Re: [PATCH] mm/slab: use IS_ENABLED() instead of ZONE_DMA_FLAG

From: Paul Bolle
Date: Sat Sep 27 2014 - 05:56:58 EST


Hi Johannes,

On Thu, 2014-09-25 at 14:50 -0400, Johannes Weiner wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 07:57:31PM +0200, Paul Bolle wrote:
> > The Kconfig symbol ZONE_DMA_FLAG probably predates the introduction of
> > IS_ENABLED(). Remove it and replace its two uses with the equivalent
> > IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ZONE_DMA).
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Paul Bolle <pebolle@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > Build tested on x86_64 (on top of next-20140925).
> >
> > Run tested on i686 (on top of v3.17-rc6). That test required me to
> > switch from SLUB (Fedora's default) to SLAB. That makes running this
> > patch both more scary and less informative. Besides, I have no idea how
> > to hit the codepaths I just changed. You'd expect this to not actually
> > change slab.o, but I'm not sure how to check that. So, in short: review
> > very much appreciated.
> >
> > mm/Kconfig | 5 -----
> > mm/slab.c | 4 ++--
> > 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/mm/Kconfig b/mm/Kconfig
> > index 886db21..8e860c7 100644
> > --- a/mm/Kconfig
> > +++ b/mm/Kconfig
> > @@ -273,11 +273,6 @@ config ARCH_ENABLE_HUGEPAGE_MIGRATION
> > config PHYS_ADDR_T_64BIT
> > def_bool 64BIT || ARCH_PHYS_ADDR_T_64BIT
> >
> > -config ZONE_DMA_FLAG
> > - int
> > - default "0" if !ZONE_DMA
> > - default "1"
> > -
> > config BOUNCE
> > bool "Enable bounce buffers"
> > default y
> > diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
> > index 628f2b5..766c90e 100644
> > --- a/mm/slab.c
> > +++ b/mm/slab.c
> > @@ -2243,7 +2243,7 @@ __kmem_cache_create (struct kmem_cache *cachep, unsigned long flags)
> > cachep->freelist_size = freelist_size;
> > cachep->flags = flags;
> > cachep->allocflags = __GFP_COMP;
> > - if (CONFIG_ZONE_DMA_FLAG && (flags & SLAB_CACHE_DMA))
> > + if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ZONE_DMA) && (flags & SLAB_CACHE_DMA))
> > cachep->allocflags |= GFP_DMA;
>
> GFP_DMA is actually safe to use even without CONFIG_ZONE_DMA, so you
> only need to check for SLAB_CACHE_DMA here.
>
> > @@ -2516,7 +2516,7 @@ static void cache_init_objs(struct kmem_cache *cachep,
> >
> > static void kmem_flagcheck(struct kmem_cache *cachep, gfp_t flags)
> > {
> > - if (CONFIG_ZONE_DMA_FLAG) {
> > + if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ZONE_DMA)) {
> > if (flags & GFP_DMA)
> > BUG_ON(!(cachep->allocflags & GFP_DMA));
> > else
>
> I think this assertion can be removed altogether and replaced by ORing
> the passed in flags with the cache gfp flags. The page allocator will
> catch any contradictions, but the 3 callsites that actually do use DMA
> caches are well-behaved as of now.

Do your comments require the patch to be redone (partially or entirely)?
In that case someone else should probably take it and improve it, as I
hardly understand the issues you raise. Or is the patch already queued
somewhere, with Cristoph's Ack attached?

Thanks,


Paul Bolle

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