Re: [PATCH v3] mm, slub: change run-time assertion in kmalloc_index() to compile-time

[Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>]

On 5/18/21 2:43 AM, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> On 5/17/2021 5:38 PM, Hyeonggon Yoo wrote:
>> On Sat, May 15, 2021 at 11:34:49PM -0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
>>> This should work I think:
>>
>> compiled well with clang-10.0.1, clang-11.0.0,
>> and gcc-10.2.0 with x86_64 default config.
>>
>> is the condition CONFIG_CLANG_VERSION > 110000,
>> not including 110000 it self?

Good spot.

> Ah sorry, that should definitely be >= :(
> 
> That is what I get for writing an email that late... in reality, it probably
> won't matter due to the availability of 11.0.1 and 11.1.0 but it should
> absolutely be changed.
> 
> I have not given Nick's patch a go yet but would something like this be
> acceptable?

Yes.

> If so, did you want me to send a formal fixup patch or did you want
> to send a v4? I have no personal preference.

At this point a fixup is the usual way. Andrew might squash it to the original
patch (also with Marco's fixup) before sending to Linus.

>>> diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h
>>> index 9d316aac0aba..1b653266f2aa 100644
>>> --- a/include/linux/slab.h
>>> +++ b/include/linux/slab.h
>>> @@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ static __always_inline unsigned int
>>> __kmalloc_index(size_t size,
>>>       if (size <=  16 * 1024 * 1024) return 24;
>>>       if (size <=  32 * 1024 * 1024) return 25;
>>>   -    if (size_is_constant)
>>> +    if ((IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CC_IS_GCC) || CONFIG_CLANG_VERSION > 110000) &&
>>> size_is_constant)
>>>           BUILD_BUG_ON_MSG(1, "unexpected size in kmalloc_index()");
>>>       else
>>>           BUG();
>