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-rw-r--r--block/cfq-iosched.c6
-rw-r--r--fs/aio.c6
-rw-r--r--fs/bio.c3
-rw-r--r--fs/dcache.c8
-rw-r--r--include/linux/slab.h12
-rw-r--r--kernel/delayacct.c6
-rw-r--r--kernel/pid.c4
-rw-r--r--kernel/signal.c6
-rw-r--r--kernel/taskstats.c4
9 files changed, 23 insertions, 32 deletions
diff --git a/block/cfq-iosched.c b/block/cfq-iosched.c
index 64df3fa..baef5fc 100644
--- a/block/cfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/cfq-iosched.c
@@ -2090,13 +2090,11 @@ static void cfq_slab_kill(void)
static int __init cfq_slab_setup(void)
{
- cfq_pool = kmem_cache_create("cfq_pool", sizeof(struct cfq_queue), 0, 0,
- NULL, NULL);
+ cfq_pool = KMEM_CACHE(cfq_queue, 0);
if (!cfq_pool)
goto fail;
- cfq_ioc_pool = kmem_cache_create("cfq_ioc_pool",
- sizeof(struct cfq_io_context), 0, 0, NULL, NULL);
+ cfq_ioc_pool = KMEM_CACHE(cfq_io_context, 0);
if (!cfq_ioc_pool)
goto fail;
diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index e4598d6..b97ab80 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -68,10 +68,8 @@ static void aio_queue_work(struct kioctx *);
*/
static int __init aio_setup(void)
{
- kiocb_cachep = kmem_cache_create("kiocb", sizeof(struct kiocb),
- 0, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN|SLAB_PANIC, NULL, NULL);
- kioctx_cachep = kmem_cache_create("kioctx", sizeof(struct kioctx),
- 0, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN|SLAB_PANIC, NULL, NULL);
+ kiocb_cachep = KMEM_CACHE(kiocb, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN|SLAB_PANIC);
+ kioctx_cachep = KMEM_CACHE(kioctx,SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN|SLAB_PANIC);
aio_wq = create_workqueue("aio");
diff --git a/fs/bio.c b/fs/bio.c
index 693940d..093345f 100644
--- a/fs/bio.c
+++ b/fs/bio.c
@@ -1193,8 +1193,7 @@ static void __init biovec_init_slabs(void)
static int __init init_bio(void)
{
- bio_slab = kmem_cache_create("bio", sizeof(struct bio), 0,
- SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN|SLAB_PANIC, NULL, NULL);
+ bio_slab = KMEM_CACHE(bio, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN|SLAB_PANIC);
biovec_init_slabs();
diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index d68631f..d1bf5d8 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -2052,12 +2052,8 @@ static void __init dcache_init(unsigned long mempages)
* but it is probably not worth it because of the cache nature
* of the dcache.
*/
- dentry_cache = kmem_cache_create("dentry_cache",
- sizeof(struct dentry),
- 0,
- (SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT|SLAB_PANIC|
- SLAB_MEM_SPREAD),
- NULL, NULL);
+ dentry_cache = KMEM_CACHE(dentry,
+ SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT|SLAB_PANIC|SLAB_MEM_SPREAD);
set_shrinker(DEFAULT_SEEKS, shrink_dcache_memory);
diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h
index a9befa5..e14b4c3 100644
--- a/include/linux/slab.h
+++ b/include/linux/slab.h
@@ -57,6 +57,18 @@ unsigned int kmem_cache_size(struct kmem_cache *);
const char *kmem_cache_name(struct kmem_cache *);
int kmem_ptr_validate(struct kmem_cache *cachep, const void *ptr);
+/*
+ * Please use this macro to create slab caches. Simply specify the
+ * name of the structure and maybe some flags that are listed above.
+ *
+ * The alignment of the struct determines object alignment. If you
+ * f.e. add ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp to the struct declaration
+ * then the objects will be properly aligned in SMP configurations.
+ */
+#define KMEM_CACHE(__struct, __flags) kmem_cache_create(#__struct,\
+ sizeof(struct __struct), __alignof__(struct __struct),\
+ (__flags), NULL, NULL)
+
#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
extern void *kmem_cache_alloc_node(struct kmem_cache *, gfp_t flags, int node);
#else
diff --git a/kernel/delayacct.c b/kernel/delayacct.c
index 766d591..c0148ae 100644
--- a/kernel/delayacct.c
+++ b/kernel/delayacct.c
@@ -31,11 +31,7 @@ __setup("nodelayacct", delayacct_setup_disable);
void delayacct_init(void)
{
- delayacct_cache = kmem_cache_create("delayacct_cache",
- sizeof(struct task_delay_info),
- 0,
- SLAB_PANIC,
- NULL, NULL);
+ delayacct_cache = KMEM_CACHE(task_delay_info, SLAB_PANIC);
delayacct_tsk_init(&init_task);
}
diff --git a/kernel/pid.c b/kernel/pid.c
index 78f2aee..9c80bc2 100644
--- a/kernel/pid.c
+++ b/kernel/pid.c
@@ -412,7 +412,5 @@ void __init pidmap_init(void)
set_bit(0, init_pid_ns.pidmap[0].page);
atomic_dec(&init_pid_ns.pidmap[0].nr_free);
- pid_cachep = kmem_cache_create("pid", sizeof(struct pid),
- __alignof__(struct pid),
- SLAB_PANIC, NULL, NULL);
+ pid_cachep = KMEM_CACHE(pid, SLAB_PANIC);
}
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 3670225..2b4087d 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -2636,9 +2636,5 @@ __attribute__((weak)) const char *arch_vma_name(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
void __init signals_init(void)
{
- sigqueue_cachep =
- kmem_cache_create("sigqueue",
- sizeof(struct sigqueue),
- __alignof__(struct sigqueue),
- SLAB_PANIC, NULL, NULL);
+ sigqueue_cachep = KMEM_CACHE(sigqueue, SLAB_PANIC);
}
diff --git a/kernel/taskstats.c b/kernel/taskstats.c
index ad7d239..906cae7 100644
--- a/kernel/taskstats.c
+++ b/kernel/taskstats.c
@@ -524,9 +524,7 @@ void __init taskstats_init_early(void)
{
unsigned int i;
- taskstats_cache = kmem_cache_create("taskstats_cache",
- sizeof(struct taskstats),
- 0, SLAB_PANIC, NULL, NULL);
+ taskstats_cache = KMEM_CACHE(taskstats, SLAB_PANIC);
for_each_possible_cpu(i) {
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&(per_cpu(listener_array, i).list));
init_rwsem(&(per_cpu(listener_array, i).sem));
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