Re: [PATCH 4/8] Cleanup kmem_cache_create()

From: Matthew Dobson
Date: Tue Nov 08 2005 - 13:49:41 EST


Pekka J Enberg wrote:
> On Mon, 7 Nov 2005, Roland Dreier wrote:
>
>
>> > * Replace a constant (4096) with what it represents (PAGE_SIZE)
>>
>>This seems dangerous. I don't pretend to understand the slab code,
>>but the current code works on architectures with PAGE_SIZE != 4096.
>>Are you sure this change is correct?
>
>
> Looks ok to me except that it should be a separate patch (it is not a
> trivial cleanup because it changes how the code works).
>
> Pekka

That's very reasonable, Pekka. I will respin 4/8 without that change and
add a 9/8 that is JUST that one change.

Thank you both for the review and comments!

-Matt
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