linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] slub: min order when debug_guardpage

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Date:	Wed, 7 Dec 2011 14:07:55 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
To:	Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@...hat.com>
cc:	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] slub: min order when debug_guardpage_minorder >
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On Fri, 18 Nov 2011, Stanislaw Gruszka wrote:

> diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
> index 7d2a996..a66be56 100644
> --- a/mm/slub.c
> +++ b/mm/slub.c
> @@ -3645,6 +3645,9 @@ void __init kmem_cache_init(void)
>  	struct kmem_cache *temp_kmem_cache_node;
>  	unsigned long kmalloc_size;
>  
> +	if (debug_guardpage_minorder())
> +		slub_max_order = 0;
> +
>  	kmem_size = offsetof(struct kmem_cache, node) +
>  				nr_node_ids * sizeof(struct kmem_cache_node *);
> 

I'd recommend at least printing a warning about why slub_max_order was 
reduced because users may be concerned why they can't now change any 
cache's order with /sys/kernel/slab/cache/order.
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