On Fri, 11 Nov 2011, Christoph Lameter wrote: > The variable "object" really refers to a list of objects that we > are handling. Since the lockless allocator path will depend on it > we rename the variable now. > Some of this needs to be folded into the earlier patch that introduces get_freelist() since this patch doesn't just rename a variable, it changes the variable type. > Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx> > > --- > mm/slub.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++------------------ > 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) > > Index: linux-2.6/mm/slub.c > =================================================================== > --- linux-2.6.orig/mm/slub.c 2011-11-09 11:11:13.471490305 -0600 > +++ linux-2.6/mm/slub.c 2011-11-09 11:11:22.381541568 -0600 > @@ -2084,7 +2084,7 @@ slab_out_of_memory(struct kmem_cache *s, > static inline void *new_slab_objects(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t flags, > int node, struct kmem_cache_cpu **pc) > { > - void *object; > + void *freelist; > struct kmem_cache_cpu *c; > struct page *page = new_slab(s, flags, node); > > @@ -2097,16 +2097,16 @@ static inline void *new_slab_objects(str > * No other reference to the page yet so we can > * muck around with it freely without cmpxchg > */ > - object = page->freelist; > + freelist = page->freelist; > page->freelist = NULL; > > stat(s, ALLOC_SLAB); > c->page = page; > *pc = c; > } else > - object = NULL; > + freelist = NULL; > > - return object; > + return freelist; > } > > /* > @@ -2159,7 +2159,7 @@ static inline void *get_freelist(struct > static void *__slab_alloc(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t gfpflags, int node, > unsigned long addr, struct kmem_cache_cpu *c) > { > - void **object; > + void *freelist; > unsigned long flags; > > local_irq_save(flags); > @@ -2175,6 +2175,7 @@ static void *__slab_alloc(struct kmem_ca > if (!c->page) > goto new_slab; > redo: > + > if (unlikely(!node_match(c, node))) { > stat(s, ALLOC_NODE_MISMATCH); > deactivate_slab(s, c->page, c->freelist); I don't think we need this. -- 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/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>