Re: [PATCH 05/20] cpu/hotplug: remove CPUHP_SLAB_PREPARE hooks

From: Kees Cook
Date: Mon Nov 13 2023 - 23:21:04 EST


On Mon, Nov 13, 2023 at 08:13:46PM +0100, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> The CPUHP_SLAB_PREPARE hooks are only used by SLAB which is removed.
> SLUB defines them as NULL, so we can remove those altogether.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/linux/slab.h | 8 --------
> kernel/cpu.c | 5 -----
> 2 files changed, 13 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h
> index d6d6ffeeb9a2..34e43cddc520 100644
> --- a/include/linux/slab.h
> +++ b/include/linux/slab.h
> @@ -788,12 +788,4 @@ size_t kmalloc_size_roundup(size_t size);
>
> void __init kmem_cache_init_late(void);
>
> -#if defined(CONFIG_SMP) && defined(CONFIG_SLAB)
> -int slab_prepare_cpu(unsigned int cpu);
> -int slab_dead_cpu(unsigned int cpu);
> -#else
> -#define slab_prepare_cpu NULL
> -#define slab_dead_cpu NULL
> -#endif
> -
> #endif /* _LINUX_SLAB_H */
> diff --git a/kernel/cpu.c b/kernel/cpu.c
> index 9e4c6780adde..530b026d95a1 100644
> --- a/kernel/cpu.c
> +++ b/kernel/cpu.c
> @@ -2125,11 +2125,6 @@ static struct cpuhp_step cpuhp_hp_states[] = {
> .startup.single = relay_prepare_cpu,
> .teardown.single = NULL,
> },
> - [CPUHP_SLAB_PREPARE] = {
> - .name = "slab:prepare",
> - .startup.single = slab_prepare_cpu,
> - .teardown.single = slab_dead_cpu,
> - },
> [CPUHP_RCUTREE_PREP] = {
> .name = "RCU/tree:prepare",
> .startup.single = rcutree_prepare_cpu,

Should CPUHP_SLAB_PREPARE be removed from the enum too?

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Kees Cook