From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail138.messagelabs.com (mail138.messagelabs.com [216.82.249.35]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 360A48D005A for ; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 16:24:32 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <20110330202427.218832134@linux.com> Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:24:01 -0500 From: Christoph Lameter Subject: [slubll1 19/19] slub: Not necessary to check for empty slab on load_freelist References: <20110330202342.669400887@linux.com> Content-Disposition: inline; filename=goto_load_freelist Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: To: Pekka Enberg Cc: David Rientjes , linux-mm@kvack.org, Eric Dumazet , "H. Peter Anvin" , Mathieu Desnoyers Load freelist is now only branched to if there are objects available. So no need to check. --- mm/slub.c | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6/mm/slub.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/mm/slub.c 2011-03-30 14:44:00.000000000 -0500 +++ linux-2.6/mm/slub.c 2011-03-30 14:44:02.000000000 -0500 @@ -1974,14 +1974,13 @@ static void *__slab_alloc(struct kmem_ca "__slab_alloc")); } -load_freelist: - VM_BUG_ON(!page->frozen); - if (unlikely(!object)) { c->page = NULL; goto new_slab; } +load_freelist: + VM_BUG_ON(!page->frozen); c->freelist = get_freepointer(s, object); #ifdef CONFIG_CMPXCHG_LOCAL -- 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/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: email@kvack.org