (struct buffer_head *)data; + + memset(bh, 0, sizeof(*bh)); + INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bh->b_assoc_buffers); +} + void __init buffer_init(void) { int nrpages; - bh_cachep = KMEM_CACHE(buffer_head, - SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT|SLAB_PANIC|SLAB_MEM_SPREAD); + bh_cachep = kmem_cache_create("buffer_head", + sizeof(struct buffer_head), 0, + (SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT|SLAB_PANIC| + SLAB_MEM_SPREAD), + init_buffer_head); /* * Limit the bh occupancy to 10% of ZONE_NORMAL -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/