Re: [PATCH v2 12/17] mm/slab: do not change cache size if debug pagealloc isn't possible

[Christoph Lameter]

On Fri, 26 Feb 2016, js1304@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> We can fail to setup off slab in some conditions.  Even in this case,
> debug pagealloc increases cache size to PAGE_SIZE in advance and it is
> waste because debug pagealloc cannot work for it when it isn't the off
> slab.  To improve this situation, this patch checks first that this cache
> with increased size is suitable for off slab.  It actually increases cache
> size when it is suitable for off-slab, so possible waste is removed.

Maybe add some explanations to the code? You tried to simplify it earlier
and make it understandable. This makes it difficult to understand it.