linux-kernel - Re: [FIX] slub: Remove kmalloc under list_lock from list_slab

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.21.1912021511250.15780@www.lameter.com>
Date:   Mon, 2 Dec 2019 15:12:20 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Christopher Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
cc:     Yu Zhao <yuzhao@...gle.com>, Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>,
        "Kirill A . Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>,
        Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp>,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Kirill A . Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [FIX] slub: Remove kmalloc under list_lock from list_slab_objects()
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On Sat, 30 Nov 2019, Andrew Morton wrote:

> > Perform the allocation in free_partial() before the list_lock is taken.
>
> No response here?  It looks a lot simpler than the originally proposed
> patch?

Yup. I prefer this one but its my own patch so I cannot Ack this.