Re: [RFC 07/26] mm, slub: return slab page from get_partial() and set c->page afterwards
From: Christoph Lameter
Date: Tue May 25 2021 - 05:12:24 EST
On Tue, 25 May 2021, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> The function get_partial() finds a suitable page on a partial list, acquires
> and returns its freelist and assigns the page pointer to kmem_cache_node.
in kmem_cache_cpu ??
> In later patch we will need more control over the kmem_cache_node assignment,
kmem_cache_cpu?
> so instead return the page pointer to get_partial()'s caller and assign it
> there. No functional change as all of this still happens with disabled irq.
Instead of passing a kmem_cache_cpu pointer pass a pointer to a pointer to
a page ....