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Christoph Lameter 50953fe9e0 slab allocators: Remove SLAB_DEBUG_INITIAL flag 
I have never seen a use of SLAB_DEBUG_INITIAL.  It is only supported by
SLAB.

I think its purpose was to have a callback after an object has been freed
to verify that the state is the constructor state again?  The callback is
performed before each freeing of an object.

I would think that it is much easier to check the object state manually
before the free.  That also places the check near the code object
manipulation of the object.

Also the SLAB_DEBUG_INITIAL callback is only performed if the kernel was
compiled with SLAB debugging on.  If there would be code in a constructor
handling SLAB_DEBUG_INITIAL then it would have to be conditional on
SLAB_DEBUG otherwise it would just be dead code.  But there is no such code
in the kernel.  I think SLUB_DEBUG_INITIAL is too problematic to make real
use of, difficult to understand and there are easier ways to accomplish the
same effect (i.e.  add debug code before kfree).

There is a related flag SLAB_CTOR_VERIFY that is frequently checked to be
clear in fs inode caches.  Remove the pointless checks (they would even be
pointless without removeal of SLAB_DEBUG_INITIAL) from the fs constructors.

This is the last slab flag that SLUB did not support.  Remove the check for
unimplemented flags from SLUB.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-07 12:12:57 -07:00
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irq MSI: arch must connect the irq and the msi_desc 2007-05-02 19:02:38 -07:00
power Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://one.firstfloor.org/home/andi/git/linux-2.6 2007-05-05 14:55:20 -07:00
time [PATCH] fix jiffies clocksource inittime 2007-04-04 21:12:47 -07:00
.gitignore gitignore: ignore more generated files 2006-01-03 11:35:26 +01:00
acct.c [PATCH] kernel: change uses of f_{dentry, vfsmnt} to use f_path 2006-12-08 08:28:42 -08:00
audit.c [NETLINK]: Switch cb_lock spinlock to mutex and allow to override it 2007-04-25 22:29:03 -07:00
audit.h [PATCH] audit: AUDIT_PERM support 2006-09-11 13:32:30 -04:00
auditfilter.c [PATCH] minor update to rule add/delete messages (ver 2) 2007-02-17 21:30:09 -05:00
auditsc.c [PATCH] fix deadlock in audit_log_task_context() 2007-03-14 15:27:48 -07:00
capability.c [PATCH] pid: replace do/while_each_task_pid with do/while_each_pid_task 2007-02-12 09:48:32 -08:00
compat.c [PATCH] Common compat_sys_sysinfo 2007-02-11 10:51:32 -08:00
configs.c [PATCH] struct seq_operations and struct file_operations constification 2006-12-07 08:39:46 -08:00
cpu.c [PATCH] Fix microcode-related suspend problem 2007-04-02 10:06:09 -07:00
cpuset.c cpusets: allow TIF_MEMDIE threads to allocate anywhere 2007-05-07 12:12:53 -07:00
delayacct.c KMEM_CACHE(): simplify slab cache creation 2007-05-07 12:12:55 -07:00
dma.c [PATCH] struct seq_operations and struct file_operations constification 2006-12-07 08:39:46 -08:00
exec_domain.c Remove obsolete #include <linux/config.h> 2006-06-30 19:25:36 +02:00
exit.c [PATCH] pid: Properly detect orphaned process groups in exit_notify 2007-03-29 08:16:23 -07:00
extable.c [PATCH] symbol_put_addr() locks kernel 2006-05-15 11:20:55 -07:00
fork.c slab allocators: Remove SLAB_DEBUG_INITIAL flag 2007-05-07 12:12:57 -07:00
futex_compat.c [PATCH] __user annotations: futex 2006-10-10 15:37:22 -07:00
futex.c [PATCH] futex: PI state locking fix 2007-03-16 19:25:06 -07:00
hrtimer.c [NET]: Fix networking compilation errors 2007-04-27 15:31:24 -07:00
itimer.c [PATCH] hrtimers: prevent possible itimer DoS 2007-02-16 08:13:59 -08:00
kallsyms.c Extend print_symbol capability 2007-04-30 16:40:39 -07:00
Kconfig.hz [PATCH] HZ: 300Hz support 2006-12-07 08:39:36 -08:00
Kconfig.preempt
kexec.c Merge branch 'release' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux-2.6 2006-12-07 15:39:22 -08:00
kfifo.c [PATCH] Numerous fixes to kernel-doc info in source files. 2007-02-11 10:51:32 -08:00
kmod.c Revert "Driver core: let request_module() send a /sys/modules/kmod/-uevent" 2007-02-23 14:54:57 -08:00
kprobes.c [PATCH] kprobes: list all active probes in the system 2007-02-20 17:10:14 -08:00
ksysfs.c remove "struct subsystem" as it is no longer needed 2007-05-02 18:57:59 -07:00
kthread.c [PATCH] Numerous fixes to kernel-doc info in source files. 2007-02-11 10:51:32 -08:00
latency.c [PATCH] severing module.h->sched.h 2006-12-04 02:00:22 -05:00
