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Re: [PATCHv5 1/7] mm: drop page->slab_page

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On 09/03/2015 05:35 AM, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> Since 8456a648cf44 ("slab: use struct page for slab management") nobody
> uses slab_page field in struct page.
>
> Let's drop it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
> Acked-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
> Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
> Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
> Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>
> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
> ---
>   include/linux/mm_types.h |  1 -
>   mm/slab.c                | 17 +++--------------
>   2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/mm_types.h b/include/linux/mm_types.h
> index 0038ac7466fd..58620ac7f15c 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mm_types.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mm_types.h
> @@ -140,7 +140,6 @@ struct page {
>   #endif
>   		};
>   
> -		struct slab *slab_page; /* slab fields */
>   		struct rcu_head rcu_head;	/* Used by SLAB
>   						 * when destroying via RCU
>   						 */
> diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
> index 200e22412a16..649044f26e5d 100644
> --- a/mm/slab.c
> +++ b/mm/slab.c
> @@ -1888,21 +1888,10 @@ static void slab_destroy(struct kmem_cache *cachep, struct page *page)
>   
>   	freelist = page->freelist;
>   	slab_destroy_debugcheck(cachep, page);
> -	if (unlikely(cachep->flags & SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU)) {
> -		struct rcu_head *head;
> -
> -		/*
> -		 * RCU free overloads the RCU head over the LRU.
> -		 * slab_page has been overloeaded over the LRU,
> -		 * however it is not used from now on so that
> -		 * we can use it safely.
> -		 */
> -		head = (void *)&page->rcu_head;
> -		call_rcu(head, kmem_rcu_free);
> -
> -	} else {
> +	if (unlikely(cachep->flags & SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU))
> +		call_rcu(&page->rcu_head, kmem_rcu_free);
> +	else
>   		kmem_freepages(cachep, page);
> -	}
>   
>   	/*
>   	 * From now on, we don't use freelist

This second piece looks like it belongs in patch 2, not patch 1 based on 
the descriptions.

- Alex
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[PATCHv5 0/7] Fix compound_head() race "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> - 2015-09-03 14:40 +0200
  [PATCHv5 6/7] mm: use 'unsigned int' for page order "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> - 2015-09-03 14:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCHv5 6/7] mm: use 'unsigned int' for page order Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> - 2015-09-10 13:10 +0200
  [PATCHv5 1/7] mm: drop page->slab_page "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> - 2015-09-03 14:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCHv5 1/7] mm: drop page->slab_page Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@gmail.com> - 2015-09-07 07:10 +0200
      Re: [PATCHv5 1/7] mm: drop page->slab_page "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@shutemov.name> - 2015-09-07 14:20 +0200
  [PATCHv5 2/7] slub: use page->rcu_head instead of page->lru plus cast "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> - 2015-09-03 14:40 +0200
  Re: [PATCHv5 0/7] Fix compound_head() race Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com> - 2015-09-04 15:50 +0200

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