Load freelist is now only branched to if there are objects available.
So no need to check.
---
mm/slub.c | 5 ++---
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
Index: linux-2.6/mm/slub.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/mm/slub.c 2011-04-01 10:22:56.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.6/mm/slub.c 2011-04-01 10:22:58.000000000 -0500
@@ -1976,14 +1976,13 @@ static void *__slab_alloc(struct kmem_ca
"__slab_alloc"));
}
-load_freelist:
- VM_BUG_ON(!page->frozen);
-
if (unlikely(!object)) {
c->page = NULL;
goto new_slab;
}
+load_freelist:
+ VM_BUG_ON(!page->frozen);
c->freelist = get_freepointer(s, object);
#ifdef CONFIG_CMPXCHG_LOCAL
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