Re: [patch 09/23] SLUB: Add get() and kick() methods

[Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>]

On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 07:07:15PM -0800, Christoph Lameter wrote:
> On Wed, 7 Nov 2007, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> 
> > A static inline dummy function for CONFIG_SLUB=n seems to be missing?
> 
> Correct. This patch is needed so that building with SLAB will work.
> 
> Slab defrag: Provide empty kmem_cache_setup_defrag function for SLAB.
> 
> Provide an empty function to satisfy dependencies for Slab defrag.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com>?
> 
> ---
>  mm/slab.c |    7 +++++++
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> 
> Index: linux-2.6/mm/slab.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.orig/mm/slab.c	2007-11-06 18:57:22.000000000 -0800
> +++ linux-2.6/mm/slab.c	2007-11-06 18:58:40.000000000 -0800
> @@ -2535,6 +2535,13 @@ static int __cache_shrink(struct kmem_ca
>  	return (ret ? 1 : 0);
>  }
>  
> +void kmem_cache_setup_defrag(struct kmem_cache *s,
> +	void *(*get)(struct kmem_cache *, int nr, void **),
> +	void (*kick)(struct kmem_cache *, int nr, void **, void *private))
> +{
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_setup_defrag);
> +

- this misses slob
- this wastes memory

An empty static inline function in slab.h would be better.

cu
Adrian

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