linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 5/7] slub: Use slab

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <20190403184303.GE6778@tower.DHCP.thefacebook.com>
Date:   Wed, 3 Apr 2019 18:43:07 +0000
From:   Roman Gushchin <guro@...com>
To:     "Tobin C. Harding" <tobin@...nel.org>
CC:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
        Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        "linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 5/7] slub: Use slab_list instead of lru

On Wed, Apr 03, 2019 at 10:05:43AM +1100, Tobin C. Harding wrote:
> Currently we use the page->lru list for maintaining lists of slabs.  We
> have a list in the page structure (slab_list) that can be used for this
> purpose.  Doing so makes the code cleaner since we are not overloading
> the lru list.
> 
> Use the slab_list instead of the lru list for maintaining lists of
> slabs.
> 
> Acked-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
> Signed-off-by: Tobin C. Harding <tobin@...nel.org>

Reviewed-by: Roman Gushchin <guro@...com>