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[PATCHv4 2/7] slub: use page->rcu_head instead of page->lru plus cast

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We have properly typed page->rcu_head, no need to cast page->lru.

Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
---
 mm/slub.c | 5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 816df0016555..869642d03b22 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -1510,10 +1510,7 @@ static void free_slab(struct kmem_cache *s, struct page *page)
 			VM_BUG_ON(s->reserved != sizeof(*head));
 			head = page_address(page) + offset;
 		} else {
-			/*
-			 * RCU free overloads the RCU head over the LRU
-			 */
-			head = (void *)&page->lru;
+			head = &page->rcu_head;
 		}
 
 		call_rcu(head, rcu_free_slab);
-- 
2.5.0

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[PATCHv4 0/7] Fix compound_head() race "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> - 2015-08-27 16:10 +0200
  [PATCHv4 2/7] slub: use page->rcu_head instead of page->lru plus cast "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> - 2015-08-27 16:10 +0200

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