linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -mm v2 8/8] slab: make dead memcg caches discard free slabs immediately

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Date:	Mon, 9 Jun 2014 17:04:16 +0400
From:	Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov@...allels.com>
To:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...two.org>
CC:	<akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>,
	<rientjes@...gle.com>, <penberg@...nel.org>, <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	<mhocko@...e.cz>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-mm@...ck.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -mm v2 8/8] slab: make dead memcg caches discard free
 slabs immediately

On Fri, Jun 06, 2014 at 09:52:17AM -0500, Christoph Lameter wrote:
> On Fri, 6 Jun 2014, Vladimir Davydov wrote:
> 
> > @@ -740,7 +740,8 @@ static void start_cpu_timer(int cpu)
> >  	}
> >  }
> >
> > -static struct array_cache *alloc_arraycache(int node, int entries,
> > +static struct array_cache *alloc_arraycache(struct kmem_cache *cachep,
> > +					    int node, int entries,
> >  					    int batchcount, gfp_t gfp)
> >  {
> >  	int memsize = sizeof(void *) * entries + sizeof(struct array_cache);
> 
> If you pass struct kmem_cache * into alloc_arraycache then we do not need
> to pass entries or batchcount because they are available in struct
> kmem_cache.

Seems you're right. Will rework.

> Otherwise this patch looks a bit too large to me. Simplify a bit?

Yeah, exactly. I will split it and resend.

Thank you.
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