linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] SLUB: clear c->freelist in __slab_alloc()/load

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Date:	Tue, 13 May 2008 09:14:05 +0300
From:	"Pekka Enberg" <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
To:	"Benny Halevy" <bhalevy@...asas.com>
Cc:	"Christoph Lameter" <clameter@....com>,
	"Linux Kernel" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] SLUB: clear c->freelist in __slab_alloc()/load_freelist:/SlabDebug path

On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 11:32 PM, Benny Halevy <bhalevy@...asas.com> wrote:
> In the __slab_alloc()/load_freelist:/SlabDebug(c->page) path we only
>  use the object at the head of c->page->freelist
>  and the tail goes back to c->page->freelist.
>  We then set c->node = -1 to force __slab_alloc in next allocation.
>  c->freelist therefore needs to be cleared as it is invalid at this point.
>
>  @@ -1606,6 +1606,7 @@ debug:
>         if (!alloc_debug_processing(s, c->page, object, addr))
>                 goto another_slab;
>
>  +       c->freelist = NULL;
>         c->page->inuse++;
>         c->page->freelist = object[c->offset];
>         c->node = -1;

Makes sense. Christoph?
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