Pass a kmem_cache_cpu pointer into unfreeze partials so that a different kmem_cache_cpu structure than the local one can be specified. V1->V2: - Improve the comments Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx> Index: linux/mm/slub.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/mm/slub.c 2012-11-05 09:05:23.572665087 -0600 +++ linux/mm/slub.c 2012-11-05 09:08:04.208740893 -0600 @@ -1869,12 +1869,14 @@ redo: /* * Unfreeze all the cpu partial slabs. * - * This function must be called with interrupt disabled. + * This function must be called with interrupts disabled + * for the cpu using c (or some other guarantee must be there + * to guarantee no concurrent accesses). */ -static void unfreeze_partials(struct kmem_cache *s) +static void unfreeze_partials(struct kmem_cache *s, + struct kmem_cache_cpu *c) { struct kmem_cache_node *n = NULL, *n2 = NULL; - struct kmem_cache_cpu *c = this_cpu_ptr(s->cpu_slab); struct page *page, *discard_page = NULL; while ((page = c->partial)) { @@ -1960,7 +1962,7 @@ static int put_cpu_partial(struct kmem_c * set to the per node partial list. */ local_irq_save(flags); - unfreeze_partials(s); + unfreeze_partials(s, this_cpu_ptr(s->cpu_slab)); local_irq_restore(flags); oldpage = NULL; pobjects = 0; @@ -2003,7 +2005,7 @@ static inline void __flush_cpu_slab(stru if (c->page) flush_slab(s, c); - unfreeze_partials(s); + unfreeze_partials(s, c); } } -- 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>