[PATCH v3 00/17] slab: add struct kmem_cache_args

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Hey,

No meaningful changes in v3. This is mostly to make it easy for
Vlastimil to pull.

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As discussed last week the various kmem_cache_*() functions should be
replaced by a unified function that is based around a struct, with only
the basic parameters passed separately.

Vlastimil already said that he would like to keep core parameters out
of the struct: name, object size, and flags. I personally don't care
much and would not object to moving everything into the struct but
that's a matter of taste and I yield that decision power to the
maintainer.

In the first version I pointed out that the choice of name is somewhat
forced as kmem_cache_create() is taken and the only way to reuse it
would be to replace all users in one go. Or to do a global
sed/kmem_cache_create()/kmem_cache_create2()/g. And then introduce
kmem_cache_setup(). That doesn't strike me as a viable option.

If we really cared about the *_create() suffix then an alternative might
be to do a sed/kmem_cache_setup()/kmem_cache_create()/g after every user
in the kernel is ported. I honestly don't think that's worth it but I
wanted to at least mention it to highlight the fact that this might lead
to a naming compromise.

However, I came up with an alternative using _Generic() to create a
compatibility layer that will call the correct variant of
kmem_cache_create() depending on whether struct kmem_cache_args is
passed or not. That compatibility layer can stay in place until we
updated all calls to be based on struct kmem_cache_args.


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