From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: mm-commits@vger.kernel.org,tj@kernel.org,dennis@kernel.org,zenghongling@kylinos.cn,akpm@linux-foundation.org
Subject: + mm-percpu-internalh-optimise-pcpu_chunk-struct-to-save-memory.patch added to mm-new branch
Date: Tue, 12 May 2026 15:02:43 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260512220243.C51CFC2BCB0@smtp.kernel.org> (raw)
The patch titled
Subject: mm/percpu-internal.h: optimise pcpu_chunk struct to save memory
has been added to the -mm mm-new branch. Its filename is
mm-percpu-internalh-optimise-pcpu_chunk-struct-to-save-memory.patch
This patch will shortly appear at
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-percpu-internalh-optimise-pcpu_chunk-struct-to-save-memory.patch
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From: zenghongling <zenghongling@kylinos.cn>
Subject: mm/percpu-internal.h: optimise pcpu_chunk struct to save memory
Date: Mon, 11 May 2026 15:03:09 +0800
Using pahole, we can see that there are some padding holes in the current
pcpu_chunk structure,Adjusting the layout of pcpu_chunk can reduce these
holes,decreasing its size from 192 bytes to 128 bytes and eliminating a
wasted cache line.
With allmodconfig (CONFIG_PERCPU_STATS + NEED_PCPUOBJ_EXT)
Before:
/* size: 256, cachelines: 4, members: 19 */
After:
/* size: 192, cachelines: 3, members: 19 */
with NEED_PCPUOBJ_EXT
Before:
struct pcpu_chunk {
struct list_head list; /* 0 16 */
int free_bytes; /* 16 4 */
struct pcpu_block_md chunk_md; /* 20 32 */
/* XXX 4 bytes hole, try to pack */
long unsigned int * bound_map; /* 56 8 */
/* --- cacheline 1 boundary (64 bytes) --- */
void * base_addr __attribute__((__aligned__(64))); /* 64 8 */
long unsigned int * alloc_map; /* 72 8 */
struct pcpu_block_md * md_blocks; /* 80 8 */
void * data; /* 88 8 */
bool immutable; /* 96 1 */
bool isolated; /* 97 1 */
/* XXX 2 bytes hole, try to pack */
int start_offset; /* 100 4 */
int end_offset; /* 104 4 */
/* XXX 4 bytes hole, try to pack */
struct obj_cgroup * * obj_cgroups; /* 112 8 */
int nr_pages; /* 120 4 */
int nr_populated; /* 124 4 */
/* --- cacheline 2 boundary (128 bytes) --- */
int nr_empty_pop_pages; /* 128 4 */
/* XXX 4 bytes hole, try to pack */
long unsigned int populated[]; /* 136 0 */
/* size: 192, cachelines: 3, members: 17 */
/* sum members: 122, holes: 4, sum holes: 14 */
/* padding: 56 */
/* forced alignments: 1 */
} __attribute__((__aligned__(64)));
After:
struct pcpu_chunk {
struct list_head list; /* 0 16 */
int free_bytes; /* 16 4 */
struct pcpu_block_md chunk_md; /* 20 32 */
/* XXX 4 bytes hole, try to pack */
long unsigned int * bound_map; /* 56 8 */
/* --- cacheline 1 boundary (64 bytes) --- */
void * base_addr __attribute__((__aligned__(64))); /* 64 8 */
long unsigned int * alloc_map; /* 72 8 */
struct pcpu_block_md * md_blocks; /* 80 8 */
void * data; /* 88 8 */
bool immutable; /* 96 1 */
bool isolated; /* 97 1 */
/* XXX 2 bytes hole, try to pack */
int start_offset; /* 100 4 */
int end_offset; /* 104 4 */
int nr_pages; /* 108 4 */
int nr_populated; /* 112 4 */
int nr_empty_pop_pages; /* 116 4 */
struct obj_cgroup * * obj_cgroups; /* 120 8 */
/* --- cacheline 2 boundary (128 bytes) --- */
long unsigned int populated[]; /* 128 0 */
/* size: 128, cachelines: 2, members: 17 */
/* sum members: 122, holes: 2, sum holes: 6 */
/* forced alignments: 1 */
} __attribute__((__aligned__(64)));
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260511070309.44044-1-zenghongling@kylinos.cn
Signed-off-by: zenghongling <zenghongling@kylinos.cn>
Suggested-by: Dennis Zhou <dennis@kernel.org>
Cc: Dennis Zhou <dennis@kernel.org>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---
mm/percpu-internal.h | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
--- a/mm/percpu-internal.h~mm-percpu-internalh-optimise-pcpu_chunk-struct-to-save-memory
+++ a/mm/percpu-internal.h
@@ -77,13 +77,13 @@ struct pcpu_chunk {
int end_offset; /* additional area required to
have the region end page
aligned */
+ int nr_pages; /* # of pages served by this chunk */
+ int nr_populated; /* # of populated pages */
+ int nr_empty_pop_pages; /* # of empty populated pages */
#ifdef NEED_PCPUOBJ_EXT
struct pcpuobj_ext *obj_exts; /* vector of object cgroups */
#endif
- int nr_pages; /* # of pages served by this chunk */
- int nr_populated; /* # of populated pages */
- int nr_empty_pop_pages; /* # of empty populated pages */
unsigned long populated[]; /* populated bitmap */
};
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from zenghongling@kylinos.cn are
mm-percpu-internalh-optimise-pcpu_chunk-struct-to-save-memory.patch
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