Re: [PATCH V2] mm/slab: remove unused slab_early_init

From: Vlastimil Babka
Date: Mon Jan 02 2023 - 03:39:36 EST


On 12/18/22 13:31, gouhao@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Gou Hao <gouhao@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> 'slab_early_init' was introduced by 'commit e0a42726794f
> ("[PATCH] mm/slab.c: fix early init assumption")', this
> flag was used to prevent off-slab caches being created
> so early during bootup.
>
> The only user of 'slab_early_init' was removed in 'commit
> 3217fd9bdf00 ("mm/slab: make criteria for off slab
> determination robust and simple")'.
>
> Signed-off-by: Gou Hao <gouhao@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@xxxxxxxxx>

Thanks, added to slab/for-6.3/cleanups

> ---
> mm/slab.c | 3 ---
> 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
> index 7a269db050ee..ede1f29fd81c 100644
> --- a/mm/slab.c
> +++ b/mm/slab.c
> @@ -220,7 +220,6 @@ static inline void fixup_objfreelist_debug(struct kmem_cache *cachep,
> static inline void fixup_slab_list(struct kmem_cache *cachep,
> struct kmem_cache_node *n, struct slab *slab,
> void **list);
> -static int slab_early_init = 1;
>
> #define INDEX_NODE kmalloc_index(sizeof(struct kmem_cache_node))
>
> @@ -1249,8 +1248,6 @@ void __init kmem_cache_init(void)
> slab_state = PARTIAL_NODE;
> setup_kmalloc_cache_index_table();
>
> - slab_early_init = 0;
> -
> /* 5) Replace the bootstrap kmem_cache_node */
> {
> int nid;