From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, cl@linux.com, penberg@kernel.org,
rientjes@google.com, iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/23] slab: make kmalloc_index() return "unsigned int"
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2017 16:36:58 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20171127163658.44c3121e47ea3b2cf230c36b@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20171123221628.8313-1-adobriyan@gmail.com>
On Fri, 24 Nov 2017 01:16:06 +0300 Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> wrote:
> kmalloc_index() return index into an array of kmalloc kmem caches,
> therefore should unsigned.
>
> Space savings:
>
> add/remove: 0/0 grow/shrink: 0/2 up/down: 0/-6 (-6)
> Function old new delta
> rtsx_scsi_handler 9116 9114 -2
> vnic_rq_alloc 424 420 -4
While I applaud the use of accurate and appropriate types, that's one
heck of a big patch series. What do the slab maintainers think?
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Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-11-23 22:16 Alexey Dobriyan
2017-11-23 22:16 ` [PATCH 02/23] slab: make kmalloc_size() " Alexey Dobriyan
2017-11-23 22:16 ` [PATCH 03/23] slab: create_kmalloc_cache() works with 32-bit sizes Alexey Dobriyan
2017-11-24 1:06 ` Matthew Wilcox
2017-11-27 10:21 ` Alexey Dobriyan
2017-11-27 13:56 ` Matthew Wilcox
2017-11-23 22:16 ` [PATCH 04/23] slab: create_boot_cache() only " Alexey Dobriyan
2017-11-23 22:16 ` [PATCH 05/23] slab: kmem_cache_create() " Alexey Dobriyan
2017-11-23 22:16 ` [PATCH 06/23] slab: make size_index[] array u8 Alexey Dobriyan
2017-11-23 22:16 ` [PATCH 07/23] slab: make size_index_elem() unsigned int Alexey Dobriyan
2017-11-23 22:16 ` [PATCH 08/23] slub: make ->remote_node_defrag_ratio " Alexey Dobriyan
2017-11-23 22:16 ` [PATCH 09/23] slub: make ->max_attr_size " Alexey Dobriyan
2017-11-23 22:16 ` [PATCH 10/23] slub: make ->red_left_pad " Alexey Dobriyan
2017-11-23 22:16 ` [PATCH 11/23] slub: make ->reserved " Alexey Dobriyan
2017-11-23 22:16 ` [PATCH 12/23] slub: make ->align " Alexey Dobriyan
2017-11-23 22:16 ` [PATCH 13/23] slub: make ->inuse " Alexey Dobriyan
2017-11-23 22:16 ` [PATCH 14/23] slub: make ->cpu_partial " Alexey Dobriyan
2017-11-23 22:16 ` [PATCH 15/23] slub: make ->offset " Alexey Dobriyan
2017-11-23 22:16 ` [PATCH 16/23] slub: make ->object_size " Alexey Dobriyan
2017-11-23 22:16 ` [PATCH 17/23] slub: make ->size " Alexey Dobriyan
2017-11-23 22:16 ` [PATCH 18/23] slab: make kmem_cache_flags accept 32-bit object size Alexey Dobriyan
2017-11-23 22:16 ` [PATCH 19/23] kasan: make kasan_cache_create() work with 32-bit slab caches Alexey Dobriyan
2017-11-24 22:29 ` kbuild test robot
2017-11-23 22:16 ` [PATCH 20/23] slub: make slab_index() return unsigned int Alexey Dobriyan
2017-11-23 22:16 ` [PATCH 21/23] slub: make struct kmem_cache_order_objects::x " Alexey Dobriyan
2017-11-24 17:31 ` Christopher Lameter
2017-11-27 10:17 ` Alexey Dobriyan
2017-11-23 22:16 ` [PATCH 22/23] slub: make size_from_object() return " Alexey Dobriyan
2017-11-23 22:16 ` [PATCH 23/23] slab: use 32-bit arithmetic in freelist_randomize() Alexey Dobriyan
2017-11-28 0:36 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2017-11-28 18:46 ` [PATCH 01/23] slab: make kmalloc_index() return "unsigned int" Christopher Lameter
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