slab: too much allocated in bootstrap head arrays?

From: roel
Date: Mon Dec 12 2011 - 17:16:26 EST


In mm/slab.c kmem_cache_init() at /* 4) Replace the bootstrap head arrays */
it kmallocs *ptr and memcpy's with sizeof(struct arraycache_init). Is this
correct or should it maybe be with sizeof(struct arraycache) instead?

Please review, i.e. this change:
---
It appears we allocated and copied too much.

Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@xxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/slab.c | 8 ++++----
1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index 83311c9a..6978cbf 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -1617,11 +1617,11 @@ void __init kmem_cache_init(void)
{
struct array_cache *ptr;

- ptr = kmalloc(sizeof(struct arraycache_init), GFP_NOWAIT);
+ ptr = kmalloc(sizeof(struct arraycache), GFP_NOWAIT);

BUG_ON(cpu_cache_get(&cache_cache) != &initarray_cache.cache);
memcpy(ptr, cpu_cache_get(&cache_cache),
- sizeof(struct arraycache_init));
+ sizeof(struct arraycache));
/*
* Do not assume that spinlocks can be initialized via memcpy:
*/
@@ -1629,12 +1629,12 @@ void __init kmem_cache_init(void)

cache_cache.array[smp_processor_id()] = ptr;

- ptr = kmalloc(sizeof(struct arraycache_init), GFP_NOWAIT);
+ ptr = kmalloc(sizeof(struct arraycache), GFP_NOWAIT);

BUG_ON(cpu_cache_get(malloc_sizes[INDEX_AC].cs_cachep)
!= &initarray_generic.cache);
memcpy(ptr, cpu_cache_get(malloc_sizes[INDEX_AC].cs_cachep),
- sizeof(struct arraycache_init));
+ sizeof(struct arraycache));
/*
* Do not assume that spinlocks can be initialized via memcpy:
*/
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