On Fri, 14 Feb 2014, Joonsoo Kim wrote: > clear_obj_pfmemalloc() takes the pointer to the object pointer as argument > to store masked value back into this address. > But this is useless, since we don't use this stored value anymore. > All we need is just masked value. So makes clear_obj_pfmemalloc() > just return masked value. Could this be a bit more compact? > @@ -215,9 +215,9 @@ static inline void set_obj_pfmemalloc(void **objp) > return; > } > > -static inline void clear_obj_pfmemalloc(void **objp) > +static inline void *clear_obj_pfmemalloc(void *objp) > { > - *objp = (void *)((unsigned long)*objp & ~SLAB_OBJ_PFMEMALLOC); > + return (void *)((unsigned long)objp & ~SLAB_OBJ_PFMEMALLOC); > } I dont think you need the (void *) cast here. > /* > @@ -810,7 +810,7 @@ static void *__ac_get_obj(struct kmem_cache *cachep, struct array_cache *ac, > struct kmem_cache_node *n; > > if (gfp_pfmemalloc_allowed(flags)) { > - clear_obj_pfmemalloc(&objp); > + objp = clear_obj_pfmemalloc(objp); > return objp; > } No need for objp. Just "return clear_obj_.... > @@ -833,7 +833,7 @@ static void *__ac_get_obj(struct kmem_cache *cachep, struct array_cache *ac, > if (!list_empty(&n->slabs_free) && force_refill) { > struct page *page = virt_to_head_page(objp); > ClearPageSlabPfmemalloc(page); > - clear_obj_pfmemalloc(&objp); > + objp = clear_obj_pfmemalloc(objp); > recheck_pfmemalloc_active(cachep, ac); > return objp; Same here? -- 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>