linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH] slub: Keep page and object in sync in slab_alloc

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Date:	Thu, 17 Jan 2013 19:23:18 -0500
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
	Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	RT <linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org>,
	Clark Williams <clark@...hat.com>,
	John Kacur <jkacur@...il.com>,
	"Luis Claudio R. Goncalves" <lgoncalv@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] slub: Keep page and object in sync in
 slab_alloc_node()

On Thu, 2013-01-17 at 18:20 -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> 	object = c->freelist;
>  	page = c->page;

Hmm, having local_irq_restore() here is probably just as good, as object
and page were grabbed together under it. It doesn't change the condition
below any.

/me updates patch.

-- Steve

> -	if (unlikely(!object || !node_match(page, node)))
> +
> +	new_object = !object || !node_match(page, node);
> +	local_irq_restore(flags);
> +
> +	if (new_object)
>  		object = __slab_alloc(s, gfpflags, node, addr, c);
>  
>  	else {
> 


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