The patch titled Subject: slub: remove use of page->flags has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is slub-remove-use-of-page-flags.patch This patch will shortly appear at https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/slub-remove-use-of-page-flags.patch This patch will later appear in the mm-unstable branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm 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 via the mm-everything branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm and is updated there every 2-3 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: slub: remove use of page->flags Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2024 17:10:30 +0000 Use slub->__page_flags instead. We can also remove the assertion that it's not a tail page as struct slab never points to a tail page. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240326171045.410737-9-willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/slub.c | 10 ++-------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) --- a/mm/slub.c~slub-remove-use-of-page-flags +++ a/mm/slub.c @@ -616,18 +616,12 @@ slub_set_cpu_partial(struct kmem_cache * */ static __always_inline void slab_lock(struct slab *slab) { - struct page *page = slab_page(slab); - - VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PageTail(page), page); - bit_spin_lock(PG_locked, &page->flags); + bit_spin_lock(PG_locked, &slab->__page_flags); } static __always_inline void slab_unlock(struct slab *slab) { - struct page *page = slab_page(slab); - - VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PageTail(page), page); - bit_spin_unlock(PG_locked, &page->flags); + bit_spin_unlock(PG_locked, &slab->__page_flags); } static inline bool _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are mm-always-initialise-folio-_deferred_list.patch mm-create-folio_flag_false-and-folio_type_ops-macros.patch mm-remove-folio_prep_large_rmappable.patch mm-support-page_mapcount-on-page_has_type-pages.patch mm-turn-folio_test_hugetlb-into-a-pagetype.patch mm-turn-folio_test_hugetlb-into-a-pagetype-fix.patch mm-remove-a-call-to-compound_head-from-is_page_hwpoison.patch mm-free-up-pg_slab.patch mm-free-up-pg_slab-fix.patch mm-improve-dumping-of-mapcount-and-page_type.patch hugetlb-remove-mention-of-destructors.patch sh-remove-use-of-pg_arch_1-on-individual-pages.patch xtensa-remove-uses-of-pg_arch_1-on-individual-pages.patch mm-make-page_ext_get-take-a-const-argument.patch mm-make-folio_test_idle-and-folio_test_young-take-a-const-argument.patch mm-make-is_free_buddy_page-take-a-const-argument.patch mm-make-page_mapped-take-a-const-argument.patch mm-convert-arch_clear_hugepage_flags-to-take-a-folio.patch slub-remove-use-of-page-flags.patch remove-references-to-page-flags-in-documentation.patch proc-rewrite-stable_page_flags.patch