From: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@xxxxxxx> Returing values by reference is bad practice. Instead, just use function return value. Suggested-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@xxxxxxx> --- mm/slab.c | 13 ++++++++----- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c index 85e394f..4f4e647 100644 --- a/mm/slab.c +++ b/mm/slab.c @@ -460,9 +460,10 @@ static inline struct array_cache *cpu_cache_get(struct kmem_cache *cachep) /* * Calculate the number of objects and left-over bytes for a given buffer size. */ -static void cache_estimate(unsigned long gfporder, size_t buffer_size, - unsigned long flags, size_t *left_over, unsigned int *num) +static unsigned int cache_estimate(unsigned long gfporder, size_t buffer_size, + unsigned long flags, size_t *left_over) { + unsigned int num; size_t slab_size = PAGE_SIZE << gfporder; /* @@ -483,13 +484,15 @@ static void cache_estimate(unsigned long gfporder, size_t buffer_size, * correct alignment when allocated. */ if (flags & (CFLGS_OBJFREELIST_SLAB | CFLGS_OFF_SLAB)) { - *num = slab_size / buffer_size; + num = slab_size / buffer_size; *left_over = slab_size % buffer_size; } else { - *num = slab_size / (buffer_size + sizeof(freelist_idx_t)); + num = slab_size / (buffer_size + sizeof(freelist_idx_t)); *left_over = slab_size % (buffer_size + sizeof(freelist_idx_t)); } + + return num; } #if DEBUG @@ -1893,7 +1896,7 @@ static size_t calculate_slab_order(struct kmem_cache *cachep, unsigned int num; size_t remainder; - cache_estimate(gfporder, size, flags, &remainder, &num); + num = cache_estimate(gfporder, size, flags, &remainder); if (!num) continue; -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>