On Mon, 26 Jan 2015, Vladimir Davydov wrote: > __cache_shrink() is used not only in __kmem_cache_shrink(), but also in > SLAB's __kmem_cache_shutdown(), where we do need its return value to > check if the cache is empty. It could be useful to know if a slab is empty. So maybe leave kmem_cache_shrink the way it is and instead fix up slub to return the proper value? -- 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>