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SubjectRe: Why is kmem_bufctl_t different across platforms?
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On Aug 28, 2005, at 19:37:16, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 28, 2005 at 02:55:03PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
>> Kyle Moffett <mrmacman_g4@mac.com> wrote:
>>> While exploring the asm-*/types.h files, I discovered that the
>>> type "kmem_bufctl_t" is differently defined across each platform,
>>> sometimes as a short, and sometimes as an int. The only file
>>> where it's used is mm/slab.c, and as far as I can tell, that file
>>> doesn't care at all, aside from preferring it to be a small-sized
>>> type.
>>
>> I don't think there's any good reason for this. -mm's
>> slab-leak-detector.patch switches them all to unsigned long.
>
> What about moving it to include/linux/types.h ?

Or, since it's _only_ used in mm/slab.c, why not put it in there?
Here is a really simple patch that does just that:
diff -r 79e63ca47e09 include/asm-alpha/types.h
--- a/include/asm-alpha/types.h Fri Aug 26 18:39:19 2005
+++ b/include/asm-alpha/types.h Sun Aug 28 21:59:49 2005
@@ -56,8 +56,6 @@
typedef u64 dma_addr_t;
typedef u64 dma64_addr_t;

-typedef unsigned short kmem_bufctl_t;
-
#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
#endif /* _ALPHA_TYPES_H */
diff -r 79e63ca47e09 include/asm-arm/types.h
--- a/include/asm-arm/types.h Fri Aug 26 18:39:19 2005
+++ b/include/asm-arm/types.h Sun Aug 28 21:59:49 2005
@@ -52,8 +52,6 @@
typedef u32 dma_addr_t;
typedef u32 dma64_addr_t;

-typedef unsigned int kmem_bufctl_t;
-
#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */

#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
diff -r 79e63ca47e09 include/asm-arm26/types.h
--- a/include/asm-arm26/types.h Fri Aug 26 18:39:19 2005
+++ b/include/asm-arm26/types.h Sun Aug 28 21:59:49 2005
@@ -52,8 +52,6 @@
typedef u32 dma_addr_t;
typedef u32 dma64_addr_t;

-typedef unsigned int kmem_bufctl_t;
-
#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */

#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
diff -r 79e63ca47e09 include/asm-cris/types.h
--- a/include/asm-cris/types.h Fri Aug 26 18:39:19 2005
+++ b/include/asm-cris/types.h Sun Aug 28 21:59:49 2005
@@ -52,8 +52,6 @@
typedef u32 dma_addr_t;
typedef u32 dma64_addr_t;

-typedef unsigned short kmem_bufctl_t;
-
#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */

#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
diff -r 79e63ca47e09 include/asm-frv/types.h
--- a/include/asm-frv/types.h Fri Aug 26 18:39:19 2005
+++ b/include/asm-frv/types.h Sun Aug 28 21:59:49 2005
@@ -65,8 +65,6 @@

typedef u32 dma_addr_t;

-typedef unsigned short kmem_bufctl_t;
-
#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */

#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
diff -r 79e63ca47e09 include/asm-h8300/types.h
--- a/include/asm-h8300/types.h Fri Aug 26 18:39:19 2005
+++ b/include/asm-h8300/types.h Sun Aug 28 21:59:49 2005
@@ -58,8 +58,6 @@
#define HAVE_SECTOR_T
typedef u64 sector_t;

-typedef unsigned int kmem_bufctl_t;
-
#endif /* __KERNEL__ */

#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
diff -r 79e63ca47e09 include/asm-i386/types.h
--- a/include/asm-i386/types.h Fri Aug 26 18:39:19 2005
+++ b/include/asm-i386/types.h Sun Aug 28 21:59:49 2005
@@ -63,8 +63,6 @@
#define HAVE_SECTOR_T
#endif

-typedef unsigned short kmem_bufctl_t;
-
#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */

#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
diff -r 79e63ca47e09 include/asm-ia64/types.h
--- a/include/asm-ia64/types.h Fri Aug 26 18:39:19 2005
+++ b/include/asm-ia64/types.h Sun Aug 28 21:59:49 2005
@@ -67,8 +67,6 @@

typedef u64 dma_addr_t;

-typedef unsigned short kmem_bufctl_t;
-
# endif /* __KERNEL__ */
#endif /* !__ASSEMBLY__ */

diff -r 79e63ca47e09 include/asm-m32r/types.h
--- a/include/asm-m32r/types.h Fri Aug 26 18:39:19 2005
+++ b/include/asm-m32r/types.h Sun Aug 28 21:59:49 2005
@@ -55,8 +55,6 @@
typedef u32 dma_addr_t;
typedef u64 dma64_addr_t;

-typedef unsigned short kmem_bufctl_t;
-
#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */

#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
diff -r 79e63ca47e09 include/asm-m68k/types.h
--- a/include/asm-m68k/types.h Fri Aug 26 18:39:19 2005
+++ b/include/asm-m68k/types.h Sun Aug 28 21:59:49 2005
@@ -60,8 +60,6 @@
typedef u32 dma_addr_t;
typedef u32 dma64_addr_t;

-typedef unsigned short kmem_bufctl_t;
-
#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */

#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
diff -r 79e63ca47e09 include/asm-mips/types.h
--- a/include/asm-mips/types.h Fri Aug 26 18:39:19 2005
+++ b/include/asm-mips/types.h Sun Aug 28 21:59:49 2005
@@ -99,8 +99,6 @@
#define HAVE_SECTOR_T
#endif

