Processing on fields of kmem_cache_cpu is cleaner if code working on fields of this struct is taken out of deactivate_slab(). Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx> --- mm/slub.c | 24 ++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6/mm/slub.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/mm/slub.c 2012-04-10 10:33:13.906750659 -0500 +++ linux-2.6/mm/slub.c 2012-04-10 10:33:17.798750578 -0500 @@ -1729,14 +1729,12 @@ void init_kmem_cache_cpus(struct kmem_ca /* * Remove the cpu slab */ -static void deactivate_slab(struct kmem_cache *s, struct kmem_cache_cpu *c) +static void deactivate_slab(struct kmem_cache *s, struct page *page, void *freelist) { enum slab_modes { M_NONE, M_PARTIAL, M_FULL, M_FREE }; - struct page *page = c->page; struct kmem_cache_node *n = get_node(s, page_to_nid(page)); int lock = 0; enum slab_modes l = M_NONE, m = M_NONE; - void *freelist; void *nextfree; int tail = DEACTIVATE_TO_HEAD; struct page new; @@ -1747,11 +1745,6 @@ static void deactivate_slab(struct kmem_ tail = DEACTIVATE_TO_TAIL; } - c->tid = next_tid(c->tid); - c->page = NULL; - freelist = c->freelist; - c->freelist = NULL; - /* * Stage one: Free all available per cpu objects back * to the page freelist while it is still frozen. Leave the @@ -2009,7 +2002,11 @@ int put_cpu_partial(struct kmem_cache *s static inline void flush_slab(struct kmem_cache *s, struct kmem_cache_cpu *c) { stat(s, CPUSLAB_FLUSH); - deactivate_slab(s, c); + deactivate_slab(s, c->page, c->freelist); + + c->tid = next_tid(c->tid); + c->page = NULL; + c->freelist = NULL; } /* @@ -2229,7 +2226,9 @@ redo: if (unlikely(!node_match(c, node))) { stat(s, ALLOC_NODE_MISMATCH); - deactivate_slab(s, c); + deactivate_slab(s, c->page, c->freelist); + c->page = NULL; + c->freelist = NULL; goto new_slab; } @@ -2289,8 +2288,9 @@ new_slab: if (!alloc_debug_processing(s, c->page, freelist, addr)) goto new_slab; /* Slab failed checks. Next slab needed */ - c->freelist = get_freepointer(s, freelist); - deactivate_slab(s, c); + deactivate_slab(s, c->page, get_freepointer(s, freelist)); + c->page = NULL; + c->freelist = NULL; local_irq_restore(flags); return freelist; } -- 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>