Re: [PATCH] mm: create a separate slab for page->ptl allocation
From: Kirill A. Shutemov
Date: Wed Nov 06 2013 - 09:18:43 EST
On Wed, Nov 06, 2013 at 10:31:31AM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 06, 2013 at 01:13:11AM +0200, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> > I would like to get rid of __ptlock_alloc()/__ptlock_free() too, but I
> > don't see a way within C: we need to know sizeof(spinlock_t) on
> > preprocessor stage.
> >
> > We can have a hack on kbuild level: write small helper program to find out
> > sizeof(spinlock_t) before start building and turn it into define.
> > But it's overkill from my POV. And cross-compilation will be a fun.
>
> Ah, I just remembered, we have such a thing!
Great!
> @@ -1354,7 +1356,7 @@ static inline bool ptlock_init(struct page *page)
> * slab code uses page->slab_cache and page->first_page (for tail
> * pages), which share storage with page->ptl.
> */
> - VM_BUG_ON(page->ptl);
> + VM_BUG_ON(*(unsigned long *)&page->ptl);
Huh? Why not direct cast to unsigned long?
VM_BUG_ON((unsigned long)page->ptl);
Otherwise:
Reviewed-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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