linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7] mm: slub: move sysfs slab alloc/free interfaces to debugfs

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Date:   Wed, 26 May 2021 17:07:56 +0200
From:   Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
To:     Faiyaz Mohammed <faiyazm@...eaurora.org>,
        Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     cl@...ux.com, penberg@...nel.org, rientjes@...gle.com,
        iamjoonsoo.kim@....com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        glittao@...il.com, vinmenon@...eaurora.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7] mm: slub: move sysfs slab alloc/free interfaces to
 debugfs

On 5/26/21 5:06 PM, Faiyaz Mohammed wrote:
>> How about simply replicating the empty function in
>> include/linux/slab_def.h
>> 
> Yes, we can add empty function in include/linux/slab_def.h.
> I will add in next patch version.
> 
>> We could do the same with SYSFS, except the SLAB (and SLUB w/o SYSFS) versions
>> of sysfs_slab_release() would not be empty, but just call
>> slab_kmem_cache_release(s);
>> Then we could get rid of the #ifdef's completely?
>> 
> Is it okay, if I raise separate patch for sysfs by adding empty function
> in slab_def.h?

Yeah that would be cleaner. Thanks.

> Thanks and regards,
> Mohammed Faiyaz
>>> greg k-h
>>>
>> 
>