linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 02/29] slub: fix slab

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Message-ID: <4FB4CF7A.9090108@parallels.com>
Date:	Thu, 17 May 2012 14:14:18 +0400
From:	Glauber Costa <glommer@...allels.com>
To:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
CC:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <cgroups@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Li Zefan <lizefan@...wei.com>,
	Greg Thelen <gthelen@...gle.com>,
	Suleiman Souhlal <suleiman@...gle.com>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>, <devel@...nvz.org>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 02/29] slub: fix slab_state for slub

On 05/16/2012 01:55 AM, David Rientjes wrote:
> On Fri, 11 May 2012, Glauber Costa wrote:
>
>> When the slub code wants to know if the sysfs state has already been
>> initialized, it tests for slab_state == SYSFS. This is quite fragile,
>> since new state can be added in the future (it is, in fact, for
>> memcg caches). This patch fixes this behavior so the test matches
>>> = SYSFS, as all other state does.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Glauber Costa<glommer@...allels.com>
>
> Acked-by: David Rientjes<rientjes@...gle.com>
>
> Can be merged now, there's no dependency on the rest of this patchset.

So, is anyone taking this? I plan another submission this week, let me 
know if I should include these two patches or not.
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