Re: Q, slab, kmemleak_erase() and redzone?

[hooanon05]

Pekka Enberg:
> > No, you are absolutely correct. Can you please send an updated patch to 
> > Catalin that adds a comment on top of the cpu_cache_get() call that 
> > explains why we need it there?
> 
> Doh, this was supposed to be a reply to Okajima's email :-).

Before I send a small patch, let me make sure about other small issues.

- How heavy is 'ac = cpu_cache_get(cachep)' (which will be inserted by
  the patch)?
  It will be compiled and executed regardless CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK, and
  it is totally meaningless when DEBUG_KMEMLEAK is disabled. Can we
  ignore this loss?

- Should we add a condition 'if (objp)' before calling kmemleak_erase()?
  As Catalin wrote, it may be harmless. But setting NULL is unnecessary.
  Do you accept this change too?


J. R. Okajima
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