Re: [PATCH v3 07/13] mm/slab: replace slab.stride with obj_exts_in_object

[Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)]

On 7/29/26 08:40, Harry Yoo wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 27, 2026 at 02:54:01PM +0200, Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) wrote:
>> The stride field is used to convert object index to an slabobj_ext so
>> both compact arrays (kmalloc() or in-slab-leftover) and spread
>> in-object-padding obj_ext layouts are supported.
>> 
>> In practice thus the stride is always sizeof(slabobj_ext) or s->size.
>> 
>> This simplifies the calculations, but with the upcoming slabobj_ext
>> handling changes, it will be easier to stop storing the stride and
>> instead just have a flag whether obj_ext is in the object padding.
>> obj_exts_in_object() can then rely on this flag and slab_obj_ext()
>> can use that to determine the stride.
>> 
>> No functional change intended. Performance impact TBD, hopefully
>> in the noise.
> 
> Performance impact is not TBD anymore?

Ah right, thanks. Since I didn't measure this commit separately, will remove
the note completely and leave it to cover letter -> merge commit only.

>> Reviewed-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Reviewed-by: Hao Li <hao.li@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) <vbabka@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
> 
> Looks good to me,
> Reviewed-by: Harry Yoo (Oracle) <harry@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!