linux-kernel - Re: [RFC/PATCH 3/3] SLOB: make ksize() more strict for page allocator pass-through

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Date:	Wed, 21 May 2008 14:12:01 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
To:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
cc:	Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	lethal@...ux-sh.org, dhowells@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH 3/3] SLOB: make ksize() more strict for page allocator
 pass-through

On Wed, 21 May 2008, Pekka Enberg wrote:

> Matt Mackall wrote:
> > We already know users (ie nommu memory usage reporting) are abusing this
> > interface. Making them blow up is unnecessary. Just give them wrong
> > answers. Issuing a warning might be a good idea for debugging.
> 
> But kobjsize() never calls ksize() with SLOB as it doesn't set PageSlab. Or
> are you talking about something else here?
> 
> Matt Mackall wrote:
> > Second, I'd prefer to keep this sort of debugging code out of SLOB.
> > SLUB is much better suited to debugging allocator abuse.
> 
> Fair enough. I'll drop the patch.

I also would prefer to keep this out of SLUB. Set/Clear PageSlab dirties 
the cacheline and it forces the unlining of kmalloc_large.

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