On Mon, 21 May 2012, Glauber Costa wrote: > On 05/18/2012 08:19 PM, Christoph Lameter wrote: > > Index: linux-2.6/mm/slab.c > > =================================================================== > > --- linux-2.6.orig/mm/slab.c 2012-05-11 09:36:35.308445605 -0500 > > +++ linux-2.6/mm/slab.c 2012-05-11 09:43:33.160436947 -0500 > > @@ -1585,7 +1585,7 @@ void __init kmem_cache_init(void) > > * bug. > > */ > > > > - sizes[INDEX_AC].cs_cachep = kmem_cache_create(names[INDEX_AC].name, > > + sizes[INDEX_AC].cs_cachep = __kmem_cache_create(names[INDEX_AC].name, > > sizes[INDEX_AC].cs_size, > > ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN, > > ARCH_KMALLOC_FLAGS|SLAB_PANIC, > > So, before your patch, the kmalloc caches were getting all the sanity checking > done. No we're skipping them. Any particular reason? I can visually do the sanity checking since the parameters are all in the source. No need to do these checks again at runtime. -- 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>