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From: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
To: Richard Kennedy <richard@rsk.demon.co.uk>
Cc: penberg@cs.helsinki.fi, mpm@selenic.com,
	linux-mm <linux-mm@kvack.org>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC] slub: increasing order reduces memory usage	of	some key caches
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:17:55 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4880A613.1060002@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1216375025.3082.7.camel@castor.localdomain>

Richard Kennedy wrote:

> Slabcache: dentry                Aliases:  0 Order :  0 Objects: 22553
> ** Reclaim accounting active
> 
> Sizes (bytes)     Slabs              Debug                Memory
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Object :     208  Total  :    1188   Sanity Checks : Off  Total: 4866048
> SlabObj:     208  Full   :    1186   Redzoning     : Off  Used : 4691024
> SlabSiz:    4096  Partial:       0   Poisoning     : Off  Loss :  175024
> Loss   :       0  CpuSlab:       2   Tracking      : Off  Lalig:       0
> Align  :       8  Objects:      19   Tracing       : Off  Lpadd:  171072

So we are using 1188 pages before make

> and after a make kernel & a small delay

2399 pages after make

> on 2.6.26 + my patch

579 * 2 = 1158 (saved 30 pages even before doing anything) before make


> after the make

2025 *2 = 4050 pages which are much more than the 2399 with order 0.
So we are wasting a lot more space. You'd probably need to run slab defrag to get that memory back.


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From: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
To: Richard Kennedy <richard@rsk.demon.co.uk>
Cc: penberg@cs.helsinki.fi, mpm@selenic.com,
	linux-mm <linux-mm@kvack.org>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC] slub: increasing order reduces memory usage	of	some key caches
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:17:55 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4880A613.1060002@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1216375025.3082.7.camel@castor.localdomain>

Richard Kennedy wrote:

> Slabcache: dentry                Aliases:  0 Order :  0 Objects: 22553
> ** Reclaim accounting active
> 
> Sizes (bytes)     Slabs              Debug                Memory
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Object :     208  Total  :    1188   Sanity Checks : Off  Total: 4866048
> SlabObj:     208  Full   :    1186   Redzoning     : Off  Used : 4691024
> SlabSiz:    4096  Partial:       0   Poisoning     : Off  Loss :  175024
> Loss   :       0  CpuSlab:       2   Tracking      : Off  Lalig:       0
> Align  :       8  Objects:      19   Tracing       : Off  Lpadd:  171072

So we are using 1188 pages before make

> and after a make kernel & a small delay

2399 pages after make

> on 2.6.26 + my patch

579 * 2 = 1158 (saved 30 pages even before doing anything) before make


> after the make

2025 *2 = 4050 pages which are much more than the 2399 with order 0.
So we are wasting a lot more space. You'd probably need to run slab defrag to get that memory back.

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  reply	other threads:[~2008-07-18 14:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-07-16 12:29 [PATCH][RFC] slub: increasing order reduces memory usage of some key caches Richard Kennedy
2008-07-16 12:29 ` Richard Kennedy
2008-07-16 13:21 ` Christoph Lameter
2008-07-16 13:21   ` Christoph Lameter
2008-07-16 13:58   ` Richard Kennedy
2008-07-16 13:58     ` Richard Kennedy
2008-07-16 14:03     ` Christoph Lameter
2008-07-16 14:03       ` Christoph Lameter
2008-07-16 14:30       ` Richard Kennedy
2008-07-16 14:30         ` Richard Kennedy
2008-07-16 14:33       ` Vegard Nossum
2008-07-16 14:33         ` Vegard Nossum
2008-07-16 14:46         ` Christoph Lameter
2008-07-16 14:46           ` Christoph Lameter
2008-07-18  9:57       ` Richard Kennedy
2008-07-18  9:57         ` Richard Kennedy
2008-07-18 14:17         ` Christoph Lameter [this message]
2008-07-18 14:17           ` Christoph Lameter
2008-07-18 14:20         ` Christoph Lameter
2008-07-18 14:20           ` Christoph Lameter
2008-07-18 14:42           ` Richard Kennedy
2008-07-18 14:42             ` Richard Kennedy
2008-07-18 14:55             ` Christoph Lameter
2008-07-18 14:55               ` Christoph Lameter
2008-07-18 15:22               ` Richard Kennedy
2008-07-18 15:22                 ` Richard Kennedy
2008-07-18 17:13                 ` Christoph Lameter
2008-07-18 17:13                   ` Christoph Lameter
2008-07-16 19:52   ` Mel Gorman
2008-07-16 19:52     ` Mel Gorman
2008-07-17  9:48     ` Richard Kennedy
2008-07-17  9:48       ` Richard Kennedy
2008-07-16 15:52 ` Christoph Lameter
2008-07-16 15:52   ` Christoph Lameter
2008-07-16 15:59 ` Christoph Lameter
2008-07-17 10:09   ` Richard Kennedy
2008-07-17 16:56     ` Christoph Lameter
2008-07-18 10:17       ` Richard Kennedy
2008-07-18 14:21         ` Christoph Lameter

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