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Currently we use the page->lru list for maintaining lists of slabs. We
have a list_head in the page structure (slab_list) that can be used for
this purpose. Doing so makes the code cleaner since we are not
overloading the lru list.
The slab_list is part of a union within the page struct (included here
stripped down):
union {
struct { /* Page cache and anonymous pages */
struct list_head lru;
...
};
struct {
dma_addr_t dma_addr;
};
struct { /* slab, slob and slub */
union {
struct list_head slab_list;
struct { /* Partial pages */
struct page *next;
int pages; /* Nr of pages left */
int pobjects; /* Approximate count */
};
};
...
Here we see that slab_list and lru are the same bits. We can verify that
this change is safe to do by examining the object file produced from
slob.c before and after this patch is applied.
Steps taken to verify:
1. checkout current tip of Linus' tree
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README
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.