The patch titled Subject: mm/slub: use get_order() instead of fls() has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is mm-slub-use-get_order-instead-of-fls.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-slub-use-get_order-instead-of-fls.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mm-slub-use-get_order-instead-of-fls.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Wei Yang <weiyang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: mm/slub: use get_order() instead of fls() get_order() is more easy to understand. This patch just replaces it. Signed-off-by: Wei Yang <weiyang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/slub.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -puN mm/slub.c~mm-slub-use-get_order-instead-of-fls mm/slub.c --- a/mm/slub.c~mm-slub-use-get_order-instead-of-fls +++ a/mm/slub.c @@ -3022,8 +3022,7 @@ static inline int slab_order(int size, i if (order_objects(min_order, size, reserved) > MAX_OBJS_PER_PAGE) return get_order(size * MAX_OBJS_PER_PAGE) - 1; - for (order = max(min_order, - fls(min_objects * size - 1) - PAGE_SHIFT); + for (order = max(min_order, get_order(min_objects * size)); order <= max_order; order++) { unsigned long slab_size = PAGE_SIZE << order; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from weiyang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are mm-slub-correct-the-comment-in-calculate_order.patch mm-slub-use-get_order-instead-of-fls.patch mm-slub-calculate-start-order-with-reserved-in-consideration.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html