Re: [PATCH] mm, slab: Drop unnecessary slabp->inuse < cachep->numtest

[Zhang Yanfei]

Sorry for making noise. I've made a mistake and please ignore this patch.

On 07/02/2013 12:29 AM, Zhang Yanfei wrote:
> From: Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> In function cache_alloc_refill, we have used BUG_ON to ensure
> that slabp->inuse is less than cachep->num before the while
> test. And in the while body, we do not change the value of
> slabp->inuse and cachep->num, so it is not necessary to test
> if slabp->inuse < cachep->num test for every loop.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  mm/slab.c |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
> index 8ccd296..c2076c2 100644
> --- a/mm/slab.c
> +++ b/mm/slab.c
> @@ -3004,7 +3004,7 @@ retry:
>  		 */
>  		BUG_ON(slabp->inuse >= cachep->num);
>  
> -		while (slabp->inuse < cachep->num && batchcount--) {
> +		while (batchcount--) {
>  			STATS_INC_ALLOCED(cachep);
>  			STATS_INC_ACTIVE(cachep);
>  			STATS_SET_HIGH(cachep);


-- 
Thanks.
Zhang Yanfei
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