Somehow the two branches in __slab_alloc do the same. Unify them. Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx> Index: linux/mm/slub.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/mm/slub.c 2014-12-08 13:24:05.193185492 -0600 +++ linux/mm/slub.c 2014-12-09 12:23:11.927032128 -0600 @@ -2282,10 +2282,7 @@ redo: if (unlikely(!node_match(page, searchnode))) { stat(s, ALLOC_NODE_MISMATCH); - deactivate_slab(s, page, c->freelist); - c->page = NULL; - c->freelist = NULL; - goto new_slab; + goto deactivate; } } @@ -2294,12 +2291,8 @@ redo: * PFMEMALLOC but right now, we are losing the pfmemalloc * information when the page leaves the per-cpu allocator */ - if (unlikely(!pfmemalloc_match(page, gfpflags))) { - deactivate_slab(s, page, c->freelist); - c->page = NULL; - c->freelist = NULL; - goto new_slab; - } + if (unlikely(!pfmemalloc_match(page, gfpflags))) + goto deactivate; /* must check again c->freelist in case of cpu migration or IRQ */ freelist = c->freelist; @@ -2328,6 +2321,11 @@ load_freelist: local_irq_restore(flags); return freelist; +deactivate: + deactivate_slab(s, page, c->freelist); + c->page = NULL; + c->freelist = NULL; + new_slab: if (c->partial) { -- 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>