-typedef unsigned short kmem_bufctl_t;
-
#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */

#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
diff -r 79e63ca47e09 include/asm-parisc/types.h
--- a/include/asm-parisc/types.h Fri Aug 26 18:39:19 2005
+++ b/include/asm-parisc/types.h Sun Aug 28 21:59:49 2005
@@ -56,8 +56,6 @@
typedef u32 dma_addr_t;
typedef u64 dma64_addr_t;

-typedef unsigned int kmem_bufctl_t;
-
#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */

#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
diff -r 79e63ca47e09 include/asm-ppc/types.h
--- a/include/asm-ppc/types.h Fri Aug 26 18:39:19 2005
+++ b/include/asm-ppc/types.h Sun Aug 28 21:59:49 2005
@@ -62,8 +62,6 @@
#define HAVE_SECTOR_T
#endif

-typedef unsigned int kmem_bufctl_t;
-
#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */

#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
diff -r 79e63ca47e09 include/asm-ppc64/types.h
--- a/include/asm-ppc64/types.h Fri Aug 26 18:39:19 2005
+++ b/include/asm-ppc64/types.h Sun Aug 28 21:59:49 2005
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@
unsigned long env;
} func_descr_t;

-typedef unsigned int kmem_bufctl_t;
#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */

#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
diff -r 79e63ca47e09 include/asm-s390/types.h
--- a/include/asm-s390/types.h Fri Aug 26 18:39:19 2005
+++ b/include/asm-s390/types.h Sun Aug 28 21:59:49 2005
@@ -79,8 +79,6 @@

typedef u32 dma_addr_t;

-typedef unsigned int kmem_bufctl_t;
-
#ifndef __s390x__
typedef union {
unsigned long long pair;
diff -r 79e63ca47e09 include/asm-sh/types.h
--- a/include/asm-sh/types.h Fri Aug 26 18:39:19 2005
+++ b/include/asm-sh/types.h Sun Aug 28 21:59:49 2005
@@ -58,8 +58,6 @@
#define HAVE_SECTOR_T
#endif

-typedef unsigned int kmem_bufctl_t;
-
#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */

#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
diff -r 79e63ca47e09 include/asm-sh64/types.h
--- a/include/asm-sh64/types.h Fri Aug 26 18:39:19 2005
+++ b/include/asm-sh64/types.h Sun Aug 28 21:59:49 2005
@@ -65,8 +65,6 @@
#endif
typedef u64 dma64_addr_t;

-typedef unsigned int kmem_bufctl_t;
-
#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */

#define BITS_PER_LONG 32
diff -r 79e63ca47e09 include/asm-sparc/types.h
--- a/include/asm-sparc/types.h Fri Aug 26 18:39:19 2005
+++ b/include/asm-sparc/types.h Sun Aug 28 21:59:49 2005
@@ -54,8 +54,6 @@
typedef u32 dma_addr_t;
typedef u32 dma64_addr_t;

-typedef unsigned short kmem_bufctl_t;
-
#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */

#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
diff -r 79e63ca47e09 include/asm-sparc64/types.h
--- a/include/asm-sparc64/types.h Fri Aug 26 18:39:19 2005
+++ b/include/asm-sparc64/types.h Sun Aug 28 21:59:49 2005
@@ -56,8 +56,6 @@
typedef u32 dma_addr_t;
typedef u64 dma64_addr_t;

-typedef unsigned short kmem_bufctl_t;
-
#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */

#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
diff -r 79e63ca47e09 include/asm-v850/types.h
--- a/include/asm-v850/types.h Fri Aug 26 18:39:19 2005
+++ b/include/asm-v850/types.h Sun Aug 28 21:59:49 2005
@@ -59,8 +59,6 @@

typedef u32 dma_addr_t;

-typedef unsigned int kmem_bufctl_t;
-
#endif /* !__ASSEMBLY__ */

#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
diff -r 79e63ca47e09 include/asm-x86_64/types.h
--- a/include/asm-x86_64/types.h Fri Aug 26 18:39:19 2005
+++ b/include/asm-x86_64/types.h Sun Aug 28 21:59:49 2005
@@ -51,8 +51,6 @@
typedef u64 sector_t;
#define HAVE_SECTOR_T

-typedef unsigned short kmem_bufctl_t;
-
#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */

#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
diff -r 79e63ca47e09 include/asm-xtensa/types.h
--- a/include/asm-xtensa/types.h Fri Aug 26 18:39:19 2005
+++ b/include/asm-xtensa/types.h Sun Aug 28 21:59:49 2005
@@ -58,8 +58,6 @@

typedef u32 dma_addr_t;

-typedef unsigned int kmem_bufctl_t;
-
#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
#endif

diff -r 79e63ca47e09 mm/slab.c
--- a/mm/slab.c Fri Aug 26 18:39:19 2005
+++ b/mm/slab.c Sun Aug 28 21:59:49 2005
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@
* is less than 512 (PAGE_SIZE<<3), but greater than 256.
*/

+typedef unsigned int kmem_bufctl_t;
#define BUFCTL_END (((kmem_bufctl_t)(~0U))-0)
#define BUFCTL_FREE (((kmem_bufctl_t)(~0U))-1)
#define SLAB_LIMIT (((kmem_bufctl_t)(~0U))-2)
Cheers,
Kyle Moffett

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