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SubjectRe: [PATCH 3/7] memcontrol: use simple_malloc()/simple_free()
On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 07:54:04 +0300
Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 07:51:28AM +0300, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> > On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 12:33:46PM +0800, Lai Jiangshan wrote:
> > > use simple_malloc()/simple_free() instead of current codes.
> >
> > struct mem_cgroup can't reach the size when kmalloc starts failing.
>
> Or it probably can with big NR_CPUS.
>
> struct mem_cgroup_stat {
> struct mem_cgroup_stat_cpu cpustat[NR_CPUS];
> };

It's now changed. see mmotm.

Thanks,
-Kame
>
> > > --- a/mm/memcontrol.c
> > > +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
> > > @@ -1062,11 +1062,7 @@ static struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_alloc(void)
> > > {
> > > struct mem_cgroup *mem;
> > >
> > > - if (sizeof(*mem) < PAGE_SIZE)
> > > - mem = kmalloc(sizeof(*mem), GFP_KERNEL);
> > > - else
> > > - mem = vmalloc(sizeof(*mem));
> > > -
> > > + mem = simple_malloc(sizeof(*mem));
> > > if (mem)
> > > memset(mem, 0, sizeof(*mem));
> > > return mem;
> > > @@ -1074,10 +1070,7 @@ static struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_alloc(void)
> > >
> > > static void mem_cgroup_free(struct mem_cgroup *mem)
> > > {
> > > - if (sizeof(*mem) < PAGE_SIZE)
> > > - kfree(mem);
> > > - else
> > > - vfree(mem);
> > > + simple_free(mem);
> > > }
>



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