lockdep_internals.h [PATCH] lockdep: more chains 2006-12-07 08:39:43 -08:00
lockdep_proc.c [PATCH] remove many unneeded #includes of sched.h 2007-02-14 08:09:54 -08:00
lockdep.c [PATCH] lockdep: debug_show_all_locks & debug_show_held_locks vs. debug_locks 2007-03-22 19:39:06 -07:00
Makefile [PATCH] sysctl: move utsname sysctls to their own file 2007-02-14 08:09:58 -08:00
module.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://one.firstfloor.org/home/andi/git/linux-2.6 2007-05-05 14:55:20 -07:00
mutex-debug.c [PATCH] remove many unneeded #includes of sched.h 2007-02-14 08:09:54 -08:00
mutex-debug.h [PATCH] lockdep: better lock debugging 2006-07-03 15:27:01 -07:00
mutex.c [PATCH] lockdep: avoid lockdep warning in md 2006-12-08 08:28:39 -08:00
mutex.h [PATCH] lockdep: prove mutex locking correctness 2006-07-03 15:27:04 -07:00
nsproxy.c Revert "[PATCH] namespaces: fix exit race by splitting exit" 2007-01-30 13:35:18 -08:00
panic.c [PATCH] Add TAINT_USER and ability to set taint flags from userspace 2007-02-11 10:51:29 -08:00
params.c remove "struct subsystem" as it is no longer needed 2007-05-02 18:57:59 -07:00
pid.c KMEM_CACHE(): simplify slab cache creation 2007-05-07 12:12:55 -07:00
posix-cpu-timers.c [PATCH] posix timers: RCU optimization for clock_gettime() 2007-02-16 08:14:00 -08:00
posix-timers.c [PATCH] hrtimers: add high resolution timer support 2007-02-16 08:13:59 -08:00
printk.c kernel/printk.c: comment fix 2007-02-17 20:10:16 +01:00
profile.c [PATCH] proc: remove useless (and buggy) ->nlink settings 2007-02-11 10:51:32 -08:00
ptrace.c [PATCH] pidspace: is_init() 2006-09-29 09:18:12 -07:00
rcupdate.c [PATCH] rcu: add a prefetch() in rcu_do_batch() 2006-12-07 08:39:40 -08:00
rcutorture.c [PATCH] Publish rcutorture module parameters via sysfs, read-only 2007-03-06 09:30:25 -08:00
relay.c [PATCH] kernel-doc fixes for 2.6.20-git15 (non-drivers) 2007-03-01 14:53:37 -08:00
resource.c libata/IDE: remove combined mode quirk 2007-04-28 14:15:59 -04:00
rtmutex_common.h [PATCH] pi-futex: futex_lock_pi/futex_unlock_pi support 2006-06-27 17:32:47 -07:00
rtmutex-debug.c Remove all inclusions of <linux/config.h> 2006-10-04 03:38:54 -04:00
rtmutex-debug.h [PATCH] lockdep: better lock debugging 2006-07-03 15:27:01 -07:00
rtmutex-tester.c [PATCH] Add include/linux/freezer.h and move definitions from sched.h 2006-12-07 08:39:27 -08:00
rtmutex.c [PATCH] hrtimers: namespace and enum cleanup 2007-02-16 08:13:58 -08:00
rtmutex.h [PATCH] lockdep: better lock debugging 2006-07-03 15:27:01 -07:00
rwsem.c [PATCH] lockdep: prove rwsem locking correctness 2006-07-03 15:27:04 -07:00
sched.c Safer nr_node_ids and nr_node_ids determination and initial values 2007-05-07 12:12:51 -07:00
seccomp.c
signal.c KMEM_CACHE(): simplify slab cache creation 2007-05-07 12:12:55 -07:00
softirq.c [PATCH] tick-management: dyntick / highres functionality 2007-02-16 08:13:59 -08:00
softlockup.c [PATCH] check return value of cpu_callback 2006-09-29 09:18:14 -07:00
spinlock.c [PATCH] lockdep: spin_lock_irqsave_nested() 2006-11-25 13:28:34 -08:00
srcu.c [PATCH] SRCU: report out-of-memory errors 2006-10-04 07:55:30 -07:00
stacktrace.c [PATCH] lockdep: stacktrace subsystem, core 2006-07-03 15:27:02 -07:00
stop_machine.c [PATCH] stop_machine.c copyright 2006-09-29 09:18:24 -07:00
sys_ni.c [PATCH] Create compat_sys_migrate_pages 2006-11-03 12:27:59 -08:00
sys.c [PATCH] pid: replace do/while_each_task_pid with do/while_each_pid_task 2007-02-12 09:48:32 -08:00
sysctl.c Allow reading tainted flag as user 2007-04-24 08:23:08 -07:00
taskstats.c KMEM_CACHE(): simplify slab cache creation 2007-05-07 12:12:55 -07:00
time.c [TCP] tcp_probe: improvements for net-2.6.22 2007-04-25 22:28:10 -07:00
timer.c [AF_RXRPC]: Make it possible to merely try to cancel timers from a module 2007-04-26 15:46:56 -07:00
tsacct.c [PATCH] time: x86_64: split x86_64/kernel/time.c up 2007-02-16 08:14:00 -08:00
uid16.c [PATCH] Add more prevent_tail_call() 2006-04-19 16:27:18 -07:00
user.c [PATCH] slab: remove kmem_cache_t 2006-12-07 08:39:25 -08:00
utsname_sysctl.c [PATCH] sysctl: remove insert_at_head from register_sysctl 2007-02-14 08:09:59 -08:00
utsname.c [PATCH] namespaces: utsname: implement CLONE_NEWUTS flag 2006-10-02 07:57:22 -07:00
wait.c [PATCH] uninline init_waitqueue_head() 2006-07-10 13:24:25 -07:00
workqueue.c [PATCH] Add debugging feature /proc/timer_stat 2007-02-16 08:13:59 -08:00