From: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
To: linux-mm@kvack.org
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>,
Harry Yoo <harry.yoo@oracle.com>,
linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>, Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>,
Mateusz Guzik <mguzik@gmail.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [RFC PATCH 07/15] turn dentry_cache static-duration
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2026 04:02:09 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260110040217.1927971-8-viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260110040217.1927971-1-viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
No need to bother with runtime_const() for it anymore...
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
---
fs/dcache.c | 8 ++++----
include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h | 3 +--
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index dc2fff4811d1..43d3b4fbedcc 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
#include <linux/bit_spinlock.h>
#include <linux/rculist_bl.h>
#include <linux/list_lru.h>
+#include <linux/slab-static.h>
#include "internal.h"
#include "mount.h"
@@ -86,8 +87,8 @@ __cacheline_aligned_in_smp DEFINE_SEQLOCK(rename_lock);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(rename_lock);
-static struct kmem_cache *__dentry_cache __ro_after_init;
-#define dentry_cache runtime_const_ptr(__dentry_cache)
+static struct kmem_cache_opaque __dentry_cache;
+#define dentry_cache to_kmem_cache(&__dentry_cache)
const struct qstr empty_name = QSTR_INIT("", 0);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(empty_name);
@@ -3265,10 +3266,9 @@ static void __init dcache_init(void)
* but it is probably not worth it because of the cache nature
* of the dcache.
*/
- __dentry_cache = KMEM_CACHE_USERCOPY(dentry,
+ KMEM_CACHE_SETUP_USERCOPY(dentry_cache, dentry,
SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT|SLAB_PANIC|SLAB_ACCOUNT,
d_shortname.string);
- runtime_const_init(ptr, __dentry_cache);
/* Hash may have been set up in dcache_init_early */
if (!hashdist)
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index 8ca130af301f..6997f6301260 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -971,8 +971,7 @@
#define RUNTIME_CONST_VARIABLES \
RUNTIME_CONST(shift, d_hash_shift) \
- RUNTIME_CONST(ptr, dentry_hashtable) \
- RUNTIME_CONST(ptr, __dentry_cache)
+ RUNTIME_CONST(ptr, dentry_hashtable)
/* Alignment must be consistent with (kunit_suite *) in include/kunit/test.h */
#define KUNIT_TABLE() \
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-10 4:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-10 4:02 [RFC PATCH 00/15] kmem_cache instances with static storage duration Al Viro
2026-01-10 4:02 ` [RFC PATCH 01/15] static kmem_cache instances for core caches Al Viro
2026-01-10 5:40 ` Matthew Wilcox
2026-01-10 6:23 ` Al Viro
2026-01-10 4:02 ` [RFC PATCH 02/15] allow static-duration kmem_cache in modules Al Viro
2026-01-10 4:02 ` [RFC PATCH 03/15] make mnt_cache static-duration Al Viro
2026-01-10 4:02 ` [RFC PATCH 04/15] turn thread_cache static-duration Al Viro
2026-01-10 4:02 ` [RFC PATCH 05/15] turn signal_cache static-duration Al Viro
2026-01-10 4:02 ` [RFC PATCH 06/15] turn bh_cachep static-duration Al Viro
2026-01-10 4:02 ` Al Viro [this message]
2026-01-10 4:02 ` [RFC PATCH 08/15] turn files_cachep static-duration Al Viro
2026-01-10 4:02 ` [RFC PATCH 09/15] make filp and bfilp caches static-duration Al Viro
2026-01-10 4:02 ` [RFC PATCH 10/15] turn sighand_cache static-duration Al Viro
2026-01-10 4:02 ` [RFC PATCH 11/15] turn mm_cachep static-duration Al Viro
2026-01-10 4:02 ` [RFC PATCH 12/15] turn task_struct_cachep static-duration Al Viro
2026-01-10 4:02 ` [RFC PATCH 13/15] turn fs_cachep static-duration Al Viro
2026-01-10 4:02 ` [RFC PATCH 14/15] turn inode_cachep static-duration Al Viro
2026-01-10 4:02 ` [RFC PATCH 15/15] turn ufs_inode_cache static-duration Al Viro
2026-01-10 5:33 ` [RFC PATCH 00/15] kmem_cache instances with static storage duration Linus Torvalds
2026-01-10 6:16 ` Al Viro
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