linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm/slub: refactor freelist to use custom type

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Date:   Tue, 4 Jul 2023 13:26:12 +0200
From:   Matteo Rizzo <matteorizzo@...gle.com>
To:     David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
Cc:     linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, cl@...ux.com,
        penberg@...nel.org, iamjoonsoo.kim@....com,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, vbabka@...e.cz,
        roman.gushchin@...ux.dev, 42.hyeyoo@...il.com, jannh@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/slub: refactor freelist to use custom type

On Mon, 3 Jul 2023 at 22:10, David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com> wrote:
> Seems strange this would only appear for configs without CONFIG_SLUB_TINY.
>
> Since lots of files include linux/slab.h I think this may start to be used
> in non-slab code.  Not sure why it needs to be added to the header file?
>

Thanks for the comments! I think that makes sense. I will move the typedef
to slub.c and move it out of the ifdef (since that also broke the build with
SLUB_TINY).

--
Matteo