linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6] mm: slub: move sysfs slab alloc/free interfaces to debugfs

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Message-ID: <YKPBFn26BlPJZn0t@kroah.com>
Date:   Tue, 18 May 2021 15:28:54 +0200
From:   Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:     Faiyaz Mohammed <faiyazm@...eaurora.org>
Cc:     cl@...ux.com, penberg@...nel.org, rientjes@...gle.com,
        iamjoonsoo.kim@....com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, vbabka@...e.cz,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        glittao@...il.com, vinmenon@...eaurora.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6] mm: slub: move sysfs slab alloc/free interfaces to
 debugfs

On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 06:15:49PM +0530, Faiyaz Mohammed wrote:
> alloc_calls and free_calls implementation in sysfs have two issues,
> one is PAGE_SIZE limitiation of sysfs and other is it does not adhere
> to "one value per file" rule.
> 
> To overcome this issues, move the alloc_calls and free_calls implemeation
> to debugfs.
> 
> Rename the alloc_calls/free_calls to alloc_traces/free_traces,
> to be inline with what it does.
> 
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
> Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Faiyaz Mohammed <faiyazm@...eaurora.org>
> ---
>  include/linux/slub_def.h |   8 ++
>  mm/slab_common.c         |   9 ++
>  mm/slub.c                | 359 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
>  3 files changed, 294 insertions(+), 82 deletions(-)

If this is v6, what happened in v1-5?  That should always be below the
--- line, right?