linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/6] slab: wrap debug slab validation in validate_slab

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Message-ID: <aMPz20n2vr0xQJeG@hyeyoo>
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2025 19:20:11 +0900
From: Harry Yoo <harry.yoo@...cle.com>
To: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
Cc: "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@...radead.org>,
        Christoph Lameter <cl@...two.org>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@...ux.dev>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] slab: wrap debug slab validation in
 validate_slab_ptr()

On Thu, Sep 11, 2025 at 07:02:35PM +0200, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> This will make it clear where we currently cast struct slab to folio
> only to check the slab type, and allow to change the implementation
> later with memdesc conversion.
> 
> For now use a struct page based implementation instead of struct folio
> to be compatible with further upcoming changes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
> ---

Looks good to me,
Reviewed-by: Harry Yoo <harry.yoo@...cle.com>

>  mm/slub.c | 15 ++++++++++++---
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 

-- 
Cheers,
Harry / Hyeonggon