Re: [PATCH -mm] add a kmem_cache for nsproxy objects

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Tue, Jun 19, 2007 at 11:35:01AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 22:53:13 +0200
> Cedric Le Goater <clg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > +static int __init nsproxy_cache_init(void)
> > +{
> > +	nsproxy_cachep = kmem_cache_create("nsproxy", sizeof(struct nsproxy),
> > +					   0, SLAB_PANIC, NULL, NULL);
> > +	return 0;
> > +}
> > +
> 
> Christoph added this cheesy KMEM_CACHE macro.  But I don't immediately recall
> the rationale so I'm a bit reluctant to ask people to use-the-cheesy-macro.
> 
> Perhaps he can remind us why it is there?

Hmm, I must have missed the macro going in.  Frankly speaking I plain hate
it.  It's a rather useless obsfucation.
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