Re: [PATCH v3 10/16] zsmalloc: factor page chain functionality out

From: Minchan Kim
Date: Tue Apr 19 2016 - 03:45:25 EST


On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 09:33:05AM +0900, Sergey Senozhatsky wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On (03/30/16 16:12), Minchan Kim wrote:
> > @@ -1421,7 +1434,6 @@ static unsigned long obj_malloc(struct size_class *class,
> > unsigned long m_offset;
> > void *vaddr;
> >
> > - handle |= OBJ_ALLOCATED_TAG;
>
> a nitpick, why did you replace this ALLOCATED_TAG assignment
> with 2 'handle | OBJ_ALLOCATED_TAG'?

I thought this handle variable in here is pure handle but OBJ_ALLOCATED_TAG
should live in head(i.e., link->handle), not pure handle, itself.

>
> -ss
>
> > obj = get_freeobj(first_page);
> > objidx_to_page_and_offset(class, first_page, obj,
> > &m_page, &m_offset);
> > @@ -1431,10 +1443,10 @@ static unsigned long obj_malloc(struct size_class *class,
> > set_freeobj(first_page, link->next >> OBJ_ALLOCATED_TAG);
> > if (!class->huge)
> > /* record handle in the header of allocated chunk */
> > - link->handle = handle;
> > + link->handle = handle | OBJ_ALLOCATED_TAG;
> > else
> > /* record handle in first_page->private */
> > - set_page_private(first_page, handle);
> > + set_page_private(first_page, handle | OBJ_ALLOCATED_TAG);
> > kunmap_atomic(vaddr);
> > mod_zspage_inuse(first_page, 1);
> > zs_stat_inc(class, OBJ_USED, 1);