On Tue, 13 Nov 2012 15:01:34 -0800 (PST) David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 13 Nov 2012, Xi Wang wrote: > > > diff --git a/mm/dmapool.c b/mm/dmapool.c > > index c5ab33b..bf7f8f0 100644 > > --- a/mm/dmapool.c > > +++ b/mm/dmapool.c > > @@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ struct dma_pool *dma_pool_create(const char *name, struct device *dev, > > { > > struct dma_pool *retval; > > size_t allocation; > > + int node; > > > > if (align == 0) { > > align = 1; > > @@ -159,7 +160,9 @@ struct dma_pool *dma_pool_create(const char *name, struct device *dev, > > return NULL; > > } > > > > - retval = kmalloc_node(sizeof(*retval), GFP_KERNEL, dev_to_node(dev)); > > + node = WARN_ON(!dev) ? -1 : dev_to_node(dev); > > + > > + retval = kmalloc_node(sizeof(*retval), GFP_KERNEL, node); > > if (!retval) > > return retval; > > > > Begs the question why we don't just do something like this generically? > --- > diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h > --- a/include/linux/device.h > +++ b/include/linux/device.h > @@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ int dev_set_name(struct device *dev, const char *name, ...); > #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA > static inline int dev_to_node(struct device *dev) > { > - return dev->numa_node; > + return WARN_ON(!dev) ? NUMA_NO_NODE : dev->numa_node; > } WARN and friends can cause quite a lot of code to be generated, so they're a rather bloat-risky thing to include in a little inlined helper function. -- 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/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>