Re: [PATCH v4 05/36] fs: Convert alloc_inode_sb() to a macro

[Vlastimil Babka]

On 2/21/24 20:40, Suren Baghdasaryan wrote:
> From: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> We're introducing alloc tagging, which tracks memory allocations by
> callsite. Converting alloc_inode_sb() to a macro means allocations will
> be tracked by its caller, which is a bit more useful.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  include/linux/fs.h | 6 +-----
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
> index 023f37c60709..08d8246399c3 100644
> --- a/include/linux/fs.h
> +++ b/include/linux/fs.h
> @@ -3010,11 +3010,7 @@ int setattr_should_drop_sgid(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
>   * This must be used for allocating filesystems specific inodes to set
>   * up the inode reclaim context correctly.
>   */
> -static inline void *
> -alloc_inode_sb(struct super_block *sb, struct kmem_cache *cache, gfp_t gfp)

A __always_inline wouldn't have the same effect? Just wondering.

> -{
> -	return kmem_cache_alloc_lru(cache, &sb->s_inode_lru, gfp);
> -}
> +#define alloc_inode_sb(_sb, _cache, _gfp) kmem_cache_alloc_lru(_cache, &_sb->s_inode_lru, _gfp)
>  
>  extern void __insert_inode_hash(struct inode *, unsigned long hashval);
>  static inline void insert_inode_hash(struct inode *inode)