Re: [PATCH 06/20] mm/slab: remove CONFIG_SLAB code from slab common code

From: Kees Cook
Date: Mon Nov 13 2023 - 23:30:21 EST


On Mon, Nov 13, 2023 at 08:13:47PM +0100, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> In slab_common.c and slab.h headers, we can now remove all code behind
> CONFIG_SLAB and CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB ifdefs, and remove all CONFIG_SLUB
> ifdefs.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/linux/slab.h | 13 +--------
> mm/slab.h | 69 ++++----------------------------------------
> mm/slab_common.c | 22 ++------------
> 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 96 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h
> index 34e43cddc520..90fb1f0d843a 100644
> --- a/include/linux/slab.h
> +++ b/include/linux/slab.h
> @@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
>
> /*
> * Flags to pass to kmem_cache_create().
> - * The ones marked DEBUG are only valid if CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB is set.

I think this comment was wrong, yes? i.e. the "DEBUG" flags are also
used in SLUB?

Regardless:

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

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Kees Cook