linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm/slub: remove unused kmem_cache_order

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Message-ID: <5681e266-36ec-f389-20c4-399bc5295898@suse.cz>
Date:   Fri, 29 Apr 2022 11:48:48 +0200
From:   Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
To:     Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@...wei.com>, cl@...ux.com,
        penberg@...nel.org, rientjes@...gle.com, iamjoonsoo.kim@....com,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:     roman.gushchin@...ux.dev, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/slub: remove unused kmem_cache_order_objects max

On 4/29/22 11:05, Miaohe Lin wrote:
> max field holds the largest slab order that was ever used for a slab cache.
> But it's unused now. Remove it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@...wei.com>

Added to slab tree, thanks.

> ---
>  include/linux/slub_def.h | 1 -
>  mm/slub.c                | 2 --
>  2 files changed, 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/slub_def.h b/include/linux/slub_def.h
> index 33c5c0e3bd8d..f9c68a9dac04 100644
> --- a/include/linux/slub_def.h
> +++ b/include/linux/slub_def.h
> @@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ struct kmem_cache {
>  	struct kmem_cache_order_objects oo;
>  
>  	/* Allocation and freeing of slabs */
> -	struct kmem_cache_order_objects max;
>  	struct kmem_cache_order_objects min;
>  	gfp_t allocflags;	/* gfp flags to use on each alloc */
>  	int refcount;		/* Refcount for slab cache destroy */
> diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
> index 1f699ddfff7f..e5535020e0fd 100644
> --- a/mm/slub.c
> +++ b/mm/slub.c
> @@ -4162,8 +4162,6 @@ static int calculate_sizes(struct kmem_cache *s)
>  	 */
>  	s->oo = oo_make(order, size);
>  	s->min = oo_make(get_order(size), size);
> -	if (oo_objects(s->oo) > oo_objects(s->max))
> -		s->max = s->oo;
>  
>  	return !!oo_objects(s->oo);
>  }