From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760323AbYEJDMy (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 May 2008 23:12:54 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753910AbYEJDJ1 (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 May 2008 23:09:27 -0400 Received: from netops-testserver-3-out.sgi.com ([192.48.171.28]:55014 "EHLO relay.sgi.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751223AbYEJDJR (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 May 2008 23:09:17 -0400 Message-Id: <20080510030915.473160456@sgi.com> References: <20080510030831.796641881@sgi.com> User-Agent: quilt/0.46-1 Date: Fri, 09 May 2008 20:08:35 -0700 From: Christoph Lameter To: akpm@linux-foundation.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Pekka Enberg CC: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Mel Gorman Cc: andi@firstfloor.org Cc: Rik van Riel Cc: mpm@selenic.com Subject: [patch 04/21] slub: Sort slab cache list and establish maximum objects for defrag slabs Content-Disposition: inline; filename=0004-SLUB-Sort-slab-cache-list-and-establish-maximum-obj.patch Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org When defragmenting slabs then it is advantageous to have all defragmentable slabs together at the beginning of the list so that there is no need to scan the complete list. Put defragmentable caches first when adding a slab cache and others last. Determine the maximum number of objects in defragmentable slabs. This allows to size the allocation of arrays holding refs to these objects later. Reviewed-by: Rik van Riel Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg --- mm/slub.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6/mm/slub.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/mm/slub.c 2008-05-05 18:48:53.261409952 -0700 +++ linux-2.6/mm/slub.c 2008-05-05 18:48:56.662660182 -0700 @@ -205,6 +205,9 @@ static enum { static DECLARE_RWSEM(slub_lock); static LIST_HEAD(slab_caches); +/* Maximum objects in defragmentable slabs */ +static unsigned int max_defrag_slab_objects; + /* * Tracking user of a slab. */ @@ -2544,7 +2547,7 @@ static struct kmem_cache *create_kmalloc flags, NULL)) goto panic; - list_add(&s->list, &slab_caches); + list_add_tail(&s->list, &slab_caches); up_write(&slub_lock); if (sysfs_slab_add(s)) goto panic; @@ -2772,9 +2775,23 @@ void kfree(const void *x) } EXPORT_SYMBOL(kfree); +/* + * Allocate a slab scratch space that is sufficient to keep at least + * max_defrag_slab_objects pointers to individual objects and also a bitmap + * for max_defrag_slab_objects. + */ +static inline void *alloc_scratch(void) +{ + return kmalloc(max_defrag_slab_objects * sizeof(void *) + + BITS_TO_LONGS(max_defrag_slab_objects) * sizeof(unsigned long), + GFP_KERNEL); +} + void kmem_cache_setup_defrag(struct kmem_cache *s, kmem_defrag_get_func get, kmem_defrag_kick_func kick) { + int max_objects = oo_objects(s->max); + /* * Defragmentable slabs must have a ctor otherwise objects may be * in an undetermined state after they are allocated. @@ -2782,6 +2799,11 @@ void kmem_cache_setup_defrag(struct kmem BUG_ON(!s->ctor); s->get = get; s->kick = kick; + down_write(&slub_lock); + list_move(&s->list, &slab_caches); + if (max_objects > max_defrag_slab_objects) + max_defrag_slab_objects = max_objects; + up_write(&slub_lock); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_setup_defrag); @@ -3160,7 +3182,7 @@ struct kmem_cache *kmem_cache_create(con if (s) { if (kmem_cache_open(s, GFP_KERNEL, name, size, align, flags, ctor)) { - list_add(&s->list, &slab_caches); + list_add_tail(&s->list, &slab_caches); up_write(&slub_lock); if (sysfs_slab_add(s)) goto err; --