Re: [PATCH v2] mm: Restructure kmem_cache_create() to move debug cache integrity checks into a new function
From: Christoph Lameter (Open Source) <hidden>
Date: 2012-08-09 14:20:53
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On Mon, 6 Aug 2012, Shuah Khan wrote:
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_VM +static int kmem_cache_sanity_check(const char *name, size_t size)
Why do we pass "size" in? AFAICT there is no need to.
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@@ -53,48 +93,17 @@ struct kmem_cache *kmem_cache_create(const char *name, size_t size, size_t align { struct kmem_cache *s = NULL; -#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_VM if (!name || in_interrupt() || size < sizeof(void *) || size > KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE) { - printk(KERN_ERR "kmem_cache_create(%s) integrity check" - " failed\n", name); + pr_err("kmem_cache_create(%s) integrity check failed\n", name); goto out; } -#endif
If you move the above code into the sanity check function then you will be using the size as well. These are also sanity checks after all. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@kvack.org"> email@kvack.org </a>