Date:	Fri, 22 Nov 2013 09:07:10 +0800
From:	Qiang Huang <h.huangqiang@...wei.com>
To:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>, <cl@...ux-foundation.org>,
	<penberg@...nel.org>, <mpm@...enic.com>
CC:	"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] slab: remove the redundant declaration of kmalloc

On 2013/11/22 3:11, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On 11/20/13 21:57, Qiang Huang wrote:
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Qiang Huang <h.huangqiang@...wei.com>
> 
> or use my patch from 2013-09-17:
> http://marc.info/?l=linux-mm&m=137944291611467&w=2
> 
> Would be nice to one of these merged...

Yes, sorry for not notice this, merge your patch should be property :)
But why it's still not be merged?

Ping...

> 
> 
>> ---
>>  include/linux/slab.h | 102 +++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------------
>>  1 file changed, 46 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h
>> index 74f1058..630f22f 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/slab.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/slab.h
>> @@ -381,7 +381,52 @@ static __always_inline void *kmalloc_large(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
>>  /**
>>   * kmalloc - allocate memory
>>   * @size: how many bytes of memory are required.
>> - * @flags: the type of memory to allocate (see kcalloc).
>> + * @flags: the type of memory to allocate.
>> + *
>> + * The @flags argument may be one of:
>> + *
>> + * %GFP_USER - Allocate memory on behalf of user.  May sleep.
>> + *
>> + * %GFP_KERNEL - Allocate normal kernel ram.  May sleep.
>> + *
>> + * %GFP_ATOMIC - Allocation will not sleep.  May use emergency pools.
>> + *   For example, use this inside interrupt handlers.
>> + *
>> + * %GFP_HIGHUSER - Allocate pages from high memory.
>> + *
>> + * %GFP_NOIO - Do not do any I/O at all while trying to get memory.
>> + *
>> + * %GFP_NOFS - Do not make any fs calls while trying to get memory.
>> + *
>> + * %GFP_NOWAIT - Allocation will not sleep.
>> + *
>> + * %GFP_THISNODE - Allocate node-local memory only.
>> + *
>> + * %GFP_DMA - Allocation suitable for DMA.
>> + *   Should only be used for kmalloc() caches. Otherwise, use a
>> + *   slab created with SLAB_DMA.
>> + *
>> + * Also it is possible to set different flags by OR'ing
>> + * in one or more of the following additional @flags:
>> + *
>> + * %__GFP_COLD - Request cache-cold pages instead of
>> + *   trying to return cache-warm pages.
>> + *
>> + * %__GFP_HIGH - This allocation has high priority and may use emergency pools.
>> + *
>> + * %__GFP_NOFAIL - Indicate that this allocation is in no way allowed to fail
>> + *   (think twice before using).
>> + *
>> + * %__GFP_NORETRY - If memory is not immediately available,
>> + *   then give up at once.
>> + *
>> + * %__GFP_NOWARN - If allocation fails, don't issue any warnings.
>> + *
>> + * %__GFP_REPEAT - If allocation fails initially, try once more before failing.
>> + *
>> + * There are other flags available as well, but these are not intended
>> + * for general use, and so are not documented here. For a full list of
>> + * potential flags, always refer to linux/gfp.h.
>>   *
>>   * kmalloc is the normal method of allocating memory
>>   * for objects smaller than page size in the kernel.
>> @@ -495,61 +540,6 @@ int cache_show(struct kmem_cache *s, struct seq_file *m);
>>  void print_slabinfo_header(struct seq_file *m);
>>
>>  /**
>> - * kmalloc - allocate memory
>> - * @size: how many bytes of memory are required.
>> - * @flags: the type of memory to allocate.
>> - *
>> - * The @flags argument may be one of:
>> - *
>> - * %GFP_USER - Allocate memory on behalf of user.  May sleep.
>> - *
>> - * %GFP_KERNEL - Allocate normal kernel ram.  May sleep.
>> - *
>> - * %GFP_ATOMIC - Allocation will not sleep.  May use emergency pools.
>> - *   For example, use this inside interrupt handlers.
>> - *
>> - * %GFP_HIGHUSER - Allocate pages from high memory.
>> - *
>> - * %GFP_NOIO - Do not do any I/O at all while trying to get memory.
>> - *
>> - * %GFP_NOFS - Do not make any fs calls while trying to get memory.
>> - *
>> - * %GFP_NOWAIT - Allocation will not sleep.
>> - *
>> - * %GFP_THISNODE - Allocate node-local memory only.
>> - *
>> - * %GFP_DMA - Allocation suitable for DMA.
>> - *   Should only be used for kmalloc() caches. Otherwise, use a
>> - *   slab created with SLAB_DMA.
>> - *
>> - * Also it is possible to set different flags by OR'ing
>> - * in one or more of the following additional @flags:
>> - *
>> - * %__GFP_COLD - Request cache-cold pages instead of
>> - *   trying to return cache-warm pages.
>> - *
>> - * %__GFP_HIGH - This allocation has high priority and may use emergency pools.
>> - *
>> - * %__GFP_NOFAIL - Indicate that this allocation is in no way allowed to fail
>> - *   (think twice before using).
>> - *
>> - * %__GFP_NORETRY - If memory is not immediately available,
>> - *   then give up at once.
>> - *
>> - * %__GFP_NOWARN - If allocation fails, don't issue any warnings.
>> - *
>> - * %__GFP_REPEAT - If allocation fails initially, try once more before failing.
>> - *
>> - * There are other flags available as well, but these are not intended
>> - * for general use, and so are not documented here. For a full list of
>> - * potential flags, always refer to linux/gfp.h.
>> - *
>> - * kmalloc is the normal method of allocating memory
>> - * in the kernel.
>> - */
>> -static __always_inline void *kmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags);
>> -
>> -/**
>>   * kmalloc_array - allocate memory for an array.
>>   * @n: number of elements.
>>   * @size: element size.
>>
> 
> 


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