[patch 04/19] slub: Sort slab cache list and establish maximum objects for defrag slabs

[Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>]

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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 <riel@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>
Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>

---
 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	2008-07-31 12:19:28.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.6/mm/slub.c	2008-07-31 12:19:45.000000000 -0500
@@ -173,6 +173,9 @@
 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.
  */
@@ -2506,7 +2509,7 @@
 								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;
@@ -2736,9 +2739,23 @@
 }
 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.
@@ -2746,6 +2763,11 @@
 	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);
 
@@ -3131,7 +3153,7 @@
 	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;

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