Re: [PATCH v2 12/15] slab: create kmem_cache_create() compatibility layer

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On 9/4/24 11:45, Christian Brauner wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 04, 2024 at 08:14:24AM GMT, Mike Rapoport wrote:
>> On Tue, Sep 03, 2024 at 04:20:53PM +0200, Christian Brauner wrote:
>> > Use _Generic() to create a compatibility layer that type switches on the
>> > third argument to either call __kmem_cache_create() or
>> > __kmem_cache_create_args(). This can be kept in place until all callers
>> > have been ported to struct kmem_cache_args.
>> > 
>> > Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> 
>> Reviewed-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> 
>> > ---
>> >  include/linux/slab.h | 13 ++++++++++---
>> >  mm/slab_common.c     | 10 +++++-----
>> >  2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>> > 
>> > diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h
>> > index aced16a08700..4292d67094c3 100644
>> > --- a/include/linux/slab.h
>> > +++ b/include/linux/slab.h
>> > @@ -261,9 +261,10 @@ struct kmem_cache *__kmem_cache_create_args(const char *name,
>> >  					    unsigned int object_size,
>> >  					    struct kmem_cache_args *args,
>> >  					    slab_flags_t flags);
>> > -struct kmem_cache *kmem_cache_create(const char *name, unsigned int size,
>> > -			unsigned int align, slab_flags_t flags,
>> > -			void (*ctor)(void *));
>> > +
>> > +struct kmem_cache *__kmem_cache_create(const char *name, unsigned int size,
>> > +				       unsigned int align, slab_flags_t flags,
>> > +				       void (*ctor)(void *));
>> 
>> As I said earlier, this can become _kmem_cache_create and
>> __kmem_cache_create_args can be __kmem_cache_create from the beginning.

I didn't notice an answer to this suggestion? Even if it's just that you
don't think it's worth the rewrite, or it's not possible because X Y Z.
Thanks.

>> And as a followup cleanup both kmem_cache_create_usercopy() and
>> kmem_cache_create() can be made static inlines.
> 
> Seems an ok suggestion to me. See the two patches I sent out now.





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