linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 6/7] slab: Use slab

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Message-ID: <20190403184415.GF6778@tower.DHCP.thefacebook.com>
Date:   Wed, 3 Apr 2019 18:44:18 +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 6/7] slab: Use slab_list instead of lru

On Wed, Apr 03, 2019 at 10:05:44AM +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.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tobin C. Harding <tobin@...nel.org>

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