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From: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
To: Harry Yoo <harry.yoo@oracle.com>, akpm@linux-foundation.org
Cc: andreyknvl@gmail.com, cl@gentwo.org, dvyukov@google.com,
	glider@google.com, hannes@cmpxchg.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
	mhocko@kernel.org, muchun.song@linux.dev, rientjes@google.com,
	roman.gushchin@linux.dev, ryabinin.a.a@gmail.com,
	shakeel.butt@linux.dev, surenb@google.com,
	vincenzo.frascino@arm.com, yeoreum.yun@arm.com, tytso@mit.edu,
	adilger.kernel@dilger.ca, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, cgroups@vger.kernel.org,
	hao.li@linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH V6 8/9] mm/slab: move [__]ksize and slab_ksize() to mm/slub.c
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 13:44:45 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2cdff2ed-a45d-47e9-94ef-f8ecd178bbae@suse.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260113061845.159790-9-harry.yoo@oracle.com>

On 1/13/26 7:18 AM, Harry Yoo wrote:
> To access SLUB's internal implementation details beyond cache flags in
> ksize(), move __ksize(), ksize(), and slab_ksize() to mm/slub.c.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Harry Yoo <harry.yoo@oracle.com>
> ---
>  mm/slab.h        | 25 --------------
>  mm/slab_common.c | 61 ----------------------------------
>  mm/slub.c        | 86 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 86 insertions(+), 86 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/slab.h b/mm/slab.h
> index 5176c762ec7c..957586d68b3c 100644
> --- a/mm/slab.h
> +++ b/mm/slab.h
> @@ -665,31 +665,6 @@ void kvfree_rcu_cb(struct rcu_head *head);
>  
>  size_t __ksize(const void *objp);
>  
> -static inline size_t slab_ksize(const struct kmem_cache *s)
> -{
> -#ifdef CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG
> -	/*
> -	 * Debugging requires use of the padding between object
> -	 * and whatever may come after it.
> -	 */
> -	if (s->flags & (SLAB_RED_ZONE | SLAB_POISON))
> -		return s->object_size;
> -#endif
> -	if (s->flags & SLAB_KASAN)
> -		return s->object_size;
> -	/*
> -	 * If we have the need to store the freelist pointer
> -	 * back there or track user information then we can
> -	 * only use the space before that information.
> -	 */
> -	if (s->flags & (SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU | SLAB_STORE_USER))
> -		return s->inuse;
> -	/*
> -	 * Else we can use all the padding etc for the allocation
> -	 */
> -	return s->size;
> -}
> -
>  static inline unsigned int large_kmalloc_order(const struct page *page)
>  {
>  	return page[1].flags.f & 0xff;
> diff --git a/mm/slab_common.c b/mm/slab_common.c
> index c4cf9ed2ec92..aed91fd6fd10 100644
> --- a/mm/slab_common.c
> +++ b/mm/slab_common.c
> @@ -983,43 +983,6 @@ void __init create_kmalloc_caches(void)
>  						       0, SLAB_NO_MERGE, NULL);
>  }
>  
> -/**
> - * __ksize -- Report full size of underlying allocation
> - * @object: pointer to the object
> - *
> - * This should only be used internally to query the true size of allocations.
> - * It is not meant to be a way to discover the usable size of an allocation
> - * after the fact. Instead, use kmalloc_size_roundup(). Using memory beyond
> - * the originally requested allocation size may trigger KASAN, UBSAN_BOUNDS,
> - * and/or FORTIFY_SOURCE.
> - *
> - * Return: size of the actual memory used by @object in bytes
> - */
> -size_t __ksize(const void *object)

Think it could be also static and not in slab.h? I'll make that change
locally.



  reply	other threads:[~2026-01-13 12:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-01-13  6:18 [PATCH V6 0/9] mm/slab: reduce slab accounting memory overhead by allocating slabobj_ext metadata within unsed slab space Harry Yoo
2026-01-13  6:18 ` [PATCH V6 1/9] mm/slab: use unsigned long for orig_size to ensure proper metadata align Harry Yoo
2026-01-13  6:18 ` [PATCH V6 2/9] mm/slab: allow specifying free pointer offset when using constructor Harry Yoo
2026-01-13  6:18 ` [PATCH V6 3/9] ext4: specify the free pointer offset for ext4_inode_cache Harry Yoo
2026-01-13  6:18 ` [PATCH V6 4/9] mm/slab: abstract slabobj_ext access via new slab_obj_ext() helper Harry Yoo
2026-01-13  6:18 ` [PATCH V6 5/9] mm/slab: use stride to access slabobj_ext Harry Yoo
2026-01-13  6:18 ` [PATCH V6 6/9] mm/memcontrol,alloc_tag: handle slabobj_ext access under KASAN poison Harry Yoo
2026-01-13  6:18 ` [PATCH V6 7/9] mm/slab: save memory by allocating slabobj_ext array from leftover Harry Yoo
2026-01-13  6:18 ` [PATCH V6 8/9] mm/slab: move [__]ksize and slab_ksize() to mm/slub.c Harry Yoo
2026-01-13 12:44   ` Vlastimil Babka [this message]
2026-01-13 13:05     ` Harry Yoo
2026-01-13 13:45       ` Vlastimil Babka
2026-01-13  6:18 ` [PATCH V6 9/9] mm/slab: place slabobj_ext metadata in unused space within s->size Harry Yoo
2026-01-13 12:50   ` Vlastimil Babka
2026-01-13 13:01     ` Harry Yoo
2026-01-13 13:32       ` Harry Yoo
2026-01-13 13:42         ` Vlastimil Babka
2026-01-13 14:13 ` [PATCH V6 0/9] mm/slab: reduce slab accounting memory overhead by allocating slabobj_ext metadata within unsed slab space Vlastimil Babka

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