On Tue, Jul 2, 2024 at 9:31 AM Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On 6/30/24 9:20 PM, Suren Baghdasaryan wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 17, 2024 at 3:04 AM Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 6/15/24 12:59 AM, Suren Baghdasaryan wrote:
> >> > slab_post_alloc_hook() uses prepare_slab_obj_exts_hook() to obtain
> >> > slabobj_ext object. Currently the only user of slabobj_ext object in
> >> > this path is memory allocation profiling, therefore when it's not enabled
> >> > this object is not needed. This also generates a warning when compiling
> >> > with CONFIG_MEM_ALLOC_PROFILING=n. Move the code under this configuration
> >> > to fix the warning. If more slabobj_ext users appear in the future, the
> >> > code will have to be changed back to call prepare_slab_obj_exts_hook().
> >> >
> >> > Fixes: 4b8736964640 ("mm/slab: add allocation accounting into slab allocation and free paths")
> >> > Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> > Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202406150444.F6neSaiy-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/
> >> > Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >>
> >> Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
> >>
> >> But it seems to me we could remove the whole #ifdef if current->alloc_tag
> >> (which doesn't exist with !MEM_ALLOC_PROFILING) had an access helper, or
> >> there was a alloc_tag_add_current() variant?
> >
> > Hmm. I'll check if current->alloc_tag is the only reason for this
> > ifdef. If so then you are correct and we can simplify this code.
>
> The fix is now in mm-hotfixes-stable but we can cleanup for the future as a
> non-hotfix.
Yes, it's on my TODO list now. Thanks!
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