[PATCHv4 1/7] mm: drop page->slab_page

[Kirill A. Shutemov]

Since 8456a648cf44 ("slab: use struct page for slab management") nobody
uses slab_page field in struct page.

Let's drop it.

Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 include/linux/mm_types.h |  1 -
 mm/slab.c                | 17 +++--------------
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/mm_types.h b/include/linux/mm_types.h
index 0038ac7466fd..58620ac7f15c 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm_types.h
@@ -140,7 +140,6 @@ struct page {
 #endif
 		};
 
-		struct slab *slab_page; /* slab fields */
 		struct rcu_head rcu_head;	/* Used by SLAB
 						 * when destroying via RCU
 						 */
diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index 200e22412a16..649044f26e5d 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -1888,21 +1888,10 @@ static void slab_destroy(struct kmem_cache *cachep, struct page *page)
 
 	freelist = page->freelist;
 	slab_destroy_debugcheck(cachep, page);
-	if (unlikely(cachep->flags & SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU)) {
-		struct rcu_head *head;
-
-		/*
-		 * RCU free overloads the RCU head over the LRU.
-		 * slab_page has been overloeaded over the LRU,
-		 * however it is not used from now on so that
-		 * we can use it safely.
-		 */
-		head = (void *)&page->rcu_head;
-		call_rcu(head, kmem_rcu_free);
-
-	} else {
+	if (unlikely(cachep->flags & SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU))
+		call_rcu(&page->rcu_head, kmem_rcu_free);
+	else
 		kmem_freepages(cachep, page);
-	}
 
 	/*
 	 * From now on, we don't use freelist
-- 
2.5.0

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