Re: Q, slab, kmemleak_erase() and redzone?

[Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>]

Hi!

hooanon05@yahoo.co.jp kirjoitti:
> Pekka Enberg:
>>> No, you are absolutely correct. Can you please send an updated patch to 
>>> Catalin that adds a comment on top of the cpu_cache_get() call that 
>>> explains why we need it there?
>> Doh, this was supposed to be a reply to Okajima's email :-).
> 
> Before I send a small patch, let me make sure about other small issues.
> 
> - How heavy is 'ac = cpu_cache_get(cachep)' (which will be inserted by
>   the patch)?
>   It will be compiled and executed regardless CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK, and
>   it is totally meaningless when DEBUG_KMEMLEAK is disabled. Can we
>   ignore this loss?

No, it won't be. The compiler should notice it's dead code and remove it 
when CONFIG_KMEMLEAK is disabled.

> - Should we add a condition 'if (objp)' before calling kmemleak_erase()?
>   As Catalin wrote, it may be harmless. But setting NULL is unnecessary.
>   Do you accept this change too?

Yeah, I'd prefer to see the check there. While Catalin is correct, 
that's not obvious from reading the code.

			Pekka