netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/7] slab: infrastructure for bulk object allocation and freeing

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Date:	Tue, 16 Jun 2015 14:44:41 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-mm@...ck.org, Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] slab: infrastructure for bulk object allocation and
 freeing

On Mon, 15 Jun 2015 17:51:56 +0200 Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com> wrote:

> +bool kmem_cache_alloc_bulk(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t flags, size_t size,
> +								void **p)
> +{
> +	return kmem_cache_alloc_bulk(s, flags, size, p);
> +}

hm, any call to this function is going to be nasty, brutal and short.

--- a/mm/slab.c~slab-infrastructure-for-bulk-object-allocation-and-freeing-v3-fix
+++ a/mm/slab.c
@@ -3425,7 +3425,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_free_bulk);
 bool kmem_cache_alloc_bulk(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t flags, size_t size,
 								void **p)
 {
-	return kmem_cache_alloc_bulk(s, flags, size, p);
+	return __kmem_cache_alloc_bulk(s, flags, size, p);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_alloc_bulk);
 
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