/*
 * struct kmem_cache related prototypes
 */
void __init kmem_cache_init(void);
int slab_is_available(void);

struct kmem_cache *kmem_cache_create(const char *, size_t, size_t,
                        unsigned long,
                        void (*)(void *, struct kmem_cache *, unsigned long),
                        void (*)(void *, struct kmem_cache *, unsigned long));
void kmem_cache_destroy(struct kmem_cache *);
int kmem_cache_shrink(struct kmem_cache *);
void *kmem_cache_alloc(struct kmem_cache *, gfp_t);
void *kmem_cache_zalloc(struct kmem_cache *, gfp_t);
void kmem_cache_free(struct kmem_cache *, void *);
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)