"Pekka Enberg" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> From: Steven Rostedt <[email protected]>
>
> This patch cleans up cache_estimate() in mm/slab.c and improves the
> algorithm from O(n) to O(1). We first calculate the maximum number of
> objects a slab can hold after struct slab and kmem_bufctl_t for each
> object has been given enough space. After that, to respect alignment
> rules, we decrease the number of objects if necessary. As required
> padding is at most align-1 and memory of obj_size is at least align,
> it is always enough to decrease number of objects by one.
>
> The optimization was originally made by Balbir Singh with more
> improvements from Steven Rostedt. Manfred Spraul provider further
> modifications: no loop at all for the off-slab case and added comments
> to explain the background.
>
> ...
> - size_t wastage = PAGE_SIZE << gfporder;
> - size_t extra = 0;
> - size_t base = 0;
> ...
> + size_t mgmt_size;
> + size_t slab_size = PAGE_SIZE << gfporder;
Can anyone think of a reason for using size_t in there instead of plain old
unsigned int?
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