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authorKonrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>2012-09-12 11:14:33 -0400
committerKonrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>2012-09-12 11:14:33 -0400
commit25a765b7f05cb8460fa01b54568894b20e184862 (patch)
tree0b56db57b4d9f912393ab303c269e0fe6cdf8635 /mm/slab.h
parent9d2be9287107695708e6aae5105a8a518a6cb4d0 (diff)
parent64282278989d5b0398dcb3ba7904cb00c621dc35 (diff)
Merge branch 'x86/platform' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip into stable/for-linus-3.7
* 'x86/platform' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (9690 commits) x86: Document x86_init.paging.pagetable_init() x86: xen: Cleanup and remove x86_init.paging.pagetable_setup_done() x86: Move paging_init() call to x86_init.paging.pagetable_init() x86: Rename pagetable_setup_start() to pagetable_init() x86: Remove base argument from x86_init.paging.pagetable_setup_start Linux 3.6-rc5 HID: tpkbd: work even if the new Lenovo Keyboard driver is not configured Remove user-triggerable BUG from mpol_to_str xen/pciback: Fix proper FLR steps. uml: fix compile error in deliver_alarm() dj: memory scribble in logi_dj Fix order of arguments to compat_put_time[spec|val] xen: Use correct masking in xen_swiotlb_alloc_coherent. xen: fix logical error in tlb flushing xen/p2m: Fix one-off error in checking the P2M tree directory. powerpc: Don't use __put_user() in patch_instruction powerpc: Make sure IPI handlers see data written by IPI senders powerpc: Restore correct DSCR in context switch powerpc: Fix DSCR inheritance in copy_thread() powerpc: Keep thread.dscr and thread.dscr_inherit in sync ...
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+#ifndef MM_SLAB_H
+#define MM_SLAB_H
+/*
+ * Internal slab definitions
+ */
+
+/*
+ * State of the slab allocator.
+ *
+ * This is used to describe the states of the allocator during bootup.
+ * Allocators use this to gradually bootstrap themselves. Most allocators
+ * have the problem that the structures used for managing slab caches are
+ * allocated from slab caches themselves.
+ */
+enum slab_state {
+ DOWN, /* No slab functionality yet */
+ PARTIAL, /* SLUB: kmem_cache_node available */
+ PARTIAL_ARRAYCACHE, /* SLAB: kmalloc size for arraycache available */
+ PARTIAL_L3, /* SLAB: kmalloc size for l3 struct available */
+ UP, /* Slab caches usable but not all extras yet */
+ FULL /* Everything is working */
+};
+
+extern enum slab_state slab_state;
+
+/* The slab cache mutex protects the management structures during changes */
+extern struct mutex slab_mutex;
+extern struct list_head slab_caches;
+
+struct kmem_cache *__kmem_cache_create(const char *name, size_t size,
+ size_t align, unsigned long flags, void (*ctor)(void *));
+
+#endif