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1 #ifndef MM_SLAB_H
2 #define MM_SLAB_H
3 /*
4  * Internal slab definitions
5  */
6 
7 /*
8  * State of the slab allocator.
9  *
10  * This is used to describe the states of the allocator during bootup.
11  * Allocators use this to gradually bootstrap themselves. Most allocators
12  * have the problem that the structures used for managing slab caches are
13  * allocated from slab caches themselves.
14  */
15 enum slab_state {
16 	DOWN,			/* No slab functionality yet */
17 	PARTIAL,		/* SLUB: kmem_cache_node available */
18 	PARTIAL_ARRAYCACHE,	/* SLAB: kmalloc size for arraycache available */
19 	PARTIAL_L3,		/* SLAB: kmalloc size for l3 struct available */
20 	UP,			/* Slab caches usable but not all extras yet */
21 	FULL			/* Everything is working */
22 };
23 
24 extern enum slab_state slab_state;
25 
26 /* The slab cache mutex protects the management structures during changes */
27 extern struct mutex slab_mutex;
28 
29 /* The list of all slab caches on the system */
30 extern struct list_head slab_caches;
31 
32 /* The slab cache that manages slab cache information */
33 extern struct kmem_cache *kmem_cache;
34 
35 /* Functions provided by the slab allocators */
36 extern int __kmem_cache_create(struct kmem_cache *, unsigned long flags);
37 
38 #ifdef CONFIG_SLUB
39 struct kmem_cache *__kmem_cache_alias(const char *name, size_t size,
40 	size_t align, unsigned long flags, void (*ctor)(void *));
41 #else
42 static inline struct kmem_cache *__kmem_cache_alias(const char *name, size_t size,
43 	size_t align, unsigned long flags, void (*ctor)(void *))
44 { return NULL; }
45 #endif
46 
47 
48 int __kmem_cache_shutdown(struct kmem_cache *);
49 
50 #endif
51