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diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index 4c6e2e31ced0..a18ba57517af 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -191,22 +191,6 @@ typedef unsigned int kmem_bufctl_t;
#define SLAB_LIMIT (((kmem_bufctl_t)(~0U))-3)
/*
- * struct slab
- *
- * Manages the objs in a slab. Placed either at the beginning of mem allocated
- * for a slab, or allocated from an general cache.
- * Slabs are chained into three list: fully used, partial, fully free slabs.
- */
-struct slab {
- struct list_head list;
- unsigned long colouroff;
- void *s_mem; /* including colour offset */
- unsigned int inuse; /* num of objs active in slab */
- kmem_bufctl_t free;
- unsigned short nodeid;
-};
-
-/*
* struct slab_rcu
*
* slab_destroy on a SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU cache uses this structure to
@@ -219,8 +203,6 @@ struct slab {
*
* rcu_read_lock before reading the address, then rcu_read_unlock after
* taking the spinlock within the structure expected at that address.
- *
- * We assume struct slab_rcu can overlay struct slab when destroying.
*/
struct slab_rcu {
struct rcu_head head;
@@ -229,6 +211,27 @@ struct slab_rcu {
};
/*
+ * struct slab
+ *
+ * Manages the objs in a slab. Placed either at the beginning of mem allocated
+ * for a slab, or allocated from an general cache.
+ * Slabs are chained into three list: fully used, partial, fully free slabs.
+ */
+struct slab {
+ union {
+ struct {
+ struct list_head list;
+ unsigned long colouroff;
+ void *s_mem; /* including colour offset */
+ unsigned int inuse; /* num of objs active in slab */
+ kmem_bufctl_t free;
+ unsigned short nodeid;
+ };
+ struct slab_rcu __slab_cover_slab_rcu;
+ };
+};
+
+/*
* struct array_cache
*
* Purpose:
@@ -2147,8 +2150,6 @@ static int __init_refok setup_cpu_cache(struct kmem_cache *cachep, gfp_t gfp)
*
* @name must be valid until the cache is destroyed. This implies that
* the module calling this has to destroy the cache before getting unloaded.
- * Note that kmem_cache_name() is not guaranteed to return the same pointer,
- * therefore applications must manage it themselves.
*
* The flags are
*
@@ -3840,12 +3841,6 @@ unsigned int kmem_cache_size(struct kmem_cache *cachep)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_size);
-const char *kmem_cache_name(struct kmem_cache *cachep)
-{
- return cachep->name;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kmem_cache_name);
-
/*
* This initializes kmem_list3 or resizes various caches for all nodes.
*/