Re: [PATCH 2/3] mm, slab: use an enum to define SLAB_ cache creation flags

From: Vlastimil Babka
Date: Wed Feb 21 2024 - 17:19:52 EST


On 2/20/24 17:58, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> @@ -156,9 +195,9 @@
> /* The following flags affect the page allocator grouping pages by mobility */
> /* Objects are reclaimable */
> #ifndef CONFIG_SLUB_TINY
> -#define SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT ((slab_flags_t __force)0x00020000U)
> +#define SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT __SF_BIT(_SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT)
> #else
> -#define SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT ((slab_flags_t __force)0)
> +#define SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT 0

lkp/sparse tells me this was the wrong way to unify all noop-due-to-config
flags [1,2]

so in v2 I'll unify all those to
((slab_flags_t __force)0U)

also the deprecated SLAB_MEM_SPREAD in patch 1

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/202402212310.KPtSDrRy-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/all/202402211803.Lmf1ANXx-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/


> #endif
> #define SLAB_TEMPORARY SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT /* Objects are short-lived */