On 9/4/24 13:38, Christian Brauner wrote: > On Wed, Sep 04, 2024 at 12:50:28PM GMT, Vlastimil Babka wrote: >> On 9/4/24 11:45, Christian Brauner wrote: >> > On Wed, Sep 04, 2024 at 08:14:24AM GMT, Mike Rapoport wrote: >> >> On Tue, Sep 03, 2024 at 04:20:53PM +0200, Christian Brauner wrote: >> >> > Use _Generic() to create a compatibility layer that type switches on the >> >> > third argument to either call __kmem_cache_create() or >> >> > __kmem_cache_create_args(). This can be kept in place until all callers >> >> > have been ported to struct kmem_cache_args. >> >> > >> >> > Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx> >> >> >> >> Reviewed-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx> >> >> >> >> > --- >> >> > include/linux/slab.h | 13 ++++++++++--- >> >> > mm/slab_common.c | 10 +++++----- >> >> > 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) >> >> > >> >> > diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h >> >> > index aced16a08700..4292d67094c3 100644 >> >> > --- a/include/linux/slab.h >> >> > +++ b/include/linux/slab.h >> >> > @@ -261,9 +261,10 @@ struct kmem_cache *__kmem_cache_create_args(const char *name, >> >> > unsigned int object_size, >> >> > struct kmem_cache_args *args, >> >> > slab_flags_t flags); >> >> > -struct kmem_cache *kmem_cache_create(const char *name, unsigned int size, >> >> > - unsigned int align, slab_flags_t flags, >> >> > - void (*ctor)(void *)); >> >> > + >> >> > +struct kmem_cache *__kmem_cache_create(const char *name, unsigned int size, >> >> > + unsigned int align, slab_flags_t flags, >> >> > + void (*ctor)(void *)); >> >> >> >> As I said earlier, this can become _kmem_cache_create and >> >> __kmem_cache_create_args can be __kmem_cache_create from the beginning. >> >> I didn't notice an answer to this suggestion? Even if it's just that you >> don't think it's worth the rewrite, or it's not possible because X Y Z. >> Thanks. > > I'm confused. I sent two patches as a reply to the thread plus the > answer below and there's two patches in v3 that you can use or drop. Right, that's the part below. But the suggestion above, and also in Mike's reply to 02/12 was AFAICS to rename __kmem_cache_create_args to __kmem_cache_create (since patch 02) and here __kmem_cache_create to _kmem_cache_create. It just seemed odd to see no reaction to that (did I miss or not receive it?). >> >> >> And as a followup cleanup both kmem_cache_create_usercopy() and >> >> kmem_cache_create() can be made static inlines. >> > >> > Seems an ok suggestion to me. See the two patches I sent out now. >>