The patch titled Subject: mm/slab: use more appropriate condition check for debug_pagealloc has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is mm-slab-use-more-appropriate-condition-check-for-debug_pagealloc.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-slab-use-more-appropriate-condition-check-for-debug_pagealloc.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mm-slab-use-more-appropriate-condition-check-for-debug_pagealloc.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: Joonsoo Kim <js1304@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: mm/slab: use more appropriate condition check for debug_pagealloc debug_pagealloc debugging is related to SLAB_POISON flag rather than FORCED_DEBUG option, although FORCED_DEBUG option will enable SLAB_POISON. Fix it. Signed-off-by: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@xxxxxxx> Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@xxxxxxx> Cc: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/slab.c | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) diff -puN mm/slab.c~mm-slab-use-more-appropriate-condition-check-for-debug_pagealloc mm/slab.c --- a/mm/slab.c~mm-slab-use-more-appropriate-condition-check-for-debug_pagealloc +++ a/mm/slab.c @@ -2169,7 +2169,6 @@ __kmem_cache_create (struct kmem_cache * else size += BYTES_PER_WORD; } -#if FORCED_DEBUG && defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC) /* * To activate debug pagealloc, off-slab management is necessary * requirement. In early phase of initialization, small sized slab @@ -2177,7 +2176,7 @@ __kmem_cache_create (struct kmem_cache * * to check size >= 256. It guarantees that all necessary small * sized slab is initialized in current slab initialization sequence. */ - if (debug_pagealloc_enabled() && + if (debug_pagealloc_enabled() && (flags & SLAB_POISON) && !slab_early_init && size >= kmalloc_size(INDEX_NODE) && size >= 256 && cachep->object_size > cache_line_size() && ALIGN(size, cachep->align) < PAGE_SIZE) { @@ -2185,7 +2184,6 @@ __kmem_cache_create (struct kmem_cache * size = PAGE_SIZE; } #endif -#endif /* * Determine if the slab management is 'on' or 'off' slab. _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from js1304@xxxxxxxxx are mm-slab-fix-stale-code-comment.patch mm-slab-remove-useless-structure-define.patch mm-slab-remove-the-checks-for-slab-implementation-bug.patch mm-slab-activate-debug_pagealloc-in-slab-when-it-is-actually-enabled.patch mm-slab-use-more-appropriate-condition-check-for-debug_pagealloc.patch mm-slab-clean-up-debug_pagealloc-processing-code.patch mm-slab-alternative-implementation-for-debug_slab_leak.patch mm-slab-remove-object-status-buffer-for-debug_slab_leak.patch mm-slab-put-the-freelist-at-the-end-of-slab-page.patch mm-slab-align-cache-size-first-before-determination-of-off_slab-candidate.patch mm-slab-clean-up-cache-type-determination.patch mm-slab-do-not-change-cache-size-if-debug-pagealloc-isnt-possible.patch mm-slab-make-criteria-for-off-slab-determination-robust-and-simple.patch mm-slab-factor-out-slab-list-fixup-code.patch mm-slab-factor-out-debugging-initialization-in-cache_init_objs.patch mm-slab-introduce-new-slab-management-type-objfreelist_slab.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