The patch titled Subject: mm/sl?b.c: remove ctor argument from kmem_cache_flags has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is mm-remove-ctor-argument-from-kmem_cache_flags.patch This patch should soon appear at https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-remove-ctor-argument-from-kmem_cache_flags.patch and later at https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mm-remove-ctor-argument-from-kmem_cache_flags.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/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Nikolay Borisov <nborisov@xxxxxxxx> Subject: mm/sl?b.c: remove ctor argument from kmem_cache_flags This argument hasn't been used since e153362a50a3 ("slub: Remove objsize check in kmem_cache_flags()") so simply remove it. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210126095733.974665-1-nborisov@xxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Nikolay Borisov <nborisov@xxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx> Acked-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@xxxxxxx> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/slab.c | 3 +-- mm/slab.h | 6 ++---- mm/slab_common.c | 2 +- mm/slub.c | 9 +++------ 4 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) --- a/mm/slab.c~mm-remove-ctor-argument-from-kmem_cache_flags +++ a/mm/slab.c @@ -1790,8 +1790,7 @@ static int __ref setup_cpu_cache(struct } slab_flags_t kmem_cache_flags(unsigned int object_size, - slab_flags_t flags, const char *name, - void (*ctor)(void *)) + slab_flags_t flags, const char *name) { return flags; } --- a/mm/slab_common.c~mm-remove-ctor-argument-from-kmem_cache_flags +++ a/mm/slab_common.c @@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ struct kmem_cache *find_mergeable(unsign size = ALIGN(size, sizeof(void *)); align = calculate_alignment(flags, align, size); size = ALIGN(size, align); - flags = kmem_cache_flags(size, flags, name, NULL); + flags = kmem_cache_flags(size, flags, name); if (flags & SLAB_NEVER_MERGE) return NULL; --- a/mm/slab.h~mm-remove-ctor-argument-from-kmem_cache_flags +++ a/mm/slab.h @@ -110,8 +110,7 @@ __kmem_cache_alias(const char *name, uns slab_flags_t flags, void (*ctor)(void *)); slab_flags_t kmem_cache_flags(unsigned int object_size, - slab_flags_t flags, const char *name, - void (*ctor)(void *)); + slab_flags_t flags, const char *name); #else static inline struct kmem_cache * __kmem_cache_alias(const char *name, unsigned int size, unsigned int align, @@ -119,8 +118,7 @@ __kmem_cache_alias(const char *name, uns { return NULL; } static inline slab_flags_t kmem_cache_flags(unsigned int object_size, - slab_flags_t flags, const char *name, - void (*ctor)(void *)) + slab_flags_t flags, const char *name) { return flags; } --- a/mm/slub.c~mm-remove-ctor-argument-from-kmem_cache_flags +++ a/mm/slub.c @@ -1400,7 +1400,6 @@ __setup("slub_debug", setup_slub_debug); * @object_size: the size of an object without meta data * @flags: flags to set * @name: name of the cache - * @ctor: constructor function * * Debug option(s) are applied to @flags. In addition to the debug * option(s), if a slab name (or multiple) is specified i.e. @@ -1408,8 +1407,7 @@ __setup("slub_debug", setup_slub_debug); * then only the select slabs will receive the debug option(s). */ slab_flags_t kmem_cache_flags(unsigned int object_size, - slab_flags_t flags, const char *name, - void (*ctor)(void *)) + slab_flags_t flags, const char *name) { char *iter; size_t len; @@ -1474,8 +1472,7 @@ static inline void add_full(struct kmem_ static inline void remove_full(struct kmem_cache *s, struct kmem_cache_node *n, struct page *page) {} slab_flags_t kmem_cache_flags(unsigned int object_size, - slab_flags_t flags, const char *name, - void (*ctor)(void *)) + slab_flags_t flags, const char *name) { return flags; } @@ -3783,7 +3780,7 @@ static int calculate_sizes(struct kmem_c static int kmem_cache_open(struct kmem_cache *s, slab_flags_t flags) { - s->flags = kmem_cache_flags(s->size, flags, s->name, s->ctor); + s->flags = kmem_cache_flags(s->size, flags, s->name); #ifdef CONFIG_SLAB_FREELIST_HARDENED s->random = get_random_long(); #endif _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from nborisov@xxxxxxxx are mm-remove-ctor-argument-from-kmem_cache_flags.patch