kernel_optimize_test/drivers
Christoph Lameter 50953fe9e0 slab allocators: Remove SLAB_DEBUG_INITIAL flag
I have never seen a use of SLAB_DEBUG_INITIAL.  It is only supported by
SLAB.

I think its purpose was to have a callback after an object has been freed
to verify that the state is the constructor state again?  The callback is
performed before each freeing of an object.

I would think that it is much easier to check the object state manually
before the free.  That also places the check near the code object
manipulation of the object.

Also the SLAB_DEBUG_INITIAL callback is only performed if the kernel was
compiled with SLAB debugging on.  If there would be code in a constructor
handling SLAB_DEBUG_INITIAL then it would have to be conditional on
SLAB_DEBUG otherwise it would just be dead code.  But there is no such code
in the kernel.  I think SLUB_DEBUG_INITIAL is too problematic to make real
use of, difficult to understand and there are easier ways to accomplish the
same effect (i.e.  add debug code before kfree).

There is a related flag SLAB_CTOR_VERIFY that is frequently checked to be
clear in fs inode caches.  Remove the pointless checks (they would even be
pointless without removeal of SLAB_DEBUG_INITIAL) from the fs constructors.

This is the last slab flag that SLUB did not support.  Remove the check for
unimplemented flags from SLUB.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-07 12:12:57 -07:00
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acorn
acpi Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://one.firstfloor.org/home/andi/git/linux-2.6 2007-05-05 14:55:20 -07:00
amba
ata Merge branch 'for-linus' of master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-arm 2007-05-06 13:20:10 -07:00
atm PCI: Cleanup the includes of <linux/pci.h> 2007-05-02 19:02:35 -07:00
auxdisplay
base Introduce CONFIG_HAS_DMA 2007-05-07 12:12:51 -07:00
block mm: remove destroy_dirty_buffers from invalidate_bdev() 2007-05-07 12:12:55 -07:00
bluetooth
cdrom mm: remove destroy_dirty_buffers from invalidate_bdev() 2007-05-07 12:12:55 -07:00
char tty_register_driver: only allocate tty instances when defined 2007-05-07 12:12:53 -07:00
clocksource
connector
cpufreq
crypto [CRYPTO] padlock: Remove pointless padlock module 2007-05-02 22:08:26 +10:00
dio
dma
edac
eisa
fc4
firmware remove "struct subsystem" as it is no longer needed 2007-05-02 18:57:59 -07:00
hid Merge branch 'for-linus' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/hid 2007-04-30 08:58:21 -07:00
hwmon Merge branch 'linux-2.6' into for-2.6.22 2007-04-30 12:38:01 +10:00
i2c Merge branch 'for-linus' of master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-arm 2007-05-06 13:20:10 -07:00
ide ide-cs: recognize 2GB CompactFlash from Transcend 2007-05-05 22:03:51 +02:00
ieee1394 PCI: Cleanup the includes of <linux/pci.h> 2007-05-02 19:02:35 -07:00
infiniband Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6 2007-05-05 13:30:44 -07:00
input Merge branch 'for-linus' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input 2007-05-04 18:16:12 -07:00
isdn PCI: Cleanup the includes of <linux/pci.h> 2007-05-02 19:02:35 -07:00
kvm KVM: Remove unused 'instruction_length' 2007-05-03 10:52:32 +03:00
leds
macintosh CUDA ADB fixes 2007-05-04 17:59:07 -07:00
mca
md mm: remove destroy_dirty_buffers from invalidate_bdev() 2007-05-07 12:12:55 -07:00
media Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/pci-2.6 2007-05-04 18:04:29 -07:00
message Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6 2007-05-05 13:30:44 -07:00
mfd
misc Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/drzeus/mmc 2007-05-04 21:44:34 -07:00
mmc Merge branch 'for-linus' of master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-arm 2007-05-06 13:20:10 -07:00
mtd slab allocators: Remove SLAB_DEBUG_INITIAL flag 2007-05-07 12:12:57 -07:00
net Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/kbuild 2007-05-06 13:21:57 -07:00
nubus
oprofile
parisc Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2007-05-04 19:36:58 -07:00
parport
pci Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-2.6 2007-05-04 18:04:48 -07:00
pcmcia add new_id to PCMCIA drivers 2007-05-07 12:12:50 -07:00
pnp
ps3 ps3av: Use __func__ instead of __FUNCTION__ 2007-05-04 17:59:09 -07:00
rapidio
rtc
s390 Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6 2007-05-05 13:30:44 -07:00
sbus PCI: Cleanup the includes of <linux/pci.h> 2007-05-02 19:02:35 -07:00
scsi Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/kbuild 2007-05-06 13:21:57 -07:00
serial Serial: serial_core, use pr_debug 2007-05-07 12:12:51 -07:00
sh
sn
spi
tc
telephony
usb Merge branch 'for-linus' of master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-arm 2007-05-06 13:20:10 -07:00
video Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/kbuild 2007-05-06 13:21:57 -07:00
w1
zorro Amiga Zorro bus: kill resource_size_t warnings 2007-05-04 17:59:08 -07:00
Kconfig
Makefile i2c: Add i2c_board_info and i2c_new_device() 2007-05-01 23:26:31 +02:00