Re: [PATCH] mm, slob: Drop usage of page->private for storing page-sized allocations

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Hi Pekka,

On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 8:43 AM, Pekka Enberg <penberg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 11:03 PM, Ezequiel Garcia <elezegarcia@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> This field was being used to store size allocation so it could be
>> retrieved by ksize(). However, it is a bad practice to not mark a page
>> as a slab page and then use fields for special purposes.
>> There is no need to store the allocated size and
>> ksize() can simply return PAGE_SIZE << compound_order(page).
>>
>> Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Glauber Costa <glommer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Ezequiel Garcia <elezegarcia@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Looks good to me. Matt?
>

Will you carry this (and the other 3 patches I sent for mm/) on your tree?
Or do I need to send them to someone else?

Thanks,
Ezequiel.

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