From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-wi0-f171.google.com (mail-wi0-f171.google.com [209.85.212.171]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B42396B0032 for ; Thu, 22 Jan 2015 01:30:40 -0500 (EST) Received: by mail-wi0-f171.google.com with SMTP id l15so31233893wiw.4 for ; Wed, 21 Jan 2015 22:30:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com. [209.132.183.28]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id u12si2779711wiv.10.2015.01.21.22.30.38 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 21 Jan 2015 22:30:39 -0800 (PST) From: WANG Chao Subject: [PATCH] mm, vmacache: Add kconfig VMACACHE_SHIFT Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 14:29:49 +0800 Message-Id: <1421908189-18938-1-git-send-email-chaowang@redhat.com> Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: To: Andrew Morton Cc: Davidlohr Bueso , Ingo Molnar , Peter Zijlstra , Michel Lespinasse , Rik van Riel , Mel Gorman , linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Add a new kconfig option VMACACHE_SHIFT (as a power of 2) to specify the number of slots vma cache has for each thread. Range is chosen 0-4 (1-16 slots) to consider both overhead and performance penalty. Default is 2 (4 slots) as it originally is, which provides good enough balance. Signed-off-by: WANG Chao --- include/linux/sched.h | 2 +- mm/Kconfig | 7 +++++++ 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h index 8db31ef..56fd96d 100644 --- a/include/linux/sched.h +++ b/include/linux/sched.h @@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ struct perf_event_context; struct blk_plug; struct filename; -#define VMACACHE_BITS 2 +#define VMACACHE_BITS CONFIG_VMACACHE_SHIFT #define VMACACHE_SIZE (1U << VMACACHE_BITS) #define VMACACHE_MASK (VMACACHE_SIZE - 1) diff --git a/mm/Kconfig b/mm/Kconfig index 1d1ae6b..7b82a52 100644 --- a/mm/Kconfig +++ b/mm/Kconfig @@ -618,3 +618,10 @@ config MAX_STACK_SIZE_MB changed to a smaller value in which case that is used. A sane initial value is 80 MB. + +config VMACACHE_SHIFT + int "Number of slots in per-thread VMA cache (as a power of 2)" + range 0 4 + default 2 + help + This is the number of slots VMA cache has for each thread. -- 2.1.0 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: email@kvack.org