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With a struct slab definition separate from struct page, we can go further and define only fields that the chosen sl*b implementation uses. This means everything between __page_flags and __page_refcount placeholders now depends on the chosen CONFIG_SL*B. Some fields exist in all implementations (slab_list) but can be part of a union in some, so it's simpler to repeat them than complicate the definition with ifdefs even more. The patch doesn't change physical offsets of the fields, although it could be done later - for example it's now clear that tighter packing in SLOB could be possible. This should also prevent accidental use of fields that don't exist in given implementation. Before this patch virt_to_cache() and cache_from_obj() were visible for SLOB (albeit not used), although they rely on the slab_cache field that isn't set by SLOB. With this patch it's now a compile error, so these functions are now hidden behind an #ifndef CONFIG_SLOB. Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> Reviewed-by: Roman Gushchin <guro@fb.com> Tested-by: Marco Elver <elver@google.com> # kfence Reviewed-by: Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@gmail.com> Tested-by: Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@gmail.com> Cc: Alexander Potapenko <glider@google.com> Cc: Marco Elver <elver@google.com> Cc: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com> Cc: <kasan-dev@googlegroups.com>
Linux kernel
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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.