linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH powerpc 2/2] kfree the cache name of pgtable cache if SLUB is used

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1207031344240.14703@router.home>
Date:	Tue, 3 Jul 2012 13:48:01 -0500 (CDT)
From:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
To:	Li Zhong <zhong@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
	Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	PowerPC email list <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH powerpc 2/2] kfree the cache name  of pgtable cache if
 SLUB is used

On Mon, 25 Jun 2012, Li Zhong wrote:

> This patch tries to kfree the cache name of pgtables cache if SLUB is
> used, as SLUB duplicates the cache name, and the original one is leaked.

SLAB also does not free the name. Why would you have an #ifdef in there?
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