There is no need anymore for the "inuse" field in the page struct. Extend the objects field to 32 bit allowing a practically unlimited number of objects. Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter --- include/linux/mm_types.h | 5 +---- mm/slub.c | 7 ------- 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 11 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/mm_types.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/mm_types.h 2010-07-30 18:37:56.171016883 -0500 +++ linux-2.6/include/linux/mm_types.h 2010-07-30 18:45:28.624439565 -0500 @@ -40,10 +40,7 @@ * to show when page is mapped * & limit reverse map searches. */ - struct { /* SLUB */ - u16 inuse; - u16 objects; - }; + u32 objects; /* SLUB */ }; union { struct { Index: linux-2.6/mm/slub.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/mm/slub.c 2010-07-30 18:45:24.248349179 -0500 +++ linux-2.6/mm/slub.c 2010-07-30 18:45:28.628439648 -0500 @@ -144,7 +144,6 @@ #define OO_SHIFT 16 #define OO_MASK ((1 << OO_SHIFT) - 1) -#define MAX_OBJS_PER_PAGE 65535 /* since page.objects is u16 */ /* Internal SLUB flags */ #define __OBJECT_POISON 0x80000000UL /* Poison object */ @@ -791,9 +790,6 @@ max_objects = ((void *)page->freelist - start) / s->size; } - if (max_objects > MAX_OBJS_PER_PAGE) - max_objects = MAX_OBJS_PER_PAGE; - if (page->objects != max_objects) { slab_err(s, page, "Wrong number of objects. Found %d but " "should be %d", page->objects, max_objects); @@ -2060,9 +2056,6 @@ int rem; int min_order = slub_min_order; - if ((PAGE_SIZE << min_order) / size > MAX_OBJS_PER_PAGE) - return get_order(size * MAX_OBJS_PER_PAGE) - 1; - for (order = max(min_order, fls(min_objects * size - 1) - PAGE_SHIFT); order <= max_order; order++) { -- 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/