[PATCH] slub: try to get cpu partial slab even if we get enough objects for cpu freelist

[Joonsoo Kim <js1304@gmail.com>]

s->cpu_partial determine the maximum number of objects kept
in the per cpu partial lists of a processor. Currently, it is used for
not only per cpu partial list but also cpu freelist. Therefore
get_partial_node() doesn't work properly according to our first intention.

Fix it as forcibly assigning 0 to objects count when we get for cpu freelist.

Signed-off-by: Joonsoo Kim <js1304@gmail.com>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>

diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index efce427..88dca1d 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -1550,7 +1550,12 @@ static void *get_partial_node(struct kmem_cache *s,
 			c->page = page;
 			stat(s, ALLOC_FROM_PARTIAL);
 			object = t;
-			available =  page->objects - page->inuse;
+
+			/*
+			 * We don't want to stop without trying to get
+			 * cpu partial slab. So, forcibly set 0 to available
+			 */
+			available = 0;
 		} else {
 			available = put_cpu_partial(s, page, 0);
 			stat(s, CPU_PARTIAL_NODE);
-- 
1.7.9.5